Commercial & Media Contracts Solicitors

Experience You Can Trust—Our team, led by our award-winning specialist digital media lawyer, has extensive experience drafting and reviewing all types of media and commercial contracts. Whether you’re involved in television, film, music, publishing, or digital media, we tailor our contracts to suit your unique requirements. By engaging our services, you significantly mitigate the risk of non-performance. Our expert drafting ensures clarity and precision, reducing the chance of ambiguity that could render a contract void.

Avoid Costly Mistakes-

Contract law is riddled with nuances, and minor details can lead to serious repercussions. For example, specifying delivery times without clarity on the applicable time zone—CET versus GMT—can lead to major disputes. Our structured approach identifies and eliminates these risks, providing you with peace of mind so you can focus on your creative endeavors.

Expertise at Your Fingertips-

Having our firm on retainer means you have immediate access to seasoned legal expertise whenever needed. This proactive approach enables you to handle negotiations and contract modifications efficiently, unlocking opportunities for growth without the burden of legal uncertainty. With us, you can confidently engage in business activities, knowing that all your contracts are thoroughly vetted.

What types of media and commercial contracts do you specialise in?

We handle various contracts, including distribution agreements, licensing contracts, production agreements, and more tailored to the media industry. 2. Why should I choose your service and not one of your competitors?

We do not offer an online one-size-fits-all service.

Our contract review is a specialist service from an experienced lawyer of over 25 years. It is a bespoke review and sign-off service specialising in intellectual property, digital media, and the entertainment industry, including a wide range of agreements from simple service agreements, purchase agreements, NDAs, and SPAs to music, book-related agreements such as non-disclosure agreements, consultancy agreements, international distribution agreements, publishing agreements, content creation, book serialisation, modelling, actor agreements, and influencer contracts.

The duration varies based on the contract’s complexity, but we pride ourselves on providing efficient services, often completing reviews within a week. Your reviewed agreement or legal document will be sent back to you by email with our comments, mark-up, and red flags within 72 hours (unless you have indicated that you want a faster turnaround). We will also negotiate contract terms for you if that is included in your option. Delivery timescales are typically seven business days, two weeks, one month, and two months.

For urgent requests, we usually provide two options: 24 hours or 48 hours. You can choose to have your order completed in one day or two days, based on your needs. Please note that if you need the work done very quickly and we have to pause other projects to help you, additional fees may apply.

Certainly, we can review your existing contract. I’ll check for any potential issues and suggest improvements to align it with best practices in intellectual property law.

We are dedicated to customising contracts to fit your specific circumstances and challenges, ensuring they are both relevant and robust.

At PAIL®, we understand that every contract and agreement in the entertainment industry is unique and requires careful review and attention to detail. To cater to your specific needs, we offer fixed-fee options based on an hourly rate and the level of involvement in delivering a signed contract by all parties. Fees are designed to provide the appropriate level of support and service based on your requirements.

A retainer relationship allows you to access legal expertise whenever needed, streamlining your operations and enabling quicker decision-making.

Additional fees may be added on top of stated fees if work is required very quickly and we have to set existing work aside to deliver for you within 24-48 hrs.

Furthermore, if contracts are particularly lengthy,, an additional fee may apply for the extra time required to review them. The standard contract should typically takes us approximately 4 to 5 hours to review, draft, and advise on.