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Alex Chapman

Alex Chapman is a Partner in the Interactive and Creative Media Team. Alex’s practice focuses primarily on the interactive entertainment, digital and creative industries. Alex has an especially strong reputation in computer games and digital media, backed by first-hand knowledge acquired from working in development before taking up the law. Alex now acts for some of Europe’s top games companies and also advises within the creative industries, with a particular focus on the exploitation of rights.

Daniel Geey

Daniel Geey is a Partner in the Sport Group. Daniel’s practice focuses on helping clients in the sports sector, including rights holders, leagues, governing bodies, clubs, agencies, athletes, sports technology companies, broadcasters and financial institutions. Daniel has significant experience in the football industry and has worked on a variety of club takeovers, high profile transfers, commercial endorsement deals and disputes. Daniel also works in the wider entertainment industry advising on competition and anti-trust matters.

Robin Hilton

Robin Hilton is a Partner in the Film, TV & Broadcasting, Advertising and Brands, and Publishing Groups. Robin’s practice focuses on advising media and content businesses, talent, executives, and film and television companies on the production, finance, distribution and monetisation of intellectual property. Having worked in the advertising industry, Robin also specialises in advertising, brands and publishing work.

Jessica Hudson

Jessica Hudson is a Partner in the Film, TV and Broadcasting Groups. Jessica advises clients in the film, television and creative industries on commercial and intellectual property issues associated with all aspects of financing, development, production and exploitation of content across traditional and new media platforms.

Jacqueline Hurt

Jacqueline Hurt is a Partner in the Film, TV and Broadcasting Groups. Jacqueline’s practice specialises in all aspects of production, financing and distribution of films and television programmes. With a wealth of knowledge of the media industry she provides not only legal but also commercial strategic advice in any transaction. Jacqueline’s clients are wide ranging and include; US Studios, leading US and European Producers and Distributors, SVOD Platforms, banks and investment funds. Jacqueline has been named a leader in her field by the Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media and Telecommunication Lawyers, Legal Business’ Legal Experts, by Chambers UK and by The Legal 500.

James Kay

James Kay is a Partner in the Film, TV and Broadcasting Groups and head of the firm’s Media Finance Team. James’s practice centres around the monetisation of intellectual property with a client list including private equity houses, banks, government institutions, Oscar-winning producers, rights owners and talent, including some of the world’s best-known comedians.

Claire Lewis

Claire Lewis is a Partner in the Music and Theatre Groups. Claire specialises in providing theatre related advice to producers and other creatives in the theatre industry. Claire also focuses on live touring work for artists, licensees and other types of performers, and provides general IP advice.

Nick Mahara

Nick Mahara is a Partner in the Film & TV Groups. Nick advises clients in the film, television and creative industries on commercial and intellectual property issues associated with the development, financing, production and exploitation of content on a range of platforms.

Peter McInerney

Peter McInerney is a Partner in the Film, TV, Broadcasting, Theatre and Sport Groups. Peter advises on a broad range of media, entertainment and sports matters, including for clients involved in the creation and exploitation of content via television, digital media, on stage and in cinemas.

Andrew Nixon

Andrew Nixon is a Partner in the Sport Group. Andrew’s practice focuses principally on the sports, gaming and wider entertainment sectors, in particular sports tech, digital media, sports data, AI, music and esports. Andrew’s clients include rights holders, sports data companies, sports and esports teams and orgs, game developers, international and domestic governing bodies, agencies, sponsors, and individual athletes and talent. As well as his commercial and non-contentious regulatory work, Andrew is a highly experienced dispute resolution lawyer, representing entertainment sector clients on a wide range of contentious matters, including in domestic and international litigation and arbitration. He is also well known for his expertise in international and domestic sports governance. Andrew has written for numerous publications and is also regularly called upon as an expert and lecturer in sports and gaming law by media outlets, conference organisers and universities.

Lance Phillips

Lance Phillips is a Partner in the Digital Media and Music Groups. His work focuses primarily on artist-based music/media agreements (recording, music publishing, composing, merchandise, producer, management, branding, print publishing) – specifically, on digital, interactive, VR, AI, web3, metaverse, online and mobile exploitation of music and content, music in the computer games, film/TV, interactive and technology start-up sectors, interactive software/applications, software and content licensing, digital distribution, branding, merchandising and sponsorship, image and intellectual property rights and advising on music rights’ acquisition, licensing and use, and book/print/e-book publishing. Lance also advises clients on the sale and purchase of music assets including catalogue recording and music publishing rights, and has been involved in a number of high-value and high-profile sale and acquisition transactions. Lance acts for highly established and new artists, independent labels/publishers/distributors, tech companies from start-ups to fully-funded, advertising agencies, content providers, computer games companies, design agencies, creative production companies, digital providers and platforms within the music, media, tech and digital/interactive sectors.

Jeremy Roberts

Jeremy Roberts heads the firm’s Film, TV and Broadcasting team. His practice spans media, entertainment and sports, with a particular focus on the television sector.

Russell Roberts

Russell Roberts is a Partner in the Music Group. Russell specialises in music and media related work, including employment and corporate matters extending to high profile share transactions, sales and acquisitions of music publishing and record catalogues, image rights and sponsorship. Russell represents a number of independent music publishing companies, record labels, major recording artists and songwriters as well as senior industry executives.

Alex Tutty

Alex Tutty is head of the Computer Games Department and a Partner in the Interactive and Creative Media Team. Alex specialises in advising computer games and technology clients on commercial and intellectual property issues. Alex provides advice in connection with the development and exploitation of computer games, esports, interactive software and media products. He is also experienced in complex games finance projects including Video Games Tax Relief and acts for developers, publishers and financiers.

Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is a Partner in the Film, TV and Broadcasting Groups. With industry experience working in feature film production, Oliver advises clients in the film, television and creative industries on commercial and intellectual property issues associated with the development, financing, production and exploitation of content on a range of platforms.