Film Brochure

Broadcasting and carriage
Advertising
Sponsorship
Film
Music and entertainment
Publishing
Litigation

Our International Media Group is a multi-disciplinary group dedicated to providing a full range of commercial legal services to clients in the media sector. We draw on the strength of leading lawyers who are expert in media, e-commerce, communications, IT, IP, music and entertainment and sports law to provide a full range of domestic and cross-border corporate, commercial, regulatory advice and dispute resolution advice.

The depth of our knowledge of this sector combined with our international reach enables us to provide commercially focused advice to clients working in this sector. Our expertise in communications, e-commerce and media gives us a particular strength in advising on all aspects of digital media.

Our clients include broadcasters (terrestrial, cable, satellite, video on demand, web casting and radio), digital platform operators, broadcast technology suppliers, rights owners, agents, distributors, film and television producers and financiers, advertisers and publishers in addition to those working in the music and entertainment fields.

We also act for financial institutions and other investors, including private equity houses, in their investments into media related businesses.

Our key services include:

Broadcasting and carriage

• content acquisition and distribution arrangements       
• infrastructure and technology arrangements       
• conditional access services agreements including EPG arrangements       
• corporate/M&A, buyouts/venture capital, corporate finance and debt finance       
• regulatory and competition law advice (service and content related)       
• joint ventures and strategic alliances

Advertising

• all aspects of above and below the line advertising       
• marketing and promotional activities       
• internet advertising       
• domestic and international regulation       
• voluntary codes and industry practice       
• rights acquisitions and clearances       
• licensing, brand protection and passing off       
• terms of engagement       
• production arrangements

Sponsorship

Advising sponsors and sports rights holders on sponsorship deals involving:

• venues
• competitions/events
• organisations
• teams and indvidual endorsements

Film

• production finance
• production services including agreements with principal cast and crew, script clearances, music licences and location agreements
• international sales and distribution
• international co-productions
• employment and employee benefits and incentives
• e-commerce
• dispute resolution

Music and entertainment

• contractual work
• artist recording agreements
• publishing agreements
• producer agreements
• licence and label agreements
• distributor agreements
• management agreements
• tour agreements
• public performance agreements

Publishing

Advising traditional and new media publishers as well as authors and literary agents in relation to:

• publishing, representation and licensing arrangements
• client agreements
• acquisition and licensing of content
• pre-publication rights clearances
• brand issues
• defamation and intellectual property disputes

Litigation

• artist and copyright loyalty
• infringements
• copyright breaches