Juliet D.W. Smith | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Juliet D.W. Smith LL.B., B.A., Partner

Juliet is a partner in the Vancouver office of Fraser Milner Casgrain practising in the area of entertainment law with a focus on film, television and new media. She represents a cross section of Canadian and U.S. banking institutions, U.S. networks and Hollywood Studios and Canadian independent production companies in all areas of production.

Juliet specializes in financing of film, television and new media productions in Canada and internationally. She is ranked in several legal directories as one of Canada's leading lawyers in the area of Entertainment Law, including Best Lawyers Canada 2011 and 2012 and The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory 2011.

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Juliet’s practice concentrates on entertainment and corporate/finance law, including interim financing, tax shelter transactions, tax credits and errors and omissions insurance matters.

Representative Work

Represented three Canadian banking institutions in the interim financing of film and television productions including international co-productions

Represented several local production companies in the production and distribution of Canadian film and television productions and production services

Represented several major Hollywood studios in connection with claiming Canadian and provincial production services tax credits

Acted on several marketing cost transactions for a major Hollywood studio involving over $200 million of marketing costs

Publications

Lending Without Losing & What You Need To Know: Fraser Milner Casgrain's Financial Services Seminar, September 2006

Teaching Roles

Lecturer at the UBC Continuing Studies Certificate of Entertainment Administration Course

Lecturer on International Co-Productions at the UBC Continuing Studies Certificate of Entertainment Administration Course, 2004 to present

Guest Lecturer for the University of Victoria third year law school course, “Media, Entertainment and Communications”, Spring 2006

Lecturer at the Vancouver Film School on Errors and Omissions, Clearance Procedures and Releases for film and television productions, 1997-2000

Prior Speaking Engagements

"Film Talk: Emerging Alberta Filmmakers: How to Follow the Money", Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, September 25, 2011

"Policy Matters", Women in View - SexMoneyMedia Symposium 2010, Vancouver, October 15, 2010

"Dealing with Stress in the Practice", Women in Law - Facing the Challenges, Career Women Interaction 2nd Annual Conference, Vancouver, October 22, 2008

"Balancing Act", Women in Leadership 2007 Conference, May 2007

"The Right Way - Rights in the Film and TV Industry", Licensing Conference, January 2005