Our International Media Group acts for a broad mix of owners and distributors of digital audio, visual and data content, including films, TV, gaming, text and music, as well as a number of media personalities. We also represent private equity houses and financial institutions involved in this sector.
The combination of globalisation and convergence has dramatically altered the media landscape, sweeping away traditional business models and bringing new cross-media challenges and new cross-border opportunities for content use and distribution.
Our practice has developed in tune with the new media age: we have helped many clients adapt and take advantage of new business opportunities, steering a careful – and often ground-breaking — path through many complex commercial and legal issues along the way.
We provide advice and transactional support for businesses looking to finance productions, exploit rights, develop platforms, distribute content, license technology or overcome competition, regulatory or tax hurdles.
We act for production companies, distributors and broadcasters, platform owners, ISPs, channel and content providers, investors and finance providers, government and official bodies. We also have a highly-regarded practice in other convergent sectors.
What you can expect from us apart from first-rate legal skills, is a genuine feel for the media sector and those who work in it and a practical, hands-on approach to keeping complex projects on track.
Heads of Group: Matt Dennis & Pauline Kuipers