Guantao advises Shanghai Film Group on producing the phenomenal TV Series "Blossoms"
The TV series "Blossoms", originally created, shot and produced by Shanghai, has become a hot topic and continues to be the center of attention. The ratings for its premiere of CCTV 8 have exceeded 2%, and its popularity of Tencent Video has exceeded 30,000, making it a phenomenal TV drama at the end of 2023.
As the legal counsel of Shanghai Film Group Co., Ltd., one of the producers of Blossoms, Guantao Shanghai Office provided professional legal services for Shanghai Film Group to produce the TV series. Mr. Li Dequan, Senior Partner of Guantao Shanghai Office, as the leading partner for this project, has formed a team comprised of Wang Gang, You Shanghuai, Wu Yufeng and Yang Qifei and other professional lawyers to provide a full range of legal services on behalf of Shanghai Film Group, including reviewing agreements, protecting copyrights, and evaluating legal risks of all types, in the process of acquisition of shooting bases, management of film venues, production investment, participation in distribution, etc.
Guantao Shanghai Office has provided legal services for a number of films and TV series produced by Shanghai Film Group. In the past year, Shanghai Film Group has successfully produced many outstanding films and TV series such as The Battle at Lake Changjin II, Only Fools Rush In, Mozart from Space, Home Coming, The Wandering Earth II, Ping Pong: The Triumph, Born to Fly, and Under the Light.
In recent years, the business relating to media, entertainment and culture in Shanghai has taken on a new development trend. In order to meet the needs of rapid development of the market, Guantao Shanghai Office has established a professional media, entertainment and culture (MEC) legal team, covering the fields of film, television, variety show, music, literature, live performance, etc. This team provides excellent and all-round legal services to the MEC industries in the field of investment and financing, artist brokerage, commercial endorsement, and copyright protection.
Li Dequan, Partner of Guantao Shanghai Office, specializes in litigation and arbitration, banking and finance, and intellectual property rights. He has represented a number of multinational companies and state-owned enterprises in many large, complex and influential cases and transactions. With his excellent, dedicated, efficient, practical and high-quality professional services, he is able to meet different demands of various types of clients. At the same time, based on his rich experience in projects, he can provide practical suggestions as a reliable counsel when clients dealing with administrative, law enforcement, judicial and other government departments.
