Catherine’s primary practice is her work with major US studios and streamers, including extensive work with Apple and Amazon. Additionally, she serves a range of UK independent film and television producers, as well as individual rightsholders, with notable clients including Complete Fiction, Marv and DNA Films.
Catherine has a particular specialism in development and production work, where she advises on the full scope of legal and business affairs matters, taking a commercial and pragmatic approach. Catherine’s involvement in projects includes initial rights acquisition, copyright and chain of title issues through to all stages of production (from prep to post), dealing with the negotiation of cast, crew, location, production services and supplier agreements, as well as clearances. Catherine is very knowledgeable on union matters and regularly advises on the application of collective bargaining agreements to UK projects.
Catherine is ranked as a “Key Lawyer” in The Legal 500 UK guide for film and television.
Catherine graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in Law. Before joining Harbottle & Lewis, Catherine trained at DLA Piper where she spent time on secondment at Discovery.