Media finance

We can advise you on:

• Structuring and documenting bank and other finance arrangements, including gap, pre-sale and tax credit finance
• Structuring and documenting equity investments
• Financing agreements, including loan, security and inter-party arrangements
• The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
• Crowdfunding and other forms of alternative finance.

Clients we represent include media, film and game funds, UK and overseas banks, high net worth individuals, regional and national funds, completion guarantors, games financiers, developers and publishers and leading independent television, film and theatre production companies.

New Sparta Films

We advised New Sparta Films on the financing of a slate of feature films including Miss You Already directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette, and the soon to be released Tale of Tales, Brimstone and The Limehouse Golem.

Entertainment One Features

We advised Entertainment One Features on its production and financing of feature film Eye in the Sky starring Helen Mirren.

Pinewood Pictures

We advised Pinewood Pictures on its video games financing, on behalf of the Isle of Man Treasury, of an initial slate of four games to be published by Gamesco.

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Marv Productions

We advised Marv Productions on its financing arrangements in respect of the feature films Eddie the Eagle and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

Altara Games and Altara Pictures

We advised Altara Games in respect of its video games tax credit loan and security arrangements with a number of third party games developers. We also advised Altara Films on various investments into feature film productions.

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Acamar Films

We acted for Acamar Films on the financing of Bing, a major children’s animated television series.

Carnival Film & Television

We advised Carnival Film & Television on financing aspects of its major television production Jamestown, a reworking of the classic Dracula tale starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Indie Capital

We advised Indie Capital on the raising of finance under both the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Enterprise Investment Scheme for the development and production of a slate of film and other media-related projects.

Tax Credit Financing

We advised a major games publisher on its tax credit financing arrangements with a number of third party studios.

Mobile Games Financing and Crowdfunding

We advised a major video games publisher on the financing structure for a mobile games project and separately on a crowdfunding project.

Games Accelerator

We advised a games accelerator on its investment into a UK based games studio.

Independent Film Financing

We have advised on the financing of a multitude of projects, including low budget projects, for producers such as Soda Pictures (I Am Not A Witch), Red & Black Films (Don’t Knock Twice, The Machine and The Call-Up), Culmination Productions (Life at these Speeds), Kajaki Film (Kajaki), Hot Property Films (Identicals, Innocence of Memories and Kelly and Victor), Britannia Films (Seve) and Honlodge Productions (Steven).

Locksmith Animation

We act for Locksmith Animation, the UK’s first high-end feature animation studio. Locksmith is backed by Elisabeth Murdoch and the VFX house Double Negative, and has a three picture deal with Paramount Pictures. We advised Locksmith on its financing by Elisabeth Murdoch.

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