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Telecom, media & technology lawyers in London & Thames Valley

We support businesses in the TMT sector to navigate the challenges, mitigate against real risks and take action.

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Telecom, media & technology

Our lawyers invest time to understand your strategic objectives providing expert, pragmatic, solution-driven advice to a variety of clients in the TMT sector. We can provide services across all sectors including music, television, film, theatre, sports and athletics, advertising and sponsorship.

We can tap into experience from our corporate, intellectual property, employment, and immigration, plus our highly ranked and leading disputes team know how to intervene to prevent damage to your brand and reputation.

We can also support with:

Film, music & TV agreements
Sports and athletics contracts
Financing including multiple party financings, equity investments, bank and/or senior lender financings and security arrangements, shareholders’ agreement, joint ventures, SPVs
Sponsoring overseas and visa applications for creative artists and sportspeople

“Advice is provided promptly and is very robust.”

Chambers and Partners

Our comprehensive expertise includes:

Corporate and M&A

Disputes, mediation and injunctions

Privacy and data protection

Employment

Business immigration

Key contacts

Helen Beech

Partner

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+44 118 960 4639

Ashan Arif

Partner

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+44 118 960 4651

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26 April 2018
Commercial Real Estate

The Four C’s of Co-working

Co-working is not a new concept, nor is it a fleeting craze. Last year, flexible work spaces made up over 20% of all commercial office leases in central London. This trend is not confined to the capital either; take-up of flexible work spaces in cities outside London increased 275% from 2016 to 2017.

05 April 2018
Construction

Termination: the pitfalls

There are many risks in termination of a contract, particularly in construction contracts – get it wrong and you risk being in breach of contract yourself. The two main pitfalls are:

05 April 2018
Construction

Building Information Modelling requirements

We are seeing an increased adoption of BIM (Building Information Modelling) in the projects we are advising on across the private sector. Of course, BIM Level 2 became mandatory for use on all UK public sector works in April 2016. The implementation of BIM means that the contract documents for the contractor and through the supply chain and professional consultants will need to consider the specific implications of BIM.

04 April 2018
Commercial Real Estate

How to open a franchise

Property related FAQs by franchisees.

16 March 2018
Employment

Head teacher’s failure to disclose relationship was gross misconduct

The Court, found that a head teacher’s failure to disclose her relationship with a convicted man of having indecent images of children justified her dismissal.

13 March 2018
Commercial Real Estate

Beware all landowners! Be careful not to inadvertently grant a public right of way over your land.

The very real risk of an owner of land allowing rights of access over their land and then these leading to a dedicated public right of way was recently highlighted in the case of R v Cumbria County Council and Peter Lamb EWHC 2651. It is therefore worth considering how the local authorities assess whether a public right of way has been established, to hopefully prevent landowners from suffering from this potential incumbrance on their land.

“Invariably extremely knowledgeable, efficient, well-prepared and delightful to work with. Cannot rate them too highly.”

Legal 500

Contact Helen

+44 118 958 5321 helen.beech@clarkslegal.com