We provide end-to-end legal support for Film & TV production.
Our expertise spans the entire production lifecycle, from development and rights acquisition, production and financing, through to distribution and exploitation.
Our Film & TV team is behind some of the most iconic productions and studios shaping the global entertainment landscape.
From award-winning features and high-budget streaming dramas to cutting-edge unscripted formats and IP-heavy franchises, we work at the forefront of the industry.
- Bluey the Movie
- Bugonia
- Downton Abbey
- Gladiator
- Goodbye June
- Hamnet
- Mission Impossible
- Paddington
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Spider-Man
- The Brutalist
- The Choral
- The Father
- Transformers
- Zone of Interest
- Alien: Earth
- Game of Thrones
- Gavin & Stacey – The Finale
- Harry Potter
- His Dark Materials
- House of the Dragon
- MobLand
- Peaky Blinders
- Sex Education
- Slow Horses
- Ted Lasso
- The Agency: Central Intelligence
- The Gentlemen
- The Night Manager
Our services include:
Development & rights acquisition: competitive IP acquisition, option agreements, life rights, format licensing, chain of title, and underlying rights clearances
IP & clearance: copyright, trademark, and content clearance
Content review: defamation, privacy, fair use, and script review
Talent & participation: talent deals, profit participations, and residuals
Production legal: above and below the line talent engagements, physical production contracting, locations, completion guarantees, union and guild compliance, and errors and omissions
Corporate: production company setup, joint ventures, and employment matters
Distribution: licensing, sales agency arrangements and navigating release strategies and windowing
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