Rose H. Schwartz

	rschwartz@fwrv.com (212) 446-9789

Rose’s areas of practice cover the spectrum of motion pictures, television, theater, home video, the performing arts and music. An associate position at FWRV was Rose’s first job out of law school, and, with great cheer, she has been part of the firm ever since.

Rose teaches Entertainment Law at New York University School of Law, where she has been an Adjunct Professor of Law since 1985. She has also lectured extensively in the United States and in Europe on film financing, co-productions and music, and has developed numerous seminar series for filmmakers and attorneys. Lectures have included "The Option Agreement;" "The Music Business: Exclusive Recording Artist Agreement;” "International Co-Production Models;" and "A Theater Overview" (NYU School of Law); "Development and Production of Audiovisual Works;" "Music in Movies;" "Net Profits" (Stellar Network); "Secrets to Protecting Your Rights" (New York Women in Film and Television); and "Television 2008: An Evolving Landscape" (Sony Music). She has presented seminars at the Practicing Law Institute, the American Bar Association Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law, The Association of Authors’ Representatives and the American Film Institute.

Rose was listed as a "Super Lawyer" in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions of New York Super Lawyers/ Manhattan Edition, among 5% of Manhattan attorneys. According to the magazine, this selection was based on an independent survey of 59,000 Manhattan lawyers and an evaluation by a "blue ribbon panel of preeminent peers" in each area of practice.

Rose’s affiliations include the following: she is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University Law School and is a faculty member of the European Master Program in Audiovisual Management in Rome. She is a member of the American Bar Association and its Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section; the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) East Coast; the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (New York Chapter); Stellar Network; The Authors Guild (member-at-large); and New York Women in Film and Television. Rose received a B.A. degree from Princeton University (magna cum laude) in 1977, a J.D. from New York University in 1980 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1981.

Representative Work:

• Business affairs and organizational consultant for a pre-eminent opera organization.
• Production counsel for theatrical motion pictures, including domestic and foreign independent and studio features, documentaries and international co-productions.
• Collaboration with audiovisual production and distribution companies in structure negotiation of all aspects of financing and distribution arrangements.
• Representation of record companies, composers, artists and producers on soundtrack albums, cast albums, recording agreements, joint ventures, live concert performances and television specials.
• Counsel to production companies and fiction and non-fiction authors involved in a broad range of projects, from theatrical films to television event programming, movies of the week, episodic series, documentaries, children’s programs and music specials.
• Counsel to management companies and literary agents.
• Representation of performing arts organizations, including major opera and dance companies.
• Service as a business affairs consultant for a major classical record company for 10 years, during which time the company released multi-platinum records and produced international television documentary and concert productions.