Founding partner with 28 years of experience providing legal counsel in the areas of content creation, entertainment, TV and motion picture production, financing and distribution, digital media, animation and licensing. Extensive experience in structuring the financing and distribution of international TV series and motion picture co-productions and co-ventures. Exclusively represents content producers, financiers, writers, animation studios, performers, distributors, studios and private investors involved in filmed entertainment and digital media. Published numerous articles on financing and international co-productions. Peer-rated as "Most Frequently Recommended" by Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, recognized in the "Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada" compiled by LEXPERT and recognized in Euromoney's "Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyers. Member of the Board of Directors of Lionsgate Entertainment since 2001. Contributing Editor (2001-2007) of the Entertainment Agreements volume of "Canadian Forms & Precedents" published by Butterworths. he has presented at conferences/seminars in Canada, the US, China and England. Lectured at McGill University, University of British Columbia and University of Victoria.
Contact & Links
- E-mail: aevrensel@meplaw.ca
- Lawyer Page: https://www.meplaw.ca/lawyers/arthur-evrensel
Location
- Royal Centre, Suite 1750
1055 West Georgia Street
P.O. Box 11125
Vancouver, BC V6E 3P3
Canada
Languages
- English
Education
- McGill University, B.C.L., LL.B, graduated 1985
Bar Admissions
- British Columbia, Law Society of British Columbia
Affiliations
- Lions Gate Entertainment - Director
Vancouver, British Columbia
4 The Best Lawyers in Canada™ awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ award
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2024)
- Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2021)
- Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2018)
- Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2016)
- Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2025 for work in:
- Entertainment Law
Awards:
- "Outstanding Achievement Award" in 2018 from The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia.
- Recognized in Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
- "Outstanding Achievement Award" in 2018 from The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia.
- Recognized in Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
Publications
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