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FILM PRODUCTION & TAX CREDITS
Production and finance legal, local and cross-border incentives, co-production strategies.
VALUE GROWTH
& EXIT PLANNING
Transition and sale strategies to increase the market value of the business in alignment with the personal and financial goals of the owners.
EMERGING COMPANIES
& VENTURE CAPITAL
Corporate structure, governance, IP protection, tax incentives, capital structuring and readiness.
R&D TAX CREDITS
Generation and placement of R&D tax credits.
ABOUT: ANTONIO J. SIFRE-SEIN
I am a legal and business advisor with over 30 years of experience helping founders, business owners, and film producers structure, finance, and exit their ventures. I am analytical, strategic, and thorough, yet practical and sensitive to transaction and people dynamics.
My experience spans corporate and transactional matters, commercial financing, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, film and television production and financing, music production, software development, intellectual property protection and licensing, startups, capital raising, venture capital and private equity, and the generation, placement, and financing of film and R&D tax credits.
I am proud to have advised on the majority of studio and independent films and series produced in Puerto Rico over the past 25 years. My film practice covers tax credits, production and finance legal, and the structuring of finance plans, with a focus on maximizing local and cross-border incentives and co-production strategies.
I enjoy advising innovative technology companies on corporate structure and governance, intellectual property protection, tax incentives, and capital structuring and readiness.
I help businesses become more valuable, transferable, and attractive to buyers and investors. I strongly believe that business owners should incorporate “exit planning” into their strategic planning; it creates clarity on the drivers of enterprise value in alignment with their personal and financial goals before and after the exit. As a Certified Exit Planning Advisor, I implement the Exit Planning Institute’s Value Acceleration Methodology, a strategic framework to accelerate value, minimize risk, and align owners' business, personal, and financial goals.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Boston College (1989) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law (1992).
Outside of my advisory work, I am an angel investor, drummer, music producer, and executive producer of feature films.
