[FULLY BOOKED] 1-2-1 Legal Advice Clinic: Film, & TV Development and Production with SMB

Are you currently developing a film or TV project or about to commence production? WFTV members are invited to join Annika Chauhan from the law firm Simons Muirhead Burton, who will be hosting a 1-2-1 clinic to guide you in the right direction on any queries you might have. This is an opportunity for you receive guidance and feedback from industry experts.

The aim of the Legal Clinic is to provide useful pointers and guide you in the right direction.

Upon securing your slot, please email the following information ASAP to: montana@wftv.org.uk

1. A few bullet points outlining the particular issue you want to discuss and key points. This information will be shared with Annika Chauhan on a strictly confidential purpose, for the purposes of this session only to effectively deliver the Clinic.

Email subject line: ‘WFTV 1-2-1 Legal Clinic: 09/04/2024’

About Simons Muirhead Burton

With over 50 years’ experience, SMB are a full-service law firm located in Central London, and highly regarded in the legal community as leaders in our field. The firm has been listed in both The Lawyer Top 200 Law Firms 2021, and The Times Best Law Firms 2022.

Our Film & TV department are highly ranked in the legal directories, Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. We have been involved in some of the largest and highest profile media sector transactions and disputes of the last decade. Acting for some of the UK’s best known production companies, financiers, distributors, and traditional broadcasters, across all areas of development, production, finance and distribution. Our clients benefit from our very specialist technical knowledge and extensive experience across the media space which allows us to offer a specialist tailored service to each client and for every deal.

Annika Chauhan

Associate Annika Chauhan advises clients in the film, TV, publishing, and digital media industries and has extensive experience in intellectual property, media, and commercial agreement issues. Some well-known projects that Annika has been involved with include Netflix’s ‘The Weekend Away’, advising production company 42 M&P Ltd, and ‘Save the Cinema’ on Sky Cinema, working with FAE Film and Television Limited.

Event Schedule:

Slot 1 10:00 – 10:15

Slot 2 10:15 – 10:30 

Slot 3 10:30 – 10:45 

Slot 4 10:45 - 11:00

Slot 5 11:00 - 11:15

Slot 6 11:15 - 11:30

Please make sure you arrive promptly to your session as the slots are 15 minutes each.  

This event is for existing WFTV members only.

If you are not a member and would like to join, membership costs just £100 + VAT/yr , please click here or email admin@wftv.org.uk

At WFTV, we want our events to be accessible for everyone. If you have any access requirements, please let us know in advance and we will do our best to accommodate you. Please contact admin@wftv.org.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible.