• 27.01.2012

    SKW Schwarz advised Travian Games on acquiring a majority stake in Bright Future
  • 13.01.2012

    SKW Schwarz advises Spandex Group's German subsidiary and Management
  • 04.01.2012

    SKW Schwarz advises Perform Group on acquisition of Spox Media and mediasports

Prof. Dr. Mathias Schwarz

Partner
Rechtsanwalt, Mediator, Wirtschaftsprüfer

80333 Munich
Wittelsbacherplatz 1
T +49 89 286 40-129
F +49 89 286 40-5129
m.schwarz@skwschwarz.de

Areas of practice
Media and Entertainment Law
Cinema and TV
Press and publishing houses
IT Law, Internet & E-Business
Private Clients
Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Mediation

Languages

English, French, Italian

Rechtsanwalt, Mediator, Wirtschaftsprüfer

Prof. Mathias Schwarz advises national and international clients from the film, television, publishing and e-commerce sectors. He specializes, among other things, in consulting for structured financing, film and media funds, bank financing and private equity shares. Prof. Schwarz takes care of partnerships and corporate enterprises with regard to all issues involving corporate law, as well as foundations. Furthermore, he provides alternative dispute resolution (mediation).

Further qualifications / previous positions held
  • 1984-1987: Head of the legal department of KirchGruppe
  • 1995-2005: Honorary professor for legislation covering the media at the University of Leipzig
  • since 2005: Honorary professor at the University of Television and Film Munich (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, München)
Memberships
  • 1990 to 1994 Chairman of the Entertainment and Intellectual Property Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • GRUR (Vereinigung Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht; German Industrial Property and Copyright Law Association)
  • Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht (Institute for Copyright and Media Law)
  • Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Bar Association)
  • MiMMA – mediation in the media, music & the arts e. V. (chair)

Admitted to the bar 1980
Appointed Public Accountant 1992
Appointed Mediator 2003

Rechtsanwalt, Mediator, Wirtschaftsprüfer

Publications
ARTIKEL-ID: 1129
issue 15. July 2011
Hansen / Schwarz: BGH zu Anforderungen für Rechteeinräumung an unbekannten Nutzungsarten bei Altverträgen vor 1966. In: Der IP-Rechts-Berater, Heft 7 2011, S. 148-149
ARTIKEL-ID: 952
issue 01. March 2011
Current Misguided Developments in the Interpretation of the Term "Initial Transmission"as a Prerequisite for the Right of Retransmission by Cable. An Analysis Proceeding from Section 20b of the German Copyright Act, in: IIC, p. 201ff.
ARTIKEL-ID: 950
issue 25. February 2011
Der Produzent als (Mit-) Filmurheber, in: GRUR 2011, 109 ff.
ARTIKEL-ID: 218
issue 01. January 2006
Schwarz/Peschel-Mehner "Recht im Internet"
ARTIKEL-ID: 222
issue 27. September 2004
v. Hartlieb/Schwarz, Handbuch des Film-, Fernseh- und Videorechts
ARTIKEL-ID: 842
issue 01. January 1970
Schwarz/Hansen, Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für Video on Demand (VoD). Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Film- und Fernsehabkommen zwischen Produzentenverbänden und Sendern
Rechtsanwalt, Mediator, Wirtschaftsprüfer