TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Lewis Silkin is highly adept at handling a range of publishing and live event matters. On the publishing side, it advises across print, digital, broadcast, podcast, and social media mediums, and is well-versed in assisting clients with commercial agreements, such as publishing, advertising, and sponsorship agreements. IP advice on copyright, trade marks, and brand protection, as well as media regulation, data privacy compliance, and content liability are all key focuses of the team. The theatre group is noted for its work on live entertainment, including fashion shows, festivals, live music, and exhibitions, and is a go-to for the live entertainment sphere, working with agents, promoters, producers, creatives, ticketing agents, and industry bodies. The practice boasts expertise at drafting and negotiating production documents, co-production agreements, rights acquisition, and venue and licensing agreements. The team is jointly led by IP expert Jeremy Summers and publishing specialist Simon Entwistle. Alan Hunt is well-versed in the exploitation and protection of IP rights and commercial agreements, while JJ Shaw assists publishers and podcast creators with commercial and regulatory matters.
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Jeremy is a consultant within Lewis Silkin’s Media & Entertainment team. He has wide-ranging IP expertise on both contentious and non-contentious matters across a number of sectors, with a particular focus on sports, music, sponsorship, theatre, major events and computer games. His experience includes working in-house on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, acting for a sponsor of a leading Formula 1 team, and advising on all legal matters relating to a globally-renowned hit Australian musical. Over the course of his more than twenty-year career, he has advised on more than US$1bn in sponsorship deals for some of the world’s most renowned brands and organisations. Jeremy sits on the steering committee of the Henley Business School MBA for Music and the Creative Industries. Jeremy is dual qualified in New South Wales, Australia and England and Wales.
Career
Trained Simpson Curtis, qualified 1993; solicitor, IP, Pinsent Curtis 1993-96; manager, IP, Garretts (then Andersen Legal), Sydney 1996-99; senior lawyer Sydney Olympic Games organising committee 1999-2000; head of IP, Townleys 2001; founded SK Sport and Entertainment 2002; partner at Lewis Silkin LLP 2014-date.
Education
Lady Manners School, Bakewell; Leeds Polytechnic.
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- 'The team are passionate about what we do. They understand the commercial realities we face, and know what they can do that really adds value.'
- 'Their input is always focused on value-add. Everyone at Lewis Silkin is lovely to work with!'
- 'Passion, empathy, intelligence, great listeners, humble and confident.'
Key clients
- Daaci
- AKA Promotions
- Superstruct Entertainment
- VEVO
- Royal Albert Hall
- Bradford Culture Company Limited
- Tiny Dragon Productions Limited
- Daily Mail Group
- Arc Media
- Haymarket Media
- Tortoise Media
- Bandlab
- OpenOrigins
- Sky
- Immediate Media
- RegalPress
- NMA
- PPA
- AOP
Work highlights
Advised Hyve Group on a range of corporate, commercial, and data privacy matters.
Assisted Haymarket Media Group with a number of commercial deals, as well as on a series of other IP, AI, consumer, and regulatory matters.
Advised Tortoise on a major freelance contributor project in the context of The Observer deal, whereby Tortoise have re-contracted with 40 freelance contributors to The Observer publication.