Lisa is a business affairs adviser especially focused on film, television, digital media and technology. She spent many years in-house at leading US multinationals such as Disney, Nickelodeon and Discovery Channel followed by 14 years in the law firms Gateley LLP and Simkins LLP where she was head of TV. Recently she was General Counsel at ILP. Her in-house experience enables her to offer commercial and pragmatic advice aligned to each client’s business strategy. She has wide ranging experience in TV/Film production, finance, distribution, advertising/sponsorship, talent, channel carriage, digital media/apps/online, theatre, publishing, IP and technology.

She advises on co- productions, treaty co-productions, TV and film financing, commissions, distribution deals, Ofcom regulatory matters.

She also advises on deal terms of corporate deals, company set-up, shareholder agreements, JVs and investments. Her clients include TV/Film production companies, financiers/banks, distributors, broadcasters, talent, technology businesses, post production houses, software/app developers and toy distributors.