Gateley has an extensive commerce, technology and media team of seven Partners, two Associates and six Assistant Solicitors based across our network of offices delivering in-depth and cost-effective media and entertainment legal services.
Our lawyers have worked extensively in television, film, advertising, marketing, public relations, music, sport and new media.
We work with you to ensure your media deals unlock revenue streams and maximise your business’ rights for further exploitation, meeting your aims and deadlines. At the same time we can help you protect your business to ensure stability and future growth.
Whether you are an independent television production company or broadcaster, advertiser or agency, sportsperson or football club, film financier, producer or distributor, key talent or composer; we have the know-how to assist with increasingly complex transactions in many media and entertainment industry sectors.
Our team can help you with a wide range of matters from one-off agreements to complex projects covering several parties in different countries.
Our clients include television and film production companies, broadcasters, football clubs, websites, US media multinationals, media and technology businesses, advertisers in many sectors and ad agencies.
Our advice covers all kinds of media and entertainment industry sectors:
Our teams in corporate, tax, employment, real estate and dispute resolution also help our media and entertainment clients.
20th September 2011
Steve Kuncewicz, media lawyer at Gateley in Manchester – the top 50, national law firm – comments on the damages awarded in relation to the Milly Dowler phone hacking case.
3rd August 2011
One of the most little-known and heavily-criticised provisions of copyright law may now finally be reformed, as Vince Cable announces his support for the recommendations in the recent Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property. These called for (amongst other changes) the legalisation of “format shifting”, which would allow private copying of legitimately purchased copyright material, including CDs, MP3s and videos by downloading them onto an MP3 player or other device. Currently, this is an infringement.
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10th November 2011
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