Social media giants, streaming services, online platforms and media companies recurrently turn to Osborne Clarke LLP for its expertise in digital regulation, disputes, mid-market M&A and IP matters. This broad focus and service offering allows the group to advise on a wide range of digital content and social media mandates, including issues pertaining to the Digital Services Act, online safety and AI. The team is particularly well versed in new product launches and expansions, and matters concerning over-the-top media service (OTT), live streaming services, production regulations and data protection. The team is jointly overseen by advertising and marking specialist Nick Johnson and digital expert John Davidson-Kelly; both practitioners have recently advised a number of clients on digital regulation mandates. Tom Harding is the go-to name for commercial transactions and regulatory issues, while Ben Dunham advises on digital advertising. Chloe Deng assists digital media and technology platforms on protecting end users, and Jamie Heatly is experienced in handling streaming services and digital media products launches.
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‘The breadth of the team's experience in this area and the number of key players in the same industry that they act for is a testament to how good they are. ’
‘Many of the lawyers at Osborne Clarke have been seconded to digital clients or worked in-house for some time prior to joining the firm so they have first hand experience of the role of an in-house lawyer and how to present legal advice in a way that makes it easy to distil the practical risk-based solution required, in addition to the underlying law.’
‘The Osborne Clarke team leverages their experience to provide practical guidance. They are very good at giving you a clear answer and provide next steps.’
‘John Davidson-Kelly is consistently brilliant. He uses his past experience in-house to make his advice clear and practical ’
‘Commercially pragmatic, legally knowledgeable, extremely personable and able to work in the way that we need them to - Osborne Clarke has been a standout firm.’
Clients clés
- Meta
- Warner Bros Discovery
- Netflix
- ITV Studios
- Channel 4
- DAZN
- NBC Universal
- SkyShowtime
- Les Mills
Points forts
- Advising the EMEA legal teams at Warner Bros Discovery on all matters related to the growth and development of Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming services.
- Advised Netflix's global consumer protection team on regulatory matters regarding the operation of the Netflix platform.
- Advised on the roll-out and development of Paramount+, and on the proposed combination of Pluto TV with My5 in the UK, including broadcast and on-demand compliance as well as the impact of upcoming changes in UK media law.
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Responsable de la pratique
Nick Johnson; John Davidson-Kelly
Autres avocats clés
Tom Harding; Ben Dunham; Chloe Deng; Jamie Heatly