About Us

Harbottle & Lewis provides high quality legal services to organisations and individuals, in particular those working in the media and entertainment industries.

Specialist knowledge
We are one of the few UK firms to offer expertise across the entire media and entertainment spectrum, including Theatre, Film & Television, Music, Publishing, Advertising, Interactive Entertainment, Sport, Sponsorship and Fashion. The scope of the firm's work is diverse, involving many high profile cases and deals. We have well regarded practices in eCommerce & Technology and Digital Media, and we're well known for our work in areas such as Charities and Aviation. The calibre of our specialist work is consistently recognised by independent sources.

A full range of legal services
We provide our clients with a complete range of legal advice. As well as having a media and entertainment focus, the firm advises on a range of legal disciplines, including Intellectual Property, Litigation, Employment, Tax affairs and Private Client, Family, Property, Finance and Corporate and Commercial work. Our clients find it of considerable value to have access to this complete range of skills.

Breadth of expertise
There are 78 lawyers within the firm of which 30 are partners and 12 are senior associates, each specialising in the firm's industry areas but working closely together to share knowledge. Because we work at the heart of these unique industries, we have considerable experience in supporting creative professionals in pursuit of their objectives. The firm is large enough to handle any size or type of transaction for larger corporate clients, but small enough to offer a flexible and personal service to individuals and entrepreneurs. Indeed, we have seen many of our established clients grow from small beginnings to major success stories on an international scale.

Broad client base
Clients of the firm range from actors, musicians and other media and sports personalities (such as Kate Moss, Gary Rhodes and the England Cricket Team) to emerging growth companies, multinational rights owners, major media corporations (such as Chrysalis Group, Virgin Group, 19 Management, Ascent Media, Penguin Books and O2 (UK) Ltd), international brand owners (such as Vodafone, Philip Morris, Take 2 Interactive Software, Sega Corporation, Diageo); as well as film and television producers and distributors (such as Channel 4, Merchant Ivory, Working Title and Tiger Aspect).

Versatile and commercial solutions
Our commitment to and understanding of the industries in which we work means we can provide practical solutions that are realistic and sound as well as being timely and cost effective. The specialists from different disciplines work together closely, thereby ensuring that our fees are competitive. Importantly, we listen to what our clients are trying to achieve and work hard to ensure that we exceed expectations and that they enjoy working with us.

Harbottle & Lewis LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England under number OC304954 and is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority whose Code of Conduct for Solicitors can be found at www.sra.org.uk. The registered office is Hanover House, 14 Hanover Square, London W1S 1HP.