Simons Muirhead Burton

Music/media/commercial.

Partner and head of Music. Specialising in all aspects of music and related businesses including established artists and songwriters, independent record labels, publishing companies and key industry executives, also experienced in handling music and related rights catalogue deals both from a commercial and corporate perspective. Key clients include major record companies and some of the most prominent independent publishing companies in the UK as well as many of the key executives within the industry.

1996-98, trainee at Herbert Smith (including six month secondment at BskyB); 1998, solicitor at Thoedore Goddard in film department; 1999-2001, solicitor at Eatons solicitors (music department); 2001-04, solicitor at Mishcon de Reya (following merger with Eatons solicitors); 2004-11, managing director of Edge Legal Limited, a boutique music legal services practice.

French.

Leeds Grammar School; Bristol University (1993, LLB); Bristol University (1994, LLM, international commercial law); College of Law, York (1995, LPC).

Football, golf, music.