Robert Williams, Of Counsel

 
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Robert Williams advises financiers, producers, writers and directors at each relevant step of the motion picture film and television production process, from development to financial structuring to distribution and licensing. Robert further advises composers and production companies on composer agreements, soundtrack album agreements, music administration and co-publishing agreements, recording and synchronization licenses and master use licenses. Robert previously practiced at Dechert LLP and Skadden Arps. He has been accorded credit for his legal work on many award-winning film productions, most recently for his work on The Wife starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce. Mr. Williams is based in Munich, Germany.

Contact:

rwilliams@schroderdavis.com
Direct: (804) 510 - 0388
Office: (804) 510 - 0700
Fax: (804)510-0707
Connect with Robert Williams on LinkedIn

Overview

Bar Admission

  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • Rechtsanwaltskammer München

Practice Areas

  • Film
  • Television
  • Music Composition
  • Music Production

More About Robert:

Education

  • University of Virginia, B.A.
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.

Professional Accomplishments

Law & Faculty Teaching Experience

  • Lecturer at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg

Public & Community Service

  • Mr. Williams has logged hundreds of hours of pro bono time including successfully litigating the case of an asylum applicant as first chair in Federal Immigration Court
  • Articles Review Editor for both the Virginia Tax Review and the Virginia Journal of International Law, University of Virginia School of Law

Publications & Lecture

  • Scoring for Hollywood: What You Need to Know, a 90 minute lecture at Soundtrack Cologne 2019
  • Motion Picture Finance in The Essential Guide to Entertainment Law: Deal Making (2018)
  • Getting What You Bargained For: How Courts Might Provide A Coherent Basis for Damages that Arise When Remedies Fail of their Essential Purpose. 5 Virginia Law & Business Review 131 (2010)
  • Pyrrhic Policy: The IRS Has Elected to Fight a Battle that it Will Likely Win but that May Foster Tax Avoidance. 23 Virginia Tax Review 725 (2004)