Kieran Jay > Harbottle & Lewis LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Harbottle & Lewis LLP Offices

7 Savoy Court
LONDON
WC2R 0EX
England
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Kieran Jay

Work Department
Music
Position
Kieran represents leading artists, song-writers, producers and mixers as well as independent management, record and publishing companies, and has some of the UK’s most successful artists – both new and established – as clients.
He advises on all types of music related agreements from label joint ventures, distribution, artist/label services, recording, publishing, management, merchandise, tour sponsorship, live performance and brand/endorsement agreements.
Kieran also represents a growing number of leading UK music industry executives in respect of their employment arrangements and entrepreneurial activities as founder/owners of new label and publishing businesses.
He also has significant experience in sports law, in particular in football and player/athlete endorsement arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
(Leading partners)Kieran Jay leads Harbottle & Lewis LLP‘s music practice, representing high-profile artists, songwriters, producers, record and publishing companies in commercial matters. With a wide-ranging expertise in the music industry, practice head Jay advises on merchandising and endorsement agreements, live performances and employment issues. The team currently assists award-winning artists from the UK and abroad with corporate and commercial issues such as catalogue sales, and is also well versed in joint ventures and collaborations between major labels and talent. Neil Adleman manages IP rights for artists, while Will Priestley assists music clients with a range of day-to-day matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Media: Music London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers