Taylor Wessing LLP offers corporate, commercial and IP advice to its media an entertainment clientele, including traditional heavyweights, newer digital media clients and streaming platforms. The team’s wide-ranging expertise makes it well placed to advise on a myriad of issues, from consumer law to copyright and data protection. Adam Rendle jointly leads the team with Xuyang Zhu; Rendle focuses on copyright, advertising, publishing and platform liability work, while the Zhu handles a mix of contentious and non-contentious issues in the media and entertainment sector, including digital content and media rights issues. Graham Hann focuses on gaming matters, and often advises on online safety and gambling issues.

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Key clients

  • Flutter

Work highlights

  • Advising Flutter on a significant and complex co-branding transaction for the licensing of software and services for a new pinball arcade game.
  • Advised NGG++, a subsidiary of FARFETCH, on its partnership with Reebok.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Adam Rendle, Xuyang Zhu

Other key lawyers

Mark Owen, Graham Hann, Oz Watson, Richard Faichney, Simon Jupp