Legal and Business Services

Practice Areas:

Here are some of the areas within which we offer representation and advice.

1) Legal

  • MUSIC INDUSTRY AGREEMENTS (eg. record / publishing / distribution /  management / live events)
  • FILM AND TV AGREEMENTS (eg. development / production / commissioning / financing / talent / licensing / distribution)
  • THEATRE AND MUSICALS
  • MERCHANDISING, BRANDING AND SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENTS
  • DIGITAL AND NEW MEDIA AGREEMENTS (eg. website / software / apps / design)
  • GAMING AGREEMENTS (eg. development / publishing / distribution / licensing)
  • BOOK / PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS
  • RIGHTS ADVICE (eg. copyright / performers rights / moral rights)
  • ADVICE ON CLEARANCE AND CONTENT (eg. privacy / defamation / regulation)

2) Business

  • Negotiation of commercial agreements
  • Business research
  • Strategic commercial advice
  • Preparation of business plans
  • Company structuring

3) Dispute Resolution

  • Copyright infringement claims
  • Breach of contract claims
  • Royalty / audit claims
  • Passing off claims
  • Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
  • Mediation

 

(Please note that although we can assist clients with litigation and do work with litigators as part of a litigation team, we do not independently conduct litigation)