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Burness Paull LLP
Burness Paull LLP‘s team in Glasgow is the first port of call to a number of high-profile media organisations and individuals, owing to its wide-ranging expertise in commercial and contentious mandates. In addition to its prolific rights management and enforcement practice, the group is experienced in media law disputes and corporate finance transactions; the latter is an area of particular expertise for team head Grant Stevenson, who has handled a multitude of high-profile acquisitions and investments, many of which are cross-border in nature, for leading Scottish media entities. IP head and litigator Colin Hulme attracts major broadcasters and rights management organisations for his content protection and rights management expertise, where he is often supported by senior associate Megan Briggs. Kirsteen MacDonald recently founded Mac Media Law, though continues to be instructed by the team as a consultant.
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‘A very responsive firm which provides a full and prompt service.’
‘Exceptional quality of support staff, which makes more of a difference to clients than law firms necessarily realise.’
‘Flexible and innovative.’
‘Giuseppe Pia has an excellent grasp of current issues in the media, especially TV Production.'
Key clients
- STV Group plc
- Neptune Street Film Ltd
- Comcast Corporation
- Sky Limited
- PPL PRS Limited
- PicRights
- Rockstar Games
- BBC Scotland
- Hachette
- Pixsy Inc
- Two Rivers Media Limited
Work highlights
- Advising STV Group on the acquisition and investment into Mighty Productions Limited, their revolving credit facility and funding proposal for the production of the new “Blue Lights” TV series, and on a tripartite agreement to develop and co-produce exclusively with Tod Productions.
- Managing Sky’s enforcement programme across Scotland. This involves raising copyright infringement proceedings to prevent unauthorised broadcasts of Sky’s sporting events in licensed premises throughout Scotland.
- Advising BBC Scotland on all media law matters including contempt, defamation, privacy and contentious copyright.
Lawyers
Rising stars
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Grant Stevenson