About

Creative industries are the centre of my work. I am a commercial lawyer advising on rights issues across the media, entertainment and technology sectors focusing on the exploitation of commercial and IP rights. Earlier in my career, I was senior in-house Counsel for major record companies and I also ran my own law firm in London with associate offices in New York.

I advise record labels, publishers and tech companies alongside major artists and Grammy Award winning songwriters across the media & entertainment, technology and live sectors. I specialise in the negotiation and drafting of contracts dealing with the acquisition and securitisation of copyright assets.

I am the founder of CWORKS Music Ltd which is a tech company using Intelligent Automation to provide end-to-end copyright asset management services providing solutions to metadata problems.

Experience

Media & entertainment

  • Negotiating deals for artists recording and songwriting services
  • Structuring contracts for copyright assets or rights issues i.e. sponsorship, brand partnerships, acquisitions, merchandising and licensing / endorsement
  • Navigating agreements at the intersection of media and tech
  • Advising on live/festivals/stadium shows and tours and all related production, delivery and operational issues
  • Representing the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) governing body for 120 independent festivals based in the UK
  • Advising Sphaira Innovation on set up and operation of PlanetPlay the world's first online gaming community playing for green tokens which are applied for certified green projects
  • Drafting T&Cs for media and content platforms, collaboration and partnership agreements for social media

Commercial, technology & IP

  • Managing a wide range of deals which involve significant IP or complex rights issues
  • Conducting analysis and all due diligence and advising on music catalogue sales and royalty securitisation deals alongside audits of copyright assets
  • Advising on third-party litigation funding agreements for various music related class actions
  • Structuring tech deals advising on service level agreements, sponsorship and endorsement agreements, digital marketing and agency agreements, website and app development agreements and AI applications
  • Drafting complex technology contracts from software, platform and technology development and licensing to systems integration

Services

Sectors