We have extensive experience advising clients on production, financing and distribution agreements across a broad spectrum of creative industries including film, television, theatre and other forms of media and entertainment.
We guide film producers, as well as lenders, banks and financiers, through the process of production and distribution agreements, and film financing, providing prompt, commercial and pragmatic advice. As front runners in this field we also have dedicated specialists who can advise on co-productions, EIS and SEIS schemes and the audio-visual expenditure credit (AVEC), including the enhanced AVEC/independent film tax credit.
We advise a range of clients from across the TV sector, ranging from large UK and US production companies and studios to independent producers, SVOD platforms, financiers and distributors. We frequently advise talent, presenters, rights holders and locations on their deals with production companies for TV projects. Another recognised strength is on financing, where we have expertise in acting both for producers and for investors and lenders. As outlined above, we can also advise productions on the AVEC scheme as it pertains to TV productions.
We have vast experience helping clients with financial investment in projects in the media and entertainment sector. Our clients benefit from working with lawyers who have a true understanding of how, and why, business models are developing. We have been working with clients in film finance, TV finance, video games finance, music finance, publishing finance and theatre finance for decades.
Our expertise in media finance, including loan, security and inter-party arrangements, combined with an in-depth knowledge of the sector, means we can offer you expert advice, adding value to your deals. We will call on specialist advice within the firm where required, for example in the areas of tax, intellectual property, corporate and insolvency.
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We have a longstanding history of working with Amazon Studios across a range of projects. Recently, we have acted as production counsel on “Killer Heat”, “Citadel” and “My Lady Jane”. We also advice Amazon on development aspects across its UK slate.
We act as trusted advisors to Apple Studios across its full slate of UK-based projects. We served as production counsel on “Masters of the Air”, Blitz”, “Silo”, “Disclaimer” and others.
We continue to advise Working Title on a range of productions. Recently we provided production legal services on the new Bridget Jones film and Netflix series ‘Too Much’, demonstrating our ability to act for UK indies on large scale projects in collaboration with major studios and streaming platforms.
We continue to act as trusted advisors to Complete Fiction on all aspects of the projects in their development slate. This involves legal and business affairs support, as well as strategic advice on seeing the projects through to commission, with Netflix, Sky and other broadcasters.
We advised the production company making “In The Shadows” (directed by Anthony Wonke) on the complex financing agreements required for the production of this feature film. We also advised on all production agreements.
We advise Box to Box Films (the producers of Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Full Swing and Six Nations: Full Contact) on production, clearance and rights issues arising across their slate of documentary productions.
We have acted for Romesh Ranganathan’s production company over its entire scripted and unscripted slate. This work has included commercial and corporate support on funding, commissioning, development and rights deals, as well as unique rights and clearance issues
We provided commercial advice to Jolly Octopus on their new partnership deal with BBC Studios. Jolly Octopus is a new production company founded by Emmy and BAFTA winners Ollie Brack and James Longman.
We advised Neal Street Productions on all the financing and production agreements required for the production of The Magic Faraway Tree. We also act on other matters for both Neal Street and its company director Sam Mendes.
We acted for Black Label Media on the set up of its UK production arm and on the financing and production elements for its film, Die, My Love and also advised on its commissioning structure in order to maximise the UK tax credit claim.
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