Media
Sports personalities, TV celebrities, businesses and brands...
We have a strong background in media work and are recognised specialist advisors in a range of media spaces, providing quick practical and bespoke advice 24/7.
Our clients include high profile sports personalities, TV celebrities, businesses, brands and online talent such as YouTubers. We are regularly retained to deal with press interference such as invasion of privacy and newspaper reporting of defamatory material, to advise on agreements between commercial agencies and celebrities, on literary agent agreements and book publishing deals, and on commercial agreements between individuals, businesses, brands and media outlets. And we advise on all manner of social media and written media issues generally.
Recent examples of work
Retained by high profile owner/operator to prepare all membership, user and satellite agreements for commercial networking/trading website dedicated to introducing people and businesses in the world of sport and media.
Acting for national TV celebrity on various media related issues and agreements.
Dealing with national newspaper on behalf of high profile sportsperson and obtaining apology for invasion of privacy and securing undertakings going forward.
Acting for international footballer in respect of defamatory article published by a national newspaper and obtaining apology retraction and compensation.
Advising premier league footballers in relation to literary agent agreements prior to book publishing deals.
Advising Youtuber in relation to contract with ghost writer for ghost writing and publication services.
Advising international footballer and family on social media issues.
What we do
Pre-publication advice
Advertising
Celebrity endorsement agreements
Book publishing agreements, ghost writing agreements,
and literary agent agreements for writers
Agency agreements
Intellectual property – identification, protection and exploitation advice
Social media issues