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SE1 9AX
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Simon Entwistle
Work Department
Simon is a member of each of the firm’s Corporate, Commercial and Brands & IP practice groups, as well as our Media & Entertainment sector focus group.
Position
Partner: Having spent the early years of his career as a corporate finance lawyer, Simon has in the subsequent years expanded his practice to advise on all manner of non-contentious commercial and IP issues, while continuing to advise on M&A, fundraising, joint ventures (both in the UK and overseas) and other corporate matters.
Although Simon works with clients in various industries, the majority of the clients he works with are in media, marketing services, leisure, or retail.
Career
Trained Edward Lewis; qualified 1988; Titmuss Sainer & Webb (now Dechert) 1988-91; travelled 1991-92; legal advisor Air Nigeria Plc 1993; associate/partner (from 1997) in specialist media practice Geoffrey Davies 1994-2000; joined Lewis Silkin as partner in 2000.
Languages
Conversational French.
Memberships
Simon is a member of the advisory board of the Association of Online Publishers.
Education
Shrewsbury School; Southampton University (1985 LLB Hons); College of Law, Guildford (1986).
Leisure
Cheering on the Wales rugby team or ferrying his nine-year-old to rugby, cricket, or parties.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
Commercial and IP expert Alan Hunt heads up Lewis Silkin‘s practice, which has extensive experience across both the live entertainment and publishing industries. In the former space, the team’s workload ranges from live music to theatre, fashion shows to festivals, and exhibitions to one-off global events; clients include agents and promoters, creatives and artists, broadcasters and content suppliers, and venue owners and operators, among others. In an equal manner, the group is reputed for its advice to leading publishers and corporates on regulations, commercial contracts, brand protection and IP issues – where Simon Entwistle and managing associate JJ Shaw further excel. Consultant Jeremy Summers has wide-ranging IP expertise on both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising