Silvia Schmidt

I am deeply passionate about contracts and love nothing more than drafting a contract that truly reflects the intentions of both parties. I spent two years as a trainee solicitor with a magic circle firm in London, followed by six years with a specialised boutique law firm and as an in-house legal and business advisor to media companies in London. In my commercial and contractual negotiations, I focus on helping my clients protect their rights and move swiftly to conclude a contract which reflects the intentions of both parties.

I am an expert in media law, entertainment law, and media finance. Over the past eight years, I have advised media and media finance clients, such as corporate or private investors, individual producers, and production companies, as well as writers and copyright holders.

Through my media and finance experience, I can help you with your IP and copyright questions, licencing, international media finance transactions, single picture finance, media investments as well as general media law, entertainment law and production law queries, such as option agreements, writer agreements or cast and crew agreements.

My clients include individuals and companies in the UK, as well as abroad. My media and entertainment clients include private and corporate clients who operate in the film and tv industry. This includes producers, production companies, scriptwriters, authors, copyright holders as well as individual or corporate investors. I advise on all aspects of media law, entertainment law and production law. This includes drafting contracts, advising them on their rights and ensuring their rights or investments are protected appropriately.

I also help solo entrepreneurs and digital nomads with questions on contracting with their clients, setting up their website and general commercial queries. I also help international clients come to grips with their English-law contracts and make working in a foreign language or jurisdiction less daunting.

In my media and media finance practice, my clients tend to have the same goal: to turn a great idea into an outstanding audio-visual story. To achieve this, I help them overcome all legal and commercial barriers and navigate multi-party negotiations.

In my general contractual and commercial practice, my clients tend to be solo entrepreneurs and digital nomads. I take great pride in being commercially aware and I take the protection of my clients’ needs at least as seriously as my clients themselves! I take pride in making contracts as easy and painless as possible.

SPECIALISM: Commercial | Intellectual Property | Advertising & Marketing

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