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Marc Sobol
Work Department
Broadcasting and Sports Media.
Position
Marc’s broadcasting and content distribution work encompasses media rights holders and distribution platforms. Deals include licencing agreements with Sky, BT Sports, BBC, Channel 4, AMC Networks and movie studios. He has recently advised a new television platform in Africa, completing over 40 channel agreements. Marc’s sports media practice draws on the rights sales and licencing advice he has provided to federations including the EFL, Premiership Rugby, European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), the WBC and Major League Soccer. Recent work includes running an auction for EPCR’s media rights, and negotiating agreements with winning bidders BT Sport, Channel 4 and TV3. He has also advised talkSPORT, Guardian Media Group and new media platforms on the acquisition and exploitation of sports rights.
Career
Trained Clintons, qualified 1998. Legal counsel, Northern & Shell Plc/Express Newspapers 1999-2001; legal counsel, Telewest/Virgin Media 2001-2006; senior vice president, Global Media – Wasserman Media Group, 2007-2015; Partner, Simons Muirhead & Burton, 2015 to date.
Memberships
Law Society.
Education
Queen Elizabeth’s Boys’ School, Barnet; The University of Sussex (LLB, 2:1, 1993); The College of Law, Store Street, London (LPC, 1994).
Leisure
Keen tennis player.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
Maninder Gill leads the ‘pragmatic and commercial’ IP group at Simons Muirhead Burton, which maintains a strong standing within the media, entertainment, and retail sectors while acting for many global organisations. Gill counts fashion brands, musicians, artists, and photographers among his key roster of clients, advising on a litany of IP issues. Marc Sobol holds considerable experience on the licensing side.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
(Leading partners)Spearheaded by the ‘pragmatic’ Marc Sobol, Simons Muirhead Burton provides a multi-disciplinary service on sports media matters, corporate transactions and crisis management issues. Sobol frequently advises international sports agencies on media rights and broadcasting issues, Stephen Shotnes has extensive expertise in disputes and regulatory matters, while Simon Goldberg advises sports clients on corporate and commercial matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design