Recent experience

Comcast

Advising Comcast on the creation of an Africa-wide streaming service with MultiChoice Group, Africa's biggest pay TV company

Pearson

Advised the educational publishing blue chip, on the sale of its local K12 Courseware businesses in Italy and Germany to Sanoma Corporation, a leading European K12 learning services company operating in 11 countries and listed in Nasdaq Helsinki

BAT

Advised BAT on its landmark partnership agreement with McLaren for Formula 1 including on the negotiation of a multi-year extension of the arrangement which includes on-car branding in respect of McLaren's Formula 1 race cars and for the first time also McLaren's Formula E race cars

STV

Represented STV on its landmark renegotiation of certain rights relation to distribution by STV of ITV digital content (specifically original ITV programming on ITVX) as well as advertising sales arrangements in respect of STV airtime

The Big Issue Company

Acted for The Big Issue Company with the drafting and negotiation of an agency partnership agreement with the counterparty Publicis Media on behalf of Publicis' client Citroën

Spreadex

Advised Spreadex on its £10 million acquisition of Sporting Index Limited, a subsidiary of La Française des Jeux, the operator of France's national lottery


Key contacts

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Hayley Brady

Partner, London and Africa Group

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Dylan Doran Kennett

Partner, Head of Venture and Growth Capital, EMEA, London

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Nick Altini

Partner, Johannesburg and Africa Group

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张卫华

合伙人,科伟史密夫斐尔, Mainland China and Beijing

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Kristin Stammer

Executive Partner, Asia and Australia, Sydney