Lee & Thompson votes in Ronald McDonald House Charities as Charity of the Year for 2026-27
Following a firm-wide vote, we are pleased to announce that Lee & Thompson has chosen Ronald McDonald House Charities as the firm’s new Charity of the Year.
Until 31 March 2027, we will plan regular team fundraising activities in aid of RMHC, while gaining a deeper understanding of the important work that the charity does.
Ronald McDonald House Charities operates programmes across the UK such as Ronald McDonald Houses, which offer free or l…
L&T doubles fundraising target for Children with Cancer UK
We are delighted to have more than doubled our £10k fundraising target for our Charity of the Year 2025/26, Children with Cancer UK, raising a total of £20,035.57 over the past year.
Children with Cancer UK, voted by staff as our chosen charity, works to fund research, support families emotionally and financially, and raise awareness of childhood cancer, ensuring that children with cancer have the best possible chance of survival with acces…
Lee & Thompson Promotes Four to Partnership
Lee & Thompson is delighted to announce the promotion of Marek George, Anushka Sinha, James Rushton and Frania Cooper to Partner, effective from 1 April 2026.
Marek George joined Lee & Thompson upon qualification in 2013. He plays a pivotal role in the TV team working with many of the UK’s leading scripted television production companies. Marek specialises in all areas of TV development, production, financing and distribution providing …
Three L&T trainees qualify as solicitors into Film & TV and Music teams
We’re delighted to announce that three of our former trainees have now qualified as solicitors at Lee & Thompson, strengthening our Film & TV and Music teams, as they begin their work as associates in March 2026.
Liv Graham becomes a member of our Film & TV team while Jack Walmsley joins our Music Team, having both joined the firm as paralegals in 2022 following completion of our Vacation Scheme that year.
Sam Shields also qualif…
Lee & Thompson wraps up 2025
As 2025 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 achievements from 2025, some of which are our personal highlights and others which have simply dominated our inboxes…
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Alastair Mavor in our Film & TV Team and Michael Lucas in our Music Team were promoted to Partner and we also welcomed Rebecca Coleman to the Partnershi…
L&T recognised in The Times Best Law Firms List 2026
We’re proud to have been recognised in The Times Best Law Firms List 2026 for our work in Entertainment & Sport for the eighth consecutive year.
The Times’ Best Law Firms list recognises firms across various industry sectors based on the independent views of thousands of peer lawyers across England and Wales. This recognition reflects our sustained commitment to clients across media, sport and the creative industries and is a testame…
L&T welcomes seven new joiners
We have been delighted to appoint seven new team members across the firm since August, boosting our legal offering as well as our Business Services team.
Our Film & TV department welcomed trainees Annabel Bowles and Thea Schirvanian, who both completed our 2025 Vacation Scheme, as well as Legal Assistant Ellie Furnival.
Harry Sargent joined our Corporate team as a trainee, while Georgina Hellawell joins our Immigration team as a paralegal….
Top Rankings for L&T in Chambers & Partners Legal Directory 2026
Chambers & Partners is one of the UK’s most respected independent legal directories and we are delighted to be ranked highly again in its 2026 edition, which launched today.
With 20 of our lawyers ranked for their expertise, we are proud to be recognised as operating at the top of our game.
The industry sectors for which we have been recognised by Chambers & Partners are categorised as Advertising & Marketing; Film & TV; Music…
Lee & Thompson highly ranked in Legal 500 2026
We’re delighted to have been recognised again by independent legal directory, Legal 500. We’re proud of our top tier rankings in Music, Media Finance and Film & TV, our excellent positioning for Video Games, Advertising & Marketing and the strong rankings for our Intellectual Property, Employment and Reputation Management teams. We’re also thrilled to have been newly ranked Tier 2 for Theatre.
In all, 39 of our lawyers have been…
L&T 2025 Vacation Scheme marks seventh year of work experience programme
Today marks the end of Lee & Thompson’s annual week-long work experience programme for a group of aspiring media lawyers.
We welcomed a group of eight brilliant individuals onto this year’s Vacation Scheme: Annabel Bowles, Elena Valeri, Elizabeth Railton, Freya Williams, Georgia Fearn, Harry Sargent, Maria Akinkuolie and Thea Schirvanian.
First launched in 2019, our Vacation Scheme offers participants a genuine insight into life a…