Bruns Brennan Berry Pikulin & Jacobs is a full-service transactional entertainment law firm with a wealth of experience in major feature film and television productions. The firm was founded in New York in 2010 by partners Emerson Bruns, Paul Brennan and Hamish Berry. The firm opened its offices in Los Angeles, California in 2016 and in Nashville, Tennessee in 2022.

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Areas of Practice


Film, Television & New Media

3B Law represents production companies, major and mini-major studios, financiers, individual writers, directors, producers, and other high profile individuals in connection with various transactions in the entertainment industry.


Copyright & IP

3B Law reviews, prepares and advises clients on matters pertaining to copyright and intellectual property.


Development

3B Law negotiates, prepares and drafts all forms of development agreements, including shopping and attachment agreements, literary and screenplay option purchase agreements,


Financing

3B Law provides first class representation of financiers providing equity, debt and tax credit financing for film and television projects, and also negotiates financing agreements on behalf of producers.


Distribution

3B Law negotiates, prepares and drafts agreements for above-the-line talent and crew, chain of title contracts for the acquisition of rights, advises on various clearance and production-related legal issues for scripted and unscripted film and television projects.


Production

3B Law negotiates and drafts sales agency agreements, distribution agreements and collection account agreements with respect to film and television projects.