England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Onside Law LLP
Sports law boutique Onside Law LLP is best known for advising sports-related talent on broadcast appearances, as well as rights holders and broadcasters on licensing arrangements that concern media rights, production and content distribution. James Tobias – who was promoted to partner in September 2022 – handles contractual arrangements relating to the licensing of sports media rights and the production and exploitation of original content. Founding partner Jamie Singer is further noted for his commercial practice.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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‘Exceptional commercially focused advice. They are experts in their field and always provide succinct and timely advice.’
‘Adam Leadercramer and James Tobias are commercially-minded and understand the business' commercial drivers and tailor the legal advice with this in mind.'
- Adam Leadercramer has provided extensive support on tech-related supplier agreements and has brought a wealth of experience and value to the process on each occasion.’
Key clients
- ATP Media
- Snack Media
- Progress Productions
- Starwing
- Mark Chapman
- Naomi Schiff
- River Media Partners
- BeIN Sports
- Two Circles
- Mike Tindall
- Boulder Creek International
- Stephen Hendry
- EPCR
- World Rugby
- West Ham
- Lawn Tennis Association
- Avidity Talent
Work highlights
- Advised Mike Tindall MBE on his participation in the well-known television series, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, in sensitive discussions.
- Advised Stephen Hendry on his participation in the well-known television series, The Masked Singer.
- Advised beIN Sports on a number of broadcast licence and media rights arrangements for a range of live sports programming, as well as advising on various original productions in line with strategic objectives to produce more content in-house.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
James Tobias, Jamie Singer