Alasdair George > Simons Muirhead Burton > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Simons Muirhead Burton
87-91 Newman Street
LONDON
W1T 3EY
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Music

Position

Partner

Career

1985-1993 – Compton Carr Solicitors: trainee from 1985 to 1987. Associate from 1987 to 1988. Partner from 1988 to 1993.

1993 to 2006 – Sony Music Entertainment: Manager Business Affairs from 1993 to 1994. Head of Legal Affairs from 1994 to 1998. Head of Legal & Business Affairs from 1998 to 2006.

2007 to 2016 – Edge Group: Director.

2016 to 2018 – Simons Muirhead & Burton: Consultant.

2018 to current – Simons Muirhead & Burton: Partner

Languages

English

Education

Exeter University – LLB Hons

Leisure

Music. Playing guitar & collecting vintage guitars. Military history. Football.

Lawyer Rankings

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music

Recent work for Simons Muirhead Burton‘s music department has included sales and acquisitions of master recording and publishing catalogues, asset sales of recorded music rights, and joint venture arrangements. Practice head Richard Baskind specialises in all aspects of the music and entertainment sectors; his team includes corporate transactional expert Alasdair George and is a regular advisor to notable artists, composers, songwriters, labels, publishers, managers, executives and charities.