Adult & Entertainment Business

Corporate Structuring & Licensing

We provide end-to-end support in setting up the legal entity for your adult entertainment business, whether it’s an online adult content platform, a production studio, or a physical adult venue. This includes advising on the choice of jurisdiction and business form to optimize for compliance and growth. Many clients seek to register in jurisdictions known for adult-industry friendliness (for instance, certain U.S. states, the UK, or the Netherlands for content production, or offshore locales for internet businesses). We help compare the options, looking at factors like corporate taxes, privacy of owners, and local obscenity laws. If your business requires any licenses or permits – for example, running a strip club might need local adult entertainment permits, or operating an escort agency could require specific licensing – we guide you through obtaining those. For online ventures, while often no specific license is mandated, we ensure you register for any requisite age-verification regulator schemes if applicable (like the UK’s anticipated online age verification regulator under the Online Safety framework). We draft the corporate documents with built-in protections (shareholder agreements ensuring content policies are respected, etc.) and can include exit provisions given the higher-risk nature of the industry. Our goal is to establish your business on a solid legal foundation, so you can concentrate on operations without worrying that the very act of doing business is unlawful.

Content Regulations & Age Verification

Content is the core of adult businesses, and we ensure you comply with the complex web of content regulations. This includes advising what content is outright illegal (e.g. anything involving minors, non- consensual activity, extreme obscenity in some jurisdictions) and setting up compliance procedures to prevent and remove illegal content. We help implement robust model release and ID verification processes for all performers, following laws like the U.S. 18 U.S.C. §2257 which requires producers to verify ages and keep records . Our team will draft the necessary record-keeping policy and even the custodian-of-record notices you must display. For online platforms that allow user uploads, we develop content policies and moderation practices that align with safe harbor laws (for instance, compliance with the DMCA in the US to handle takedown requests swiftly). Age verification for users is a rapidly evolving legal requirement: many jurisdictions (several U.S. states, France, UK, etc.) now mandate that adult sites use reasonable age verification (often government ID or third-party verification) to block access by minors . We will ensure your platform integrates an age verification solution that meets these legal standards and update you as new laws come into effect. We also consider privacy concerns – we choose age verification methods that protect user anonymity as much as possible while satisfying the law, to reduce risk of user data breaches or backlash. By rigorously enforcing content and age rules, you not only comply with law but also protect your brand from being associated with scandal.

Contractual Agreements & Policies

We draft all the contracts and policies that an adult business needs to operate safely. This includes performer contracts that cover consent, copyright ownership of content, and usage rights (preventing later disputes with models over content distribution). We prepare model releases that are compliant with global standards, so the content you produce can be distributed internationally without legal issues. If you run a platform, we craft Terms of Service and User Agreements that set clear rules for users and performers: outlining prohibited conduct, content ownership (often performers retain some rights), payout terms, and platform liabilities. These terms also include disclaimers required by law – for example, warning that all performers were over 18 and content is intended for adults only. We create robust privacy policies acknowledging the sensitive nature of data (perhaps sexual preferences or identity information) and compliant with laws like GDPR, since adult sites may process sensitive personal data (which requires explicit consent and strict protection measures under GDPR). Additionally, we advise on advertising compliance – if you market adult services, there are often rules about not targeting minors, using certain disclaimers, or times of broadcast for adult ads. For any partnerships or content licensing (say you license content from other studios or work with affiliates), we draft those agreements to protect your interests (ensuring partners also follow age verification and §2257 compliance, indemnifying you if they don’t). Essentially, we cover every written agreement involved in your business to ensure it aligns with the unique legalities of adult entertainment, reducing the risk of lawsuits (like claims by a performer that they didn’t consent to a use of their content, or claims by a user about misuse of data).