Senior Music and Entertainment Legal and Business Affairs Consultant

Claire is a highly experienced and well-respected lawyer in the music and entertainment industry, offering comprehensive expertise in legal and business affairs tailored to the unique needs of creative talent and creative businesses.

For more than a decade, she has worked within major record labels (Universal-Island Records and 0207 Def Jam) and entertainment management companies (FAE Group), navigating complex contracts, negotiating deals, and providing strategic advice on a broad range of projects spanning master rights, publishing, brand deals, merchandise, and many more. Over the years, she has skilfully handled music and film projects with Stormzy, Potter Payper, Disclosure, The Pussycat Dolls, Rita Ora, Lil Peep and Amy Winehouse’s estate, amongst many others.

Claire delivers commercially focused, collaborative solutions to deals and disputes and thrives in breaking down intricate issues so that there is a clear understanding of potential risks and navigating them as simply as possible to a successful outcome.

Areas of Expertise:

• Artist rights: Record, publishing, distribution, and licensing.

• Music release clearances: For producers, mixers, features, samples, and musicians.

• Marketing: Content creation, photography, video production, agency agreements, events, advertising standards, and data protection compliance (GDPR).

• Management.

• Merchandise.

• Brand and endorsement.

• Influencer and social media.

• Creative business strategy and development.