Media & Entertainment

Our lawyers provide expert, pragmatic, solution-driven advice to a variety of clients in the media & entertainment space.

Working closely with our corporate, intellectual property, employment, HR, immigration and dispute resolution experts, we offer our media & entertainment clients a full range of services, including:

Commercial Agreements

Image rights management, exploitation & protection
Sponsorship and merchandising agreements
Publishing agreements
Royalty arrangements and protection
Licensing arrangements
Exhibition and events agreements
Commercial, copyright & other rights issues and protection
Data protection & privacy
Pre-publication including label and privacy issues

Film, Music & TV Agreements

Development, option, acquisition, location, pre-production, production, post-production, agency, distribution, release, sequel/prequel/spin-off, exploitation and merchandising agreements
Talent agreements including actor, director, producer, writer, presenter, composer, crew, loan-out, contributor, management, agents, commissioning and recording

Financing

Financing, multiple party financings, equity investments, bank and/or senior lender financings and security arrangements, shareholders’ agreement, joint ventures, SPVs

Brand & Reputation Management

Advertising, marketing & PR
Brand management, rights & protection
Image rights management, exploitation & protection
Crisis management
Defamation issues

Corporate

Corporate transactions, including mergers & acquisitions

Employment

Management contracts
Employment and contractor agreements
Data protection & privacy

Immigration

Advice on sponsoring overseas creative artists and sportspeople in the UK
Assistance with Tier 5 Creative & Sporting sponsor licence applications and compliance
Assistance with visa applications for creative artists and sportspeople