Media and Entertainment

Specialist legal advice and commercial guidance in all forms of digital and creative media, including computer games, film, music and other interactive entertainment.

The digital media industry, in particular computer games, provides investors with a variety of commercial opportunities. Exploiting those opportunities to the full requires great vigilance to ensure the best commercial returns alongside the tightest legal protection.

Weightmans' Media and Entertainment team includes lawyers with nearly 20 years’ experience in the sector. Our service is based on a deep understanding of the impact of new and emerging technologies and business models resulting from new platforms and delivery systems.

As a digital content creator, developer, publisher, reseller or funder, we can provide you with highly effective advice and support in your contract negotiations. Our primary focus is in the computer games industry, but we can also help if you provide outsourcing services to digital content creators, or if you are involved in music, film or interactive entertainment.

We offer particular expertise in development and publishing agreements, providing strategic advice to content developers, facilitating corporate and funding transactions, and advising on intellectual property protection.

Our approach is results-driven, but we are equally sensitive to your needs in terms of building relationships and partnerships. We seek to obtain the best outcome for your business while keeping third parties satisfied, so that you achieve the best financial returns in the long term.