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Simons Muirhead Burton Offices

Simons Muirhead Burton
87-91 Newman Street
LONDON
W1T 3EY
England
Visit website 020 3206 2700 020 3206 2800

Living Wage

Simon Goldberg

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020 3206 2720 simon.goldberg@smab.co.uk

Work Department

Media Business and Rights and Media.

Position

Partner and head of the commercial media practice, combining traditional film and television production and finance work, and general commercial work for media and publishing companies. Film and tv clients include Blumhouse, Fred Berger, Zig Zag Productions, Edge Investment, 42 M and P, Fresh Start Media and Acorn Productions which manages the Agatha Christie Literary Estate. Publishing clients include Dennis Publishing, LadBible, and Time Out Magazine. Recent work includes working on the film “Teen Spirit” for La La Land producer Fred Berger, various film and tv projects for 42 and acting for Fresh Start Media on various aspects of their deal with Sky.

Career

Trained Simons Muirhead & Burton; qualified, 1989; partner, 1992. Visiting lecturer in Media Studies at Warwick University. Current Trusteeships: The Death Penalty Project Charitable Trust and the Professional Squash Association Foundation.

Publications of note: 

  • LexisNexis®PSL – Protecting a new TV format (Banner Universal Motion Pictures v Endemol Shine Group) – News on 2nd November 2017
  • Publishing industry—payment structures and royalties – Lexis PSL – TMT – Practice notes

Languages

Italian

Memberships

PACT, Law Society and Royal Television Society.

Education

University of Cambridge, (1984, MA, Classics St Johns College); College of Law, Lancaster Gate, (1986).

Leisure

Member of MCC and Life Fellow of Zoological Society of London; keen squash and bridge player.

Lawyer Rankings

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV

Simon Goldberg and Razwana Akram lead the film and television team at Simons Muirhead Burton, a firm that advises film financiers, independent production companies and traditional broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and the BBC across all areas of development, production, finance and distribution. The team, which also includes film finance expert James Greenslade and senior associate Blaise Gaymer, has noted an uptick in matters involving an AI or gaming component. Data protection specialist Stephen Shotnes heads up the contentious function. In a notable development, Nick Miller – former head of ACK Media Law LLP’s film and television department – joined the team; he has particular expertise advising on BAFTA and Emmy-nominated animation projects and children’s programmes.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport

Marc Sobol leads Simons Muirhead Burton‘s intersecting sports and media team. Sobol advises clients on investments and sponsorships across a range of sports, while seasoned litigator Stephen Shotnes notably advises football clubs on regulatory and contentious matters involving players and managers. Simon Goldberg – who serves as head of the media and business rights team in addition to co-head of the corporate, commercial and finance department –  is a key port of call for the Professional Squash Association on all its commercial, regulatory and contractual requirements.

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