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Cases · People & private matters · Immigration, visas & global mobility

Engage international talent for a production

How do we engage actors and crew from other countries?

WONE Global coordinates visas, contracts and tax for each person engaged, in their home country and the production country.

Countries in the typical case United Arab Emirates · Egypt · Türkiye · United Kingdom

The situation

What is happening

A production engages actors, writers or crew from other countries.

What is at stake

Visa, tax and contract problems with foreign cast and crew delay shooting.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

Production companySport and entertainment · from United Arab Emirates · in Egypt, Turkey, United Kingdom

It is casting actors from Egypt, Turkey and the UK.

Where it ends Talent on set on time.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Visas for international talent”“Tax on payments to foreign talent”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global coordinates visas, contracts and tax for each person engaged, in their home country and the production country.

Usually led by Contracts and commercial law, with Employment, payroll and immigration, Tax and structuring and Trade marks, patents and brands.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Weeks 1-2Contracts.
  2. Weeks 2-4Visas.
  3. Week 4Tax.
  4. ThenShoot.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Contracts, rights grants and union rules
  2. 02Visas and work permits
  3. 03Withholding tax on fees

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Talent agreements
  • Visas and permits
  • Withholding and payment arrangements

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Who handles it

Contracts and commercial law, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Egyptin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Türkiyein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. United Arab Emiratesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  6. Australia WONE Global Partner Alice Turner · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  7. Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. Cameroon WONE Global Partner Edmond Christian AKOA MBALLA · Founder & Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  9. China WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
  10. Israel WONE Global Partner Karin Horev · Founding Partner Brief this Partner →
  11. Kenya WONE Global Partner James Ngochi Ngugi · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  12. Morocco WONE Global Partner Mouad Aktaou · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  13. Panama WONE Global Partner Ebrahim Asvat K. · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  14. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  15. United States WONE Global Partner F Miles Adler · Principal Brief this Partner →
  16. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  17. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  18. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  19. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…

Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Capability Partner · China

Roberto Gilardino

Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries · Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company · Shanghai

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).

Karin HorevTel Aviv · Israel

WONE Global Capability Partner · Israel

Karin Horev

Founding Partner · Horev & Co. Law Office · Tel Aviv

Adv. Karin Horev has been practicing corporate and commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on complex technology-related matters. Over the years, Karin has led a large number of complex and wide-ranging tran…

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