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Hannah Wardale  Associate
+44 (0)20 7111 2570
hannah.wardale@sjberwin.com

Hannah qualified as a solicitor into in the Media & Communications Group of SJ Berwin in September 2003. Prior to that she completed her training at SJ Berwin.  She has an MA in law from Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge and has obtained distinction in a postgraduate diploma in UK, European and US Copyright and Related Rights with King’s College, London.

Hannah has expertise in many aspects of media and communications law. She has assisted clients with advisory work in the fields of copyright and communications regulation and has recently worked with a client giving regulatory advice on all aspects of a digital television service. Hannah also advises clients on licensing and distribution arrangements. She has advised on the financing, production, distribution and development of a variety of film and television projects; co-production structures; commissioning arrangements; publishing agreements; live music venue agreements and music licensing.

Hannah has also spent a year as the professional support lawyer for the Media & Communications Group, during which time she was responsible for the training of the solicitors in the Group, producing client bulletins, advising clients and the Group’s solicitors on developments in the law, lobbying government on law reform, developing and managing knowledge management systems and drafting precedents for the Group.

Hannah is a member of Women in Film and Television (WIFT).