Presenters

Janine Lapworth, Senior Legal Consultant
Janine Lapworth has extensive experience in corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and entertainment law, from private practice at national and international law firms, as well as senior in-house roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ESPN Star Sports in Singapore. Janine advises a diverse range of clients, including international studios, industry groups, tech start-ups, and creative businesses. She is well known for her broader contributions to the screen industry, through her governance roles, speaking and training engagements, mentoring activities, thought leadership and her fostering of innovation and cross-sector collaborations.


Janine Pearce, Principal, JP Media Law
Janine practiced in the areas of tax, securities and mergers+acquisitions for 6 years at the New York and Tokyo offices of Cleary Gottlieb. Thereafter, she worked at Showtime Networks in New York, where she managed television distribution contracts and advised on advertising, antitrust, copyright and trademark law. In 1998, she moved to Australia and worked at the Film Finance Corporation (predecessor to Screen Australia) in Sydney advising on investments in feature films and television drama until 2006. She subsequently joined an entertainment boutique firm helmed by Nina Stevenson. Since 2008 she has operated a sole practice, JP Media Law + Consulting, where she represents creators, financiers and producers and advises on all aspects of contract and copyright law, financing and distribution. She is qualified to practice in Australia and the United States. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law.


Therese Catanzariti, Barrister, 13 Wentworth Chambers
Therese Catanzariti, Barrister, 13 Wentworth Chambers: Therese masquerades as a wills and estates barrister, and has been listed in the Doyle’s Guide as a Leading NSW Junior Counsel in the area of Wills & Estates Litigation since 2018 and since 2020 as a Recommended Australia Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel. However, those with longer memories will know within her beats the heart of an entertainment lawyer; she previously worked at Mallesons Stephen Jaques and in London in entertainment law especially in production legals, international co-productions, offshore productions, film financing, and film tax incentives including Division 10BA, FLICS and Division 376 producer offset. She has lectured in entertainment law and intellectual property at UNSW, UTS and LPAB. She has a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting), University of Sydney Bachelor of Laws (Honours I), University of Sydney; Master of Laws (Merit), University of London; and Graduate, Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Presenters

Janine Lapworth, Senior Legal Consultant
Janine Lapworth has extensive experience in corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and entertainment law, from private practice at national and international law firms, as well as senior in-house roles at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ESPN Star Sports in Singapore. Janine advises a diverse range of clients, including international studios, industry groups, tech start-ups, and creative businesses. She is well known for her broader contributions to the screen industry, through her governance roles, speaking and training engagements, mentoring activities, thought leadership and her fostering of innovation and cross-sector collaborations.


Janine Pearce, Principal, JP Media Law
Janine practiced in the areas of tax, securities and mergers+acquisitions for 6 years at the New York and Tokyo offices of Cleary Gottlieb. Thereafter, she worked at Showtime Networks in New York, where she managed television distribution contracts and advised on advertising, antitrust, copyright and trademark law. In 1998, she moved to Australia and worked at the Film Finance Corporation (predecessor to Screen Australia) in Sydney advising on investments in feature films and television drama until 2006. She subsequently joined an entertainment boutique firm helmed by Nina Stevenson. Since 2008 she has operated a sole practice, JP Media Law + Consulting, where she represents creators, financiers and producers and advises on all aspects of contract and copyright law, financing and distribution. She is qualified to practice in Australia and the United States. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law.


Therese Catanzariti, Barrister, 13 Wentworth Chambers
Therese Catanzariti, Barrister, 13 Wentworth Chambers: Therese masquerades as a wills and estates barrister, and has been listed in the Doyle’s Guide as a Leading NSW Junior Counsel in the area of Wills & Estates Litigation since 2018 and since 2020 as a Recommended Australia Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel. However, those with longer memories will know within her beats the heart of an entertainment lawyer; she previously worked at Mallesons Stephen Jaques and in London in entertainment law especially in production legals, international co-productions, offshore productions, film financing, and film tax incentives including Division 10BA, FLICS and Division 376 producer offset. She has lectured in entertainment law and intellectual property at UNSW, UTS and LPAB. She has a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting), University of Sydney Bachelor of Laws (Honours I), University of Sydney; Master of Laws (Merit), University of London; and Graduate, Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors.