Partners

Based in Central London, Clintons is one of the UK's foremost Entertainment, Media and Sport Law practices. Clintons has acknowledged strength in commercial and corporate work, with a particularly well-known expertise in IP-related matters, both contentious and non-contentious. Our firm has for nearly 60 years offered high quality, practical legal advice to clients ranging from large, commercial organisations to private individuals, many of whom are in the public eye. www.clintons.co.uk

EC1 Capital is an early stage tech investment fund that invests in web technology businesses primarily located in the UK, and specifically in London.
EC1 Capital makes seed stage and early stage investments in the best and brightest entrepreneurial teams, as well as providing follow-on funding, at times syndicating with other Angel or VC Groups for larger amounts.
EC1 Capital is run by entrepreneurs who understand the ups and downs of the startup world, trying to make the bumpy entrepreneurial road a little smoother.
Based in the EC1 area of London, popularly known as Tech City, EC1 Capital is backed by Sabban Capital, a leading Dubai based private equity company. www.ec1capital.com

Lewis Silkin is a commercial law firm with offices in the City of London and Oxford. We have particular expertise in Advertising and Marketing; Technology; Brand Management; Employment, Reward and Immigration; Corporate and Commercial; Real Estate and Regeneration and Litigation and Dispute Resolution. With 57 partners and a total staff of over 300, we are large enough to handle major projects whilst remaining of a size that ensures that the work we do for clients will be treated with the priority and importance they expect and deserve. We believe we offer excellent service and value for money.

Our lawyers are friendly, experienced and commercial. We work in teams drawn from our specialist legal disciplines providing a seamless service to clients.

MediaTainment Finance is the business journal covering investments in the international creative industries (film, TV, music, games, fashion, art, books, sport, advertising, live entertainment) and the related copyright issues.
MediaTainment Finance, which is targeted at media-and-entertainment decision-makers, investors, as well as technology and creative start-ups, launched only in April 2011. Yet, it is already acquiring a reputation for its analyses of financial investments in various creative sectors, and the copyright legislation that needs to keep up with the rapidly evolving digital media.
Excerpts from MediaTainment Finance articles have been published in Social Gaming: Opportunities for Gaming Operators, the new business book about the international online-gaming industry published by SBG Companies Ltd.
For authoritative coverage of the new money in media and entertainment, read MediaTainment Finance to learn what is happening financially when, why, how and by whom.
For more information, visit www.mediatainmentfinance.com. MediaTainment Finance is published by JayKay Media Inc (www.jaykaymediainc.com).
You can download a copy of MediaTainment Finance's recent newsletter here.

MusicTank is a pre-eminent, sector-specific business development network for the UK music industry - an independent body owned and operated by University of Westminster, set up to inform and guide the future shape of the music business through engagement with industry, change and innovation.
Established in 2003, MusicTank has built an enviable reputation for its ongoing and unique programme of think tank debates, events and conferences, a natural progression from which has been the delivery of incisive reports commissioned from key industry figureheads.
Its content-rich website - www.musictank.co.uk - contains a wealth of industry information and resources, together with event transcripts and podcasts, news, reports, research papers and a newsletter archive.
MusicTank is a keenly sought content and delivery partner for a diverse range of organisations including The Prince's Trust, Youth Music, CIDA, NIMIC, South Birmingham College, In The City, Music Works, Gramophone Awards, The Great Escape, Canadian Music Week, Midem and most recently, Paddington Development Trust's Creative Futures programme.

TheNextWeb.com is a worldwide leading source for technology news, business and culture. Over the last few years this site has grown into one of the world's leading technology blogs. We live to bring news and views from an international perspective. TNW has four million unique visitors per month, over 600k Twitter followers, 55k Facebook fans and the accolade of the 9 most influential blogs in the world (according to Technorati). With a brilliant team of editors & writers across Europe, Australia, Middle East, Africa, Asia and North & South America, you can rest assured that if it's worth hearing about: you'll hear it from us first.