Peter G. Stathopoulos

Peter Stathopoulos is of counsel in Greenspoon Marder’s Entertainment & Sports and Tax practice groups.  His practice is concentrated on entertainment incentives for film, television, digital entertainment and music clients, state and local taxation, and film and television corporate and transactional work.

With more than 27 years of state tax and entertainment law experience, Mr. Stathopoulos currently represents or has represented major motion picture studios, streaming platforms, television networks, cable companies, independent film production companies, and others in the entertainment industry, as well as lenders in film tax credit lending deals.  Mr. Stathopoulos has represented clients in connection with film tax credit transfer/lending deals totaling over $250 million.

Mr. Stathopoulos is chair of the governmental affairs committee for the Georgia Production Partnership, is on the steering committee of the Georgia Screen Entertainment Coalition, serves on the Georgia Department of Revenue Film Tax Credit Advisory Board, and is a former chair of the Taxation Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia.  As such, Mr. Stathopoulos has helped shape tax policy related to the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act, which helped make Georgia one of the leading U.S. destinations for film, television, and digital entertainment productions.

Mr. Stathopoulos is also a frequent speaker on entertainment incentives and state and local tax issues. Additionally, he has been published or quoted in various publications, including Variety, Total Retail, Oz Magazine, The Journal of Multistate Taxation, Atlanta Business Chronicle, and State Tax Notes.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 1993
• B.A., Economics, Vanderbilt University, 1990

Other Languages

• Greek