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Wiggin LLP
Wiggin LLP‘s publishing practice is well-placed to guide journalists and content creators through each stage of the publication process, from the conception of a story to defending it in high-profile litigation. In addition, thanks to the firm’s broader commercial and IP capabilities, the team can provide digital expertise to publishers transitioning to alternative forms of content, including podcasts, film and television, social media and e-commerce platforms. Recommended individuals include experienced litigators Matthew Dando, drawing on his depth of experience with commercial and contractual disputes, and Robin Shaw, who joined from Ince & Co in June 2022, and head of the firm’s renowned defamation and litigation practices Caroline Kean.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The leading practice in soft IP media law - it combines experience, efficiency and skill with industry awareness and friendliness. I can't think of a weakness that their offering has in this field.’
‘Caroline Kean is experienced and savvy - she knows the media sector and is trusted by numerous blue-chip clients.'
‘The team are ingrained in the sector and fully understand and appreciate its current challenges. We have found this insider knowledge to be valuable when seeking support - the team offers sensible and commercial advice.’
‘Caroline Kean's advice is fantastically efficient. She is commercial and decisive in her approach.'
- 'Matthew Dando's calm, thoughtful and able guidance in a dispute has helped us many times.’
Key clients
- openDemocracy
- Private Eye
- The Telegraph
- The Guardian
- Disney
- Spotify
- Times Newspapers Limited
- Penguin Random House
- Conde Nast
- 21st Century Fox
- National Geographic
- Fox Searchlight
- New York Post
- Pathé
- Netflix
- Paramount
- Vice
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Associated Newspapers Limited
- Future plc
- News Group Newspapers
- Bloomberg
- Dow Jones
- Tom Bower
- The Wylie Agency
- Ocean Media Group
- PinkNews Media Group Ltd
- Centaur Media
- MBC Group
- Elsevier
- Argus Media Limited
- Harriman House Ltd
- Cambridge University Press
- DAZN Group
- Stats Perform
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
- Hachette
- Oxford University Press
- Archant
- Reuters
- Faber & Faber
- Immediate Media
- Bauer
- Orion Books
- Spitting Image
- Jewish Chronicle
- Byline Times
- Canongate
- Andersen Press
- Publishers’ Licensing Services
- Elaph
Work highlights
- Advice to Spotify on the negotiation on all its exclusive podcast contracts for deals worldwide.
- Represented The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in its successful appeal of Thurrock Council’s and the ICO's refusal to provide financial information detailing the investment practices of the most leveraged council in the UK.
- Defending HarperCollins Publishers Ltd in a libel claim against the book, Pervasion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story in a claim brought by Ghislaine Maxwell's former assistant, Emmy Taylor.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthew Dando, Alexander Ross, Rachel Alexander, Ted Shapiro