Expertise & Services
Expertise & Services
Legal advice designed for creative types.
Sense Checks & Initial Advice
From £200 + VAT*
Short consultations — to help you make sense of the fine print, protect your rights, and understand what your options are.
Media law is often complex, but working with a media lawyer doesn’t have to be.
As a starting point, I offer 30-minute consultations for clients looking for initial guidance on a contract — and sometimes, a short sense-check is all they need before they're happy to sign on the dotted line. As an experienced intellectual property and publicity rights lawyer, I also advise on potential copyright infringement, reputation and privacy concerns, and other media law matters, even when there's no official papertrail to speak of. HOW IT WORKS
Contact me first. I’ll then message back within a day or two to discuss next steps. If we agree to work together, we can arrange a call where I'll give a high-level overview of where things currently stand, and ideas regarding what you might want to do next.*I’ll need to learn a bit about your situation before I can confirm the fee. And if you’re a performer or freelancer with a limited budget, let me know and we can work something out.Artificial Intelligence
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SPOTLIGHT ON
In 2019, I wrote one of the first peer-reviewed research papers in the world to focus on deepfakes from a legal perspective. Since then, I’ve dedicated my career to helping artists, authors, and other creative professionals understand what the technology means for their work, and beyond.In 2019, I wrote one of the first peer-reviewed research papers in the world to focus on deepfakes from a legal perspective. Since then, I’ve dedicated my career to helping artists, authors, and other creative professionals understand what the technology means for their work, ideas, reputation, and beyond.I often advise on things like:Using AI to create or modify work (or a person)AI tool terms and conditionsBespoke contracts for AI-assisted projects and businessesLabelling content generated or modified by AIAI Policies and responsible use
Whether they want to embrace AI or resist it — or even if they aren’t quite sure what position to take — I help people understand the legal, commercial, and creative issues associated with AI, while making space for the human part: the messy, necessary part.Artificial Intelligence
I often advise on things like:
Using AI to create or modify work (or a person)AI tool terms and conditionsBespoke contracts for AI-assisted projects and businessesLabelling content generated or modified by AIAI Policies and responsible use
Whether they want to embrace AI or resist it — or even if they aren’t quite sure what position to take — I help people understand the legal, commercial, and creative issues associated with AI, while making space for the human part: the messy, necessary part.
Copyright
Copyright determines who owns, controls, and gets paid for creative work — which makes it one of the most consequential areas of law for anyone creating things, on their own or with others.I help my clients make sure their contracts accurately reflect that reality, especially in collaborative or cross-border projects where ownership, payment and credit can get complicated fast… especially when it comes to AI, where the old assumptions about authorship don't always hold.In addition to copyright, I also advise on moral rights, neighbouring rights, and trade marks.Highlights & credentials include:Master’s thesis focused on streaming platforms like YouTube and Spotify, and how they handle musician royalty payment mechanismsDelivering guest lectures focusing on copyright (fair use, fair dealing, authorship) at the Turing Institute and Kings College LondonHarvard Law School CopyrightX programme — final paper focused on the personality theory of copyright, i.e. creative work is an extension of an author's mind, soul, and identity
Reputation & Publicity
I help performers and public figures control and protect how their persona or likeness is used, and I help brands and companies work with talent fairly and transparently. I also advise on trade marks, PR, and advertising more generally.Major publications include:Trade marks and voice cloning — for the EU Intellectual Property OfficePersonality Rights & Transparency regarding deepfakes — for the European Audiovisual ObservatoryBeauty & the Brand: Drafting Contracts for the Use of Someone’s Likeness — for the Journal of IP Law & PracticeRegulatory & Legal Considerations for Influencer Marketing — for the Handbook of Fashion Law, Oxford University Press
Highlights & credentials include:Advising a lifestyle influencer on her contract for the Dove Real Beauty campaignAdvising production companies on working with talent for AI-enhanced content and performancesAdvising Dogecoin on its trade mark registration and enforcement strategy, to include that one time Elon Musk changed the Twitter logo…Advising the UK Government on a dispute regarding the WINDRUSH word mark
HOW I CAN HELPContracts & Negotiations
Contracts and policies are more than just paperwork. Each one tells a different story about risk, control, power, and trust — and what happens if something (or someone) goes off script.
Legal documents should be straightforward enough to understand, flexible enough to move with real people and problems, and yet strong enough to actually enforce. I’m not a copy-and-paste sort of lawyer and don’t hide things behind expensive-sounding legalese.I write, negotiate, and amend all types of agreements and policies, and offer a range of services: from short consultations designed for freelancers, to leading on complex negotiations for (and oposing) multinational studios, tech companies, and producers.
HOW I CAN HELPProjects & Productions
There’s always some risk to every project or partnership. But understanding it early can help to keep things moving forward.Often referred to as business affairs within the media and entertainment world, this type of legal advice is all about business and strategic side of deal-making and rights management.I help with sense-checks, risk assessments, and figuring out next steps. So wherever you are in the process - even if something’s already gone sideways - I can help structure the legal side, so the creative side can actually happen.Whatever the legal issue, I rarely just produce a document and move on — I like to stay close enough to understand how the memo, contract, or policy will actually get used, not just how it reads on paper.Internal AI policiesNDAs and confidentialityGDPR / data protectionAdvertising compliancePR and communicationsProduct / service commercialisationBusiness plans and strategy