DLA Piper provides support in relation to broadcasting, sponsorships and media rights issues, and is retained by media rights owners, brands, technology companies and media conglomerates. Corporate matters - such as acquisitions and joint ventures - are other core areas of activity for the practice, which is under the leadership of Nick Fitzpatrick, a reference for broadcasting and sports matters. Samuel Churney focuses on sponsorships and the exploitation of media rights.
Testimonials
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‘Samuel Churney and Nick Fitzpatrick are very knowledgeable. They give very valuable advice and understand commercial requirements involved in legal negotiations. When they don't have the immediate expertise on a specific subject they would reach out to their colleagues and would always come back to us in a very short time.’
'Knowledge, commercial awareness, transparency and quick responses.'
Key clients
- Aviva
- Discovery Communications LLC; Liberty Global
- Dentsu Group Inc.
- Thomson Reuters
- THG
- UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- LEGO
- ITV
- The Football Association Premier League (the Premier League)
- Investec
- Thomson Reuters
Work highlights
- Advised WarnerBros Discovery and Liberty Global on the sale of their jointly-owned production house, All3Media.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nick Fitzpatrick