Contract Management Services

Here is how this works in practice. Our contract running coordinators work alongside Lisbon and Porto entertainment lawyers to draft, negotiate, and administer the full Portuguese production paper stack: crew engagements under the Código do Trabalho with 40-hour standard weeks, 22-day paid vacation, and 13 public holidays embedded. Freelance contratos de prestação de serviços with Segurança Social tax sign-ups. Talent agreements aligned with STE union-rate floors and APR-affiliated director scales. Location agreements stamped by the Lisbon Film Office, Porto Cinema Office, or regional Algarve/Madeira/Azores film commissions. And supplier contracts with 23 percent IVA structuring on Portuguese spend.

Here is the breakdown. Each agreement maps to ICA cash-rebates eligibility (25-30 percent on qualifying Portuguese expenditure up to €4M cap per project) so producers can audit deal-flow against rebates spend types from day one. CNPD/RGPD data-protection clauses, IGAC type dependencies, ANAC drone operator engagements, and DGPC UNESCO heritage permits all carry standard contract templates we deploy and negotiate.

Here is the short of it. Portuguese contract practice operates inside EU treaty layers. Eurimages co-production, MEDIA Programme support, and bilateral co-production treaties with Lusofonia partners Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé. Plus reciprocal recognition for SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, and BECTU when global talent and crew arrive via TAP Air Portugal. We've supported deals across the Indiana Jones 5 partial 2023 sequences, Netflix's 1899 Babelsberg/The country co-production in 2022, Ira Sachs' Frankie in Sintra in 2019, the first-Portuguese-Netflix-first Glória in 2021, and Rabo de Peixe in the Azores in 2022.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Our team sets up Autoridade Tributária customs filings, ATA carnet handling on imported gear, ACT labor-inspectorate compliance, and EU posted-workers directive sign-ups when European crew cross borders for Portuguese shoots — packaging each contract bundle so the shoot days's ledger holds up against ICA rebates audit, EU treaty audit, and any downstream insurance or distribution chain-of-title diligence.