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SJ Berwin LLP - High Profile Hire to Expand Communications, Media & Technology Group
23/07/07
SJ Berwin LLP today announced the appointment of Stewart White, CEO of Stewart White Consulting, as a Consultant to its growing Communications, Media and Technology (“CMT”) practice with immediate effect... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises on Acquisition of Hammer Film Productions
11/05/07
Leading corporate and commercial law firm SJ Berwin LLP advised Cyrte Investments BV, the investment fund in which John de Mol, one of the world’s most successful producers, is a major investor, on the acquisition and financing by a consortium... Read more

SJ Berwin LLP's victory in the House of Lords for OK! in the Catherine Zeta Jones wedding photos case
02/05/07
SJ Berwin's senior Solicitor Advocate, Richard Slowe, and associates Georgina Bristow and Christina Sharma have successfully acted for OK! magazine in their dispute with Hello! over the publication of "spoiler" photographs of the wedding of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones ... Read more

IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love
06/10/06
SJ Berwin LLP has recently advised Brazil Love Productions Limited and Stone Village Pictures LLC on the financing and production of the feature film "Love in the Time of Cholera", directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. ... Read more

SJ Berwin LLP Solicitor Appointed as Board Member of The Film Agency of Wales
09/03/06
SJ Berwin LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Angharad Evans, a solicitor within the firm's Media Communications Group... Read more

SJ Berwin LLP Advises British Film Entreprenuers on the Sale of Capitol Films
23/01/06
SJ Berwin LLP advised the three owners of Capitol Films Limited, Sharon Harel, Jane Barclay and Hannah Leader, on the sale of Capitol to LA based entrepreneurs David Bergstein and Ronald N. Tutor... Read more

SJ Berwin LLP Advises Rocket Pictures Limited
12/10/05
SJ Berwin LLP recently advised Rocket Pictures Limited on the financing of their feature film "It's a Boy/Girl Thing" starring Kevin Zegers and Samaire Armstrong... Read more

New Film Tax Relief
22/09/04
The Inland Revenue has finally issued the long-awaited technical note explaining the new tax relief available to producers of "British films"... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises on Applications for Former ITV Digital Licenses
27/06/02
SJ Berwin represented Apax Partners Limited (Apax) and Digital Television Broadcasting Limited (DTB) in an application by DTB to the Independent Television Commission... Read more

SJ Berwin Advises Portfolio Film Partnership on British Qualifying Film Fund
26/03/02
SJ Berwin is advising Portfolio Film Partners, a new film finance fund to be established which will raise up to £10 million... Read more

Nora Mullally Raises Tempo of SJ Berwin's Music Practice
14/02/02
SJ Berwin is pleased to announce the appointment of Nora Mullally, who recently joined as a Senior Lawyer in the Media & Communications Group... Read more

Leading Media Legal Advisers Strengthen Team
15/01/01
S J Berwin & Co is pleased to announce the appointment of Patty Mayer... Read more