Imraan Farukhi
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PRACTICE AREAS
ADVERTISING, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
- Celebrity endorsements
- Influencer agreements
- Advertisement production legal services
- Master services agreements
- NFT creator, development, and purchase agreements
- Internet, E-Commerce, and Social Media exploitation
- Website and software terms of use, privacy policies
- Mobile app, software, and technology development contracts
- Live event and festival counsel
- Outside general counsel
BUSINESS & STARTUPS
- Business entity selection and formation
- Business purchases and sales
- Commercial transactions
- Employment agreements
- Financing agreements
- Joint ventures
- Nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements
- Corporate shareholder agreements
- LLC operating agreements
- Outside general counsel
- Manufacturing and supply agreements
- Product distribution, dealer, sales, and licensing agreements
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- Copyright protection
- Trademark searches and applications
- Trade secrets
- Brand development, protection, enforcement
- IP Licensing
- Portfolio maintenance and prosecution
LITERARY
- Comic book and graphic novel contracts
- Artist and illustrator agreements
- Author and work-for-hire agreements
- Pre-publication review and clearances
- Publishing agreements
MUSIC
- Record label contracts
- Producer, mixer, engineer agreements
- Publishing and administration agreements
- Synchronizations and licensing
- Writer collaborations
- Beatmaker licenses and beat purchases
- Session musicians and work-for-hires
- Live performance agreements
- Intra-band agreements
- Management agreements
MOTION PICTURES & TELEVISION
- Production legal services
- Option and purchase agreements
- Writer agreements
- Pitch and shopping agreements
- Talent representation
- Production, co-production, crew, and vendor agreements
- Location agreements
- Distribution agreements
- Clearance review
- Agency and management agreements
REAL ESTATE
We represent owners, developers, lenders, investors, tenants, and builders in all aspects of commercial real estate:
- Acquisition and Dispositions
- Construction
- Entity Formations
- Equity Investments
- Financing
ATTORNEYS
IMRAAN FARUKHI, ESQ.
Imraan "Immy" Farukhi is the managing partner at Farukhi Law LLP, and is an experienced attorney focused on transactions and counseling pertaining to the entertainment, music, film, television, advertising, fashion, sports, new media, and technology industries. He has worked with Grammy-nominated and legacy act musicians, as well as legal teams for Academy Award-winning productions. His clients include film and TV production companies, writers/directors, on-screen talent, music producers/mixers, musicians, models, and advertising productions for prominent lifestyle and technology brands. Prior to starting his own practice and forming Farukhi Law LLP, he was an attorney in the entertainment department of Fox Rothschild LLP, and with prominent boutique entertainment and intellectual property law firms throughout the New York City metro area.
Mr. Farukhi is also an Assistant Professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate entertainment law courses for students in the Television-Radio-Film program and the Bandier music industry program. He regularly speaks on cutting-edge entertainment business and technology matters, and his expertise has been solicited in interviews by media outlets including Rolling Stone and CNBC.
EDUCATION
J.D., Cum Laude, Pace University School of Law
B.A., Cum Laude, Communication, Villanova University
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
New York
M. TAHIR FARUKHI, ESQ.
Tahir Farukhi is a Partner at Farukhi Law LLP, and leads the firm's California practice. He provides his clients start-to-finish legal services across corporate and real estate transactions, and advises on regulations affecting the healthcare and technology industries. Tahir’s representation of emerging growth companies spans the entire lifecycle, from providing founder-friendly guidance at the earliest stages through an exit. His expertise includes corporate formations and structuring, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate governance and strategic matters. His clients have included real estate investment funds, investors, developers, sponsors, operators, lenders, borrowers, healthcare shared services companies, medical practice groups, investment funds, and international home furnishing retail companies.
Prior to Farukhi Law LLP, Tahir's experience includes working at AmLaw and midsize law firms and serving as counsel to midsize-to-large international companies. Tahir's business education allows him to be a business attorney and problem solver for his clients in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Utah
M.B.A., University of Utah
B.A., Political Science, University of Southern California
CALIFORNIA
2680 North Santiago Blvd., Suite 200
Orange, CA 92867
(T): 714.873.5764
(F): 714.283.4444
NEW YORK
2610 Moonlight Circle
Camillus, NY 13031
(T): 315.925.7799
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Address
New York
NY
Covered states
Area serviced- New York
Contact method
Preferred initial contact method- 315.925.7799