Our media law department has the ability and resources to advise on complex and cross-jurisdictional legal issues and has in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of the industry. We also have expertise in social media law which is gaining more prominence across a range of areas, as various social media platforms evolve.

Our Media Law team advised on all the legal and tax implications of a joint venture between Integral Media group and Arianna Huffington at Huffington Post to publish HuffPost Arabi.

We were part of the largest intellectual property paradigm shift in the media world by advising Huffington Post, Al Jazeera and Grupo PRISA. The disruptions of social media and digital journalism changed forever, and intellectual property law as we knew it, and we were at the heart of that change.

Other media clients include Grupo PRISA, the largest media group in the Spanish-speaking world (2013-2018) where our team helped in securing and negotiating a capital investment by Qatari investor Sheikh Khalid al Thani for Grupo PRISA, which exceeded €120m.

Our specialist Media Law team also advised AS, the largest sports newspaper in the Spanish-speaking world (2016-2017) on setting up AS in Arabic and representing AS in a joint venture between Grupo PRISA and the Qatari media group, Dar Al Sharq.

Our services include:

• Tax advice on media agreements
• International restructuring and valuation of intellectual property holdings
• Trademarks, patents, brand and copyright protection and licensing strategies, including agreements and special purchase vehicles for intellectual property holdings
• Domains and branding dispute resolution services
• Private equity and fundraising
• Publishing and advertising
• Claims for defamation and breach of confidence/ privacy