Warren T. Goz is a corporate, securities, tax and transactional attorney, admitted to the New York and New Jersey bar associations. Over the past 8 years, he has counseled a variety of public and private businesses on their tax planning, transactional structures, mergers and acquisitions ranging in deal size up to 1 billion USD. Warren specializes in deals relating to tangible and intangible property, as well as entertainment finance and production. He is also a litigator who has successfully defended and prosecuted cases valued up to 30 million USD. Warren is a graduate of New York University School of Law where he received an LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Taxation. Acting as Managing Director of Global Media Capital & Bezdek Goz & McMichael, LLC.

Bezdek Goz & McMichael, LLC is a full service entertainment, intellectual property, corporate, real estate, and litigation law firm providing counsel on all aspects of motion picture and television financing, production and distribution, including international, state-level and federal (Section 181) tax-incentivized film funds. Representing actors, writers, directors and producers, as well as financiers and television networks.

Global Media Capital is the pioneer of new and powerful trends in financing motion picture, television productions, and other audiovisual content that is produced in the United States, in addition to providing traditional film finance services.

Global Media Capital provides foreign and domestic distribution sales agency services, assistance in the placement of private equity investment including media fund investment, and assistance in procuring mezzanine and senior debt finance for producers of film, television, and other audiovisual content. In addition, Global Media Capital has developed several structures for financing film, television, and other audiovisual content utilizing recent changes in U.S. tax law that permits producers to take full advantage of tax benefits at the federal, state, and local levels.

Structures utilize Section 181 of the Internal Revenue Code and are specifically designed to benefit:

• Companies seeking Advertising or Product Placement – companies can now place products in film, television, and other audiovisual content. Such companies will own the content, which provides them with greater control over how their products appear in the content and permits them to take full advantage of tax deductions under Tax Code Section 181. In today's TIVO world, integrating the product into content is imperative.
  
• Individuals – high net worth individuals seeking to invest in film, television, and other audiovisual content can now take advantage of the tax savings provided by Section 181, subject to certain limitations. Contact Global Media Capital to learn more.
  
• Institutions and Investment Funds – institutional investors, subchapter C corporations, and investment funds can now take advantage of the tax savings and high rates of return provided by financing content through Tax Code Section 181. Contact Global Media Capital to learn more.

Global Media Capital is the preeminent boutique arranger for leveraging "soft" funding opportunities and tax efficient branded marketing. Its members have unsurpassed experience in executing complex film finance structures, including the former German defeasance funds, the UK sale and leasebacks, and other U.S. and international models that its members directly utilized throughout the world to finance some of the most renown films over the past decade, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Harry Potter series, and the Lara Croft movies, among others.