Kathy Ceroni
She / Her / Hers
Partner
E kathy@mcclaw.ca
T 416.593.2513 ext.104
Kathy Ceroni is a founding partner of Morin Charnetski Ceroni LLP.
For the last 20+ years, Kathy has counseled clients in all types of entertainment and media law transactions and matters. Her practice primarily focuses on representing Canadian and international studios, broadcasters, networks, platforms, content creators and independent producers in all aspects of the development, production, financing, licensing, distribution and merchandising of live action (scripted and unscripted), animated, interactive and live event content and projects. Kathy also advises content creators, authors, showrunners, writers, directors, performers and hosts on various entertainment law issues and agreements.
Kathy has extensive experience in advising clients on a wide range of issues, including structuring, negotiating and drafting complex format and literary option/acquisition agreements, life rights agreements, co-venture agreements, international and domestic co-production agreements, production releases, product placement and branding agreements, production policies and procedures, key creative and talent agreements, sponsorship, influencer and endorsement agreements, distribution, broadcast licenses, agency agreements, distribution agreements, production financing transactions, rights clearance issues, cultural industry collective agreements, government and private film and television funding and tax incentives, Canadian content certification and compliance, merchandise licensing, publishing, music agreements, copyright, trademark, insurance and general corporate issues.
Before joining Gigi and Lorri, Kathy was a senior partner at another Toronto-based entertainment and media boutique law firm. Kathy has also served as legal and production counsel to one of Canada’s leading producers of factual, factual entertainment, reality, documentary, format, kids’ and scripted television programming, and as Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs to one of the world’s leading international producers and distributors of children’s animated content. She also spent several years in private practice at two leading Canadian Bay Street law firms.
Kathy is a former board member of both the Burlington Performing Arts Centre and Women in Film and Television – Toronto. She has been a frequent lecturer at the Factory Media Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, has participated in many industry conference panels and is a past member of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association Animation Subcommittee.
Kathy is graduate of McGill University and University of Western Ontario Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1998.
