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

 Litigation

• Disputes, mediation, injunctions

 Private Client

• Wills and estate planning