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London W1S 3NL
Tel: (+44) 020 7468 2600
Fax: (+44) 020 7437 8216


Legal Services
Film & TV

Davenport Lyons has one of the leading film and television practices in the UK and is top ranked in The Legal 500. The work of the Media Department is complemented by other departments, particularly the Intellectual Property, Music, Corporate and Contentious Rights teams.

We are one of the few firms in the UK which can demonstrate strength in depth, in terms of clients and lawyers, in both film and television finance and film and television production.

The lawyers in the Department, on who there is additional information below, provide expert legal advice which is commercial, no nonsense and cost effective in the following areas:


  • Bank financing
  • Book/Newspaper/Magazine Publishing
  • Broadcast regulations
  • Cable TV
  • Completion Guarantees
  • Copyright issues
  • Co-productions
  • Cross-media ownership
  • Development agreements
  • Directors' agreements
  • Discounting Sales/Distribution advances
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS)
  • European funding
  • Film Funds
  • Film, TV & Video Finance, Production and Distribution
  • Interactive media
  • Internet/New Media Issues
  • Performers' contracts
  • Production Deals
  • Merchandising
  • Rights acquisitions
  • Sale & Leaseback deals
  • Satellite and Transponder Agreements
  • Sponsorship
  • Tax driven equity investment
  • TV/Radio licence applications
  • Union/Guild agreements
  • Title searches
  • Venture Capital Trusts (VCT)
  • Writer's agreements
 
 
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