UYEN LE

- Led business and legal affairs for startup entertainment company, overseeing all legal, operational, and compliance matters.
- Managed corporate governance, intellectual property strategy, and rights protection for film and media projects.

- Negotiated and drafted above-the-line agreements for major theatrical releases, including writer, director, producer, and cast deals.
- Directed chain-of-title review and rights clearance for film projects, ensuring legal compliance from development through distribution.
- Managed guild signatory applications, compliance deposits, and collaboration with creative, production, and marketing teams.

• Coordinated film delivery and finalized distribution (domestic and international) for original feature documentary film Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton, including credits, talent approvals, and publicity/premiere/travel obligations.
• Negotiated, drafted and finalized feature film agreements - above-the-line (writer, producer, director, and talent), location, key crew, personal releases, production services, post-production services, distribution.
• Conducted legal clearance for films and screenplays.
• Coordinated payroll, insurance matters, and prepared guild paperwork for independent feature films.
• Represented and counseled VFX clients on vendor agreements, operating agreements and IP protection.
• Drafted and finalized master use and synchronization music licenses for original videos for streaming.
• Managed copyright filings and trademark prosecution for music, film, and fashion clients.

• Negotiated and drafted agreements - finance term sheets, cast/crew deal memos, above-the-line (writer, producer, director, and talent), option-purchase, confidentiality and non-disclosure, and product placement.
• Provided production legal services for feature films, including World’s Greatest Dad, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, and God Bless America.
• Formed and maintained legal compliance for 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.

• Reviewed and evaluated complex claims of title in connection with remake rights for motion pictures.
• Negotiated and drafted agreements - finance, production services, independent contractor, work-for-hire, option-purchase, talent, vendor, location, key crew, and website development.
• Handled production legal for feature and short films.

• Provided legal representation for clients in areas of entertainment, IP, and corporate law.

• Drafted PPMs, operating and subscription agreements, revocable trusts, releases, employment agreements.
• Formed and maintained legal compliance for 300 loan-out corporations for clients.
• Handled all copyright filings, Copyright Mortgage and Assignments, and UCC Financing Statements.
• Managed all trademark prosecution for clients and resolved online privacy issues for clients.

• Drafted complaints, answers, interrogatories, discovery responses, and summary judgment motions.
• Researched and drafted memoranda on substantive and procedural issues for litigation.