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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Copyright, media & digital content rights

Finance a film or series across countries

How do we finance a production with funds and incentives from several countries?

WONE Global coordinates co-production structure, tax incentives and investor terms with professionals in each financing country, so every source of money qualifies.

Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · Canada · South Africa

The situation

What is happening

A producer is combining co-production funds, tax incentives and investors from several countries.

What is at stake

Financing falls apart if co-production and incentive rules are not met in each country.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

ProducerSport and entertainment · from United Kingdom · in Canada, South Africa

It is co-producing with Canadian and South African partners to access incentives.

Where it ends Financing that qualifies everywhere.

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

Also asked as “Co-production treaty”“Film tax incentives abroad”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global coordinates co-production structure, tax incentives and investor terms with professionals in each financing country, so every source of money qualifies.

Usually led by Finance & Treasury, with Tax & International Structuring, Legal & Contracting and Banking & Capital Access.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Weeks 1-3Co-production structure.
  2. Weeks 4-6Incentive applications.
  3. Weeks 7-8Investor terms.
  4. ThenProduction.

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

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Which incentives and treaties the project qualifies for
  2. 02Co-production structure and ownership split
  3. 03Financing, completion bond and cash flow

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A financing plan
  • Co-production and financing agreements
  • Incentive applications filed

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

Who handles it

Finance & Treasury, 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. Canadain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. South Africain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Jordan WONE Global Partner Osama Abu Shrieha · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. Spain WONE Global Partner Darragh Brady · Partner CIB Finance Brief this Partner →
  6. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

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