We’ve worked at the cutting edge of changes in the industry since our team was established in the early 2000s, and are now recognised as a leading adviser in the industry.
We provide specialist legal support to businesses and professionals across the entire games and interactive entertainment sector. Advising on legal and regulatory matters, including people and culture issues, we help you to navigate a constantly changing landscape. Members of our award-winning team have worked in-house for studios and publishers; between us we have decades of industry experience across all platforms and formats, enabling us to provide you with specialist support for your deals and projects.
We work at the forefront of the evolution of the audio and music industry, covering everything from mobile to streaming, user-generated content to brand partnerships, through to rights, catalogue or image acquisitions and their monetisation.
Acting across the entire spectrum of the music industry - from start-ups to some of the world’s largest players – we offer a unique combination of industry insight, legal expertise and passion for working at the intersection of music, technology, data and talent.
Talent sits at the heart of the media and entertainment industries. Our team can support you with planning commercial strategies, protecting and exploiting intellectual property rights, and drawing up watertight contractual agreements and secure, pragmatic employment contracts. We act for individuals, their agencies and managers, creator-owned businesses, as well as brands and media owners looking for talent to work with. Our experience includes helping to establish the world’s first influencer management company and drafting many of the advertising industry’s standard template contracts.
Our team of highly experienced lawyers works with companies and individuals from across film and TV.
We are an industry-leading practice on employment, people and culture issues, and can also advise you on M&A, investigations, talent engagement, content creation, finance, production, and exploitation. Several members of our team have held senior in-house legal and commercial positions in major TV, film finance and distribution companies, leading broadcaster groups and digital content owners.
We advise publishing businesses across print, digital, broadcast and social media and work closely with many of the industry’s trade bodies, including the PPA and the AOP. Considered the go-to legal practice for employment, people and culture issues, we can also advise you on all your other needs, including M&A, joint ventures, commercial contracts (including advice on terms of business), licensing, sponsorships, data privacy matters, defamation, tech (including AI and blockchain), real estate, dispute resolution, and IP (including trademarks).
We have a unique enthusiasm for and perspective on the live events sector, with members of our team having delivered projects all over the world, including working on band tours and on some of the largest events ever staged. From live music to theatre, experiential to sport, product launches to festivals, through to exhibitions and one-off global events, we work throughout the live entertainment industry. We provide you with strategic advice on all aspects of the design, build and operation of an event, the associated people issues, and on commercialisation strategies.