Media & Entertainment: Publishing
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 2
Contact number
+44 (0)20 3755 6000About
Provided by Howard Kennedy LLP
Howard Kennedy's cross-practice Media and Entertainment team offers specialist advice and representation to individuals and corporates across the whole media and entertainment industry. We advise many well-known brands as well as creative individuals from the worlds of media, advertising, music, publishing, entertainment and technology; and offer expertise in contentious and non-contentious matters including corporate, financing, IP and regulatory compliance, employment, defamation and dispute resolution.
Our areas of expertise include:
- International broadcasting
- Film and TV
- Publishing
- Social Media
- Sport
- Video Games and eSports
- Marketing and Advertising
Chambers Review
Howard Kennedy has a well-established media and entertainment practice advising major and niche publishers working in print and online, as well as authors themselves. It assists with commercial and corporate transactions, and is recommended for commercial litigation and also pre-publication and freedom of information issues. The firm offers rare expertise in the representation of living fine artists and artists' estates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Howard Kennedy are very pleasant to work with."
"The team are great advisers and experts. They worked well with opposing counsel to make a potentially difficult transaction go much more smoothly than expected."
"Howard Kennedy are very pleasant to work with."
"The team are great advisers and experts. They worked well with opposing counsel to make a potentially difficult transaction go much more smoothly than expected."
Notable Practitioners
Mark Stephens is an expert in international comparative media law and regulation, and regularly represents authors and rights holders in copyright, breach of confidence, royalties and contract disputes. He is also often called upon for pre-publication and data protection advice.
"Mark is one of the media greats. He is the person you want to go to for the toughest media cases. He is also incredibly legally innovative. A devastatingly effective media litigator."
"Mark is a zealous advocate for his clients. He is creative, dynamic and has good judgement."
"We highly rate Mark for his extremely broad and deep knowledge of and experience in media and human rights issues."