RadcliffesLeBrasseur has considerable experience in advising clients in the media, entertainment and sports industries.
The law has an impact on almost every aspect of commercial activity and yet, despite this, many businesses take important decisions and enter into long-term commitments without fully understanding the legal implications.
RadcliffesLeBrasseur’s Commercial team has the necessary skills and experience to provide our clients with the clear, practical advice they need. Consulting us at an early stage can help you to achieve your commercial objectives and avoid the legal pitfalls along the way.
Our role regularly extends beyond the drafting and negotiating of commercial contracts and we work closely with our clients to understand their particular business needs and the industry within which they operate. We can then draft and negotiate agreements which are tailored to the specific needs of our client and which reflect the commercial points agreed between the parties.
We can also advise clients on the wider commercial implications of their contractual arrangements and on issues arising under UK and European legislation, including European competition/antitrust rules.
The lawyers in our Commercial team have advised on:
- sale and purchase of media and entertainment businesses
- fundraising by media, entertainment and sports businesses
- sports player contracts
- music and entertainment contracts
- advertising and marketing agreements
- sponsorship
- management contracts
- agency agreements
- merchandising
- TV and media agreements
- e-commerce and website development
- confidentiality and non-competition
- copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property
- data protection
- employment law
- general company and commercial law
- terms and conditions for the purchase or sale of goods and the supply of services.
Our relevant experience includes:-
- handling the sale of a substantial listed shareholding in the owner of Sheffield Wednesday football club
- advising on the acquisition of a sports goods distributor
- acting for a major international advertising agency on numerous matters, including multi-£m acquisitions of advertising, marketing and market research businesses
- advising on a $3m fundraising by a sports company
- drafting and advising on tennis player agreements
- advising on the contracts for the construction of an artificial pitch/covered area for a Premier League football club
- negotiating agreements for the construction of a stadium roof at a Premier League football club
- advising record companies and artists on music recording and publishing agreements
- advising on fundraising for a film production
- negotiating film finance and music rights licensing agreements for feature films
- negotiating sponsorship and music licensing agreements on behalf of a leading UK symphony orchestra
- advising on sponsorship agreements for various clients
- negotiating agreements involving satellite TV companies
- drafting agreements for the management of celebrities
- preparing terms and conditions for a sports company website
- preparing a distribution agreement in relation to a website selling art products
- advising an art gallery on various contracts
- advising on agreements with authors and subscribers in respect of journals published on the internet
- preparing an agreement for the provision of specialist services in connection with the making of a film
- drafting a licensing agreement in relation to a product marketing video
- negotiating a joint venture agreement between a company providing training services and the producer of a CD-Rom