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title: "Talent Agency Agreements"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/talent-agency-agreements-en"
field: "Media, Entertainment & Sports Law"
description: "Talent agency agreements in Georgia follow the Civil Code mandate rules: fee, delegation, termination at any time. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Talent Agency Agreements

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/talent-agency-agreements-en

A talent agency agreement defines the relationship between a representation agency and an actor, musician, athlete or other creative professional: the agency performs one or more mandated acts in the talent's name and at the talent's expense. In Georgia this field is not governed by a separate statute — the special talent-agency legislation known in other jurisdictions, such as the California model, does not operate here. The relationship is therefore governed, in substance, by the mandate-contract provisions of the Georgian Civil Code — primarily articles 709, 710, 711 and 720.

## The Mandate Contract in the Talent Context

Under article 709 of the Civil Code, under a mandate contract the mandatary is obliged to perform one or several legal acts entrusted to it by the mandator, in the mandator's name and at the mandator's expense. In the talent context the mandatary is the agency and the mandator is the performer or athlete. Because the agent acts in the talent's name and for the talent's benefit, the rights and obligations created by the deals the agent concludes belong directly to the talent: the talent receives the fees and bears the responsibility.

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### Which law governs a talent agency agreement in Georgia?

No separate statute exists — the relationship is governed by the mandate-contract provisions of the Civil Code (articles 709, 710, 711 and 720).

### When does the obligation to pay the agency's fee arise?

Only where provided by contract or law; otherwise the default of the customary fee, or the fee corresponding to earnest money, applies.

### May the agency delegate the mandate to another person?

Only with permission or where forced by the circumstances that have arisen; otherwise the mandate must be performed personally.

### Can the right to terminate the contract be restricted?

No — termination is possible at any time, and an agreement waiving this right is void.