Ed Baden-Powell > Simkins LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Simkins LLP Offices
LYNTON HOUSE
7-12 TAVISTOCK SQUARE
LONDON
WC1H 9LT
England
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Ed Baden-Powell
Work Department
Commercial.
Position
Ed is a partner in the commercial group and advises on all aspects of commercial contracts and intellectual property. His focus is on providing the firm’s corporate and entrepreneur clients with advice on their key business and operational contracts and, in particular, high-value services agreements, outsourcing arrangements, and brand protection and rights-exploitation arrangements. Ed has particular experience in acting for clients in the entertainment and media sector, including a number of leading global rights-owners, sports bodies and entertainers, and advising on a broad range of contracts within the media and sports industries, including live events. He also works closely with the firm’s corporate team on acquisitions, joint ventures and commercial franchising across a range of sectors. Before qualifying as a solicitor in the City, Ed worked in the music industry and founded his own production company, winning a MOBO award for best producer and producing several platinum records, including with Seal and Shola Ama. Ed is the co-author of the ‘Intellectual Property and Media Law Companion’ published by Bloomsbury Professional and is on the editorial board of ‘Entertainment Law Review’.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
(Leading Individuals)Ed Baden-Powell heads up Simkins LLP‘s digital practice and is noted for his extensive experience handling commercial contracts and IP matters, with particular expertise in high-value services agreements, as well as brand protection and rights exploitation arrangements. The team, which also includes music and advertising expert Nick Eziefula, acts for both corporate and individual clients and has enjoyed a notable uptick in work stemming from the burgeoning NFT landscape.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
(Leading Individuals)Simkins LLP has a particular focus on catalogue sales and acquisitions pertaining to music publishing rights and sound recordings. Managing partner Euan Lawson – known for his music expertise in both a commercial and corporate context – heads up the division, which also has a thriving talent practice including established and up-and-coming acts, in addition to acting for the estates of well-known musicians. Disputes head Paddy Gardiner is noted for his involvement in complex IP issues – an area in which Ed Baden-Powell is further instructed alongside his commercial contract work. Also within the team is the experienced litigator Tom Iverson and Ed Weidman, an expert in non-contentious matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading Individuals London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- Leading Individuals London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Media: Music London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Media: Digital content & social London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design