Midweek Music Update: Wednesday 12 November 2025
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Overview
We have unparalleled knowledge and a great depth of experience that we can draw upon in offering strategic and commercial advice on a wide range of activities, from contract drafting and negotiation services to undertaking advisory work and dispute resolution across the whole music industry.
Our client base is wide-ranging. It includes major record companies, international publishers, artists, bands and DJs, writers and composers, managers, producers, mixers, merchandisers, collecting societies, trade associations, digital businesses, agents, promoters and studios. We advise new artists and entrepreneurs as well as playing a part in some of the most sophisticated transactions and complex disputes in the business.
The experience of our music lawyers and the availability of other specialists within the firm gives us the unique ability to assemble at short notice dedicated multidisciplinary teams for each specific job.
Expertise
Our areas of expertise include the following:
- Recorded music
- Publishing
- Management
- Agency
- Touring and live
- Merchandising and licensing
- Sponsorship and endorsement
- Band relations
- Digital licensing
- Neighbouring rights
- Collecting societies
- Acquisitions
- Clearances
- Music for film & TV
- Corporate arrangements
- Disputes / infringements
- Reputation protection
KEY CONTACT
KEY CONTACTS
Our lawyers have in-depth music expertise and deliver high-quality, pragmatic and commercial advice.
Euan Lawson
Partner
Euan Lawson
Partner
They take a sensible pragmatic approach to a contentious situation. Their legal analysis of the issue is good and they provide a number of options to me as the client as to how to move forward.
Simkins provides a great range of experience and skills within the division so all areas of film production are covered.
Deborah Jeff 'is a class act and knows her onions'.
Ed Weidman "is an excellent person to work with and I would not hesitate to recommend him and in turn Simkins."
Simkins has extensive and practical knowledge of the inner workings of the music and film industry. The lawyers are extremely commercial and have a very sophisticated approach.
One of the industry’s most prominent and respected lawyers.
