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Overview
We act for talent and influencers at all levels across a wide range of industry sectors. We also act for talent agents and managers and brands and agencies looking to work with talent.
Our talent clients include footballers, chefs, photographers, fashion designers, models, make-up artists, bloggers, YouTubers, podcasters, authors, musicians, actors, comedians, directors, producers and beyond.
Our unrivalled breadth of media and entertainment experience gives us the unique ability to adapt to meet the challenges of a constantly developing talent-engagement landscape. Please see our expertise below and our other sectors and practice areas for more information about the work that we do.
Expertise
Our areas of expertise including the following:
- Brand partnerships
- Influencer engagement
- Sponsorship and endorsement
- Merchandising and product licensing
- Personal appearances
- Agent and manager agreements
- Development and protection of brands
- Copy clearance
- Regulatory compliance
- Corporate arrangements
- Reputation protection
KEY CONTACT
KEY CONTACTS
Our lawyers have in-depth expertise and deliver high-quality, pragmatic and commercial advice.
Ed Weidman
Partner
Ed Weidman
Partner
They are great - we can rely on them to be responsive and do extremely high-quality work
They take a sensible pragmatic approach to a contentious situation. Their legal analysis of the issue is good and they provide a number of options to me as the client as to how to move forward.
…very supportive while getting on with the job in a very efficient way and handling tricky situations
Simkins is a centre of excellence for copyright and music. They represent talent and industry players at the highest level. They have a deep understanding of the working of this business together with pre-eminence in the law underpinning it. This combination is unusual and compelling. Simkins covers all the ground one would normally expect from a full-service law firm but can also answer the really hard questions that that few in industry can grasp with such certainty.
The Simkins music team has almost unrivalled sector expertise - there is nothing they don't know about music law! They have a stellar client list, ranging from emerging talent to global icons, and from self-releasing artists and composers to the major record labels and publishers and the UK music collective management organisations. They are able to provide high-quality, pragmatic, commercial advice on the knottiest of issues.
An excellent all-round knowledge and understanding of the complexities of the music industry and the social influencer space.
