Harbottle & Lewis

Harbottle & Lewis specializes in media and entertainment and provides a complete range of commercial advice to entrepreneurs, and growth companies as well as large corporate clients including: buying, selling and investing in businesses and companies, joint ventures, finance, capital markets, commercial disputes, property, employment, immigration and tax. Other specialist legal areas include, sponsorship, intellectual property, legal issues relating to media, including defamation, advertising, brand protection, privacy, art and gaming and gambling as well as private client and matrimonial work.

Much of our work involves the technology, mew media and telecoms industries and we have done ground-breaking work in connection with the digital exploitation of content and ecommerce generally.

Our Growth Capital practice is wide ranging, advising growth companies and entrepreneurs as well as “ business angles” and seed capital funds. We provide strategic and commercial advice supplement our legal expertise and pride ourselves on our ability to give a personal level of service. We understand the business needs and concerns of both high growth companies and investors and pride ourselves to provide practical and common sense advice on a range of matters, including corporate and commercial issues, tax, employment, IP and legal planning for business people.