Lewis Silkin focuses on digital and live music matters, assisting labels, brands, rights-owners, and digital services on label deals, catalogue acquisitions, live performance issues, and sponsorships. It also handles a number of copyright ownership and infringement disputes between former band members. AI music companies and matters are also handled by the team, as well as synthetic and adaptive media for music, voice, lyrics, and music data intelligence. Practice head Cliff Fluet is well-versed in digital media and music matters, representing major and independent labels, digital service providers, social networks, and music innovators with corporate and commercial matters. Jeremy Summers is noted for his work on IP issues affecting music clients, while Lauren Stone focuses on music rights clearance and negotiating talent contacts with artists for live shows.
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‘Lewis Silkin are excellent to work with. Their advice is commercial and pragmatic and their lawyers are reliable, responsive and have a good understanding of our business and our needs.'
'Lauren Stone is collaborative, commercial and extremely responsive. Her advice is pragmatic and clear, and her industry knowledge has helped us navigate a variety of different music licences for both brand campaigns and events.'
Key clients
- DAACI
- MusicBird
Work highlights
Advised Rezonate on its pipeline of 6-7 figure international royalty revenue acquisition deals.
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Practice head
Cliff Fluet
Other key lawyers
Lauren Stone; Gavin McNaughton; Jeremy Summers