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Media and technology businesses are shaped by their people. Attracting, recruiting and retaining those with the right mix of skills and experience can make all the difference. That involves a lot more than just knowing about the law - it also requires an understanding of the sector, an awareness of its customs and practices, and an insight into what's likely to work for your business.

Our sector-focused approach means we know how media and technology businesses operate and what it takes for them to succeed. We have a wealth of experience of how employment and immigration law applies to the contracts, customs and HR practices for businesses in these sectors, such as film and TV studios, broadcasters, production companies, video games developers / publishers, sports bodies and clubs, online gambling operators and other digital technology businesses. That’s why so many leading players in these industries turn to our employment and immigration lawyers for advice.

Our team covers all types of employment and immigration work including contract drafting and negotiation, visa applications and extensions, advice on rationalisation and restructuring programmes and managing complicated and sensitive disputes and exit requirements.

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Our recent experience includes:

  • successfully defending a number of highly complicated employment tribunal disputes (involving claims of whistleblowing, discrimination and harassment and unfair dismissal) for media, technology and gambling businesses;
  • managing a number of large-scale change and redundancy processes for media and video games businesses;
  • obtaining a court order preventing breach of non-compete restrictions by executives at a large media client;
  • obtaining work visas for the support staff of a high-profile actor on a UK media production;
  • hosting seminars for clients and industry bodies within the film, TV and video games sectors focusing on topics such as changes to sexual harassment legislation and the upcoming Employment Rights Bill; and
  • assisting with a multitude of general HR and employment relations matters for a wide variety of clients in our core sectors.

For our employment and immigration lawyers, helping you become a more successful employer is more than just a question of fire-fighting day-to-day HR problems. Instead, we aim to add value by adopting a proactive and collaborative approach when working with your HR team, managers and in-house lawyers to promote best practice and to achieve the outcome that you want.

For guidance on our fees for Employment Tribunal claims, click here.