20th December 2024

As 2024 wraps up, it’s the perfect moment to reflect at Lee & Thompson and celebrate what has been a remarkable year for so many clients.

Check out a few of our personal highlights and achievements from 2024, some of which are our personal highlights and others which have simply dominated our inboxes…

Firm

• Luke Carey in our Film & TV Team was promoted to Partner, and we welcomed two new faces to the Partnership, Andy Moseby and Nick Swimer, as well as nine other new joiners across the firm’s legal and business services teams, taking our headcount to 118 for the first time.
• We delivered 25 broad-ranging events at our home in Fitzrovia, from seminars to fundraisers and meet-ups for our contacts across the creative sectors.
• We reached our £10,000 fundraising target for our previous Charity of the Year, Women’s Aid, and have so far raised over £4,550 towards our current, Campaign Against Living Miserably. Watch this space!

Music

• Myles Smith awarded BRIT Award Rising Star and BBC Introducing Artist of the Year
• Olivia Dean making her Pyramid Stage debut at Glastonbury
• Yussef Dayes wins Ivor Novello Award for Best Album
• Shed Seven’s 2 UK no. 1 albums in 2024

Film & Television

• Oscar and BAFTA glory for The Zone of Interest, a British film produced by the firm’s longstanding client, James Wilson and Executive Produced by our own Reno Antoniades.
• Releases of “The Brutalist” – awards hopeful, premiered at Venice (winning Silver Lion) and “Bird” – awards hopeful, premiered at Cannes
• “Beckham”
• “Love Lies Bleeding”
• Production of “All Before You” – UK/Palestine/France co-production, supported by the BBC and BFI
• Production of “The Ballad of a Small Player” – Good Chaos film for Netflix
• Five films we advised on are nominated at the 2025 Golden Globes following a triple win for our clients at this year’s British Independent Film Awards. At the major festivals, we’re delighted to have seen fifteen films selected at Toronto and London 2024, as well as two announced at Sundance 2025.

Video Games

• At the Independent Game Developers’ Association (TIGA) Games Industry Awards 2024, our Video Games team were thrilled to take home the “Best Legal Services Supplier” prize.

Trade Marks

• Working on the trade mark portfolios for Love Productions and Next 15

Corporate

• Our Corporate team advised on a number of landmark deals, some of which were advertised on our website as follows: Nineteen Group‘s investment by Phoenix Equity Partners, PNE‘s sale of shares to CloserStill Media, Eagle Eye Drama‘s sale of shares to ITV Studios, Tambo Marketplaces‘ sale of shares to Luzern eCommerce and Enhance Music‘s sale of 50% stake to Create Music Group

Dispute Resolution

• Clearance work on the Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man”, written, co-produced and directed by Michael Gracey (Greatest Showman)

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