We have been advising the industry for over 25 years and know intimately the classic issues faced and how to overcome problems and find solutions. We advise on service level contracts, software and content licensing and development agreements, software integration contracts, software as a service contracts, escrow agreements, cloud service provision, Intellectual property issues, data protection and security issues. What we do for the film and media industry Andrew has been a regular attendee and speaker at the Cannes Film Festival for over a decade, including launching his book Film and Television Distribution and the Internet at the Festival. We advise upon Internet and digital legal issues as they relate to the film industry and act for numerous companies in the online media sphere. Examples of projects include: Crowd funding legal issues for a well-known Hollywood film producer; Private investment legal issues for an online movie production platform; Advising an online film download and streaming platform on content licensing deals; white label platform licensing for international territories; terms and conditions for delivery of the service; Advising a film orientated social media network on service terms and conditions; Advising on Internet content licensing and distribution; Advising on Intellectual Property aspects of digital distribution of film; Online media platforms including film download and streaming services; Advising on platform legal arrangements for an online movie service; Advising on terms and conditions for an online media showreel service; Advising a digital platform for product...

We are national award winning lawyers. Founder, Andrew Sparrow is winner of the national Lawyer Awards for Best Use of Multimedia in the Law. Lecote Solicitors was established specifically to focus on and provide niche legal advice for companies in the emerging Internet industry and in 1996 Andrew was one of the first lawyers in the UK to identify and pursue Internet legal issues. We have charted and travelled with the development of the Internet. In so many fields the technology era we’re in will define the future. But when advising on technology law - the history you don’t know can uncouple even the best innovations from that future. We know the history. We are very commercial, approachable and accessible. We understand the sectors we operate in well and our broad commercial experience enables us to ask the right questions and deliver solutions which protect your legal and commercial position. We negotiate your client contracts with strategic partners and suppliers and look after your overall commercial legal requirements. We help you make and keep money. From commercial contract advice, Software Development and License Agreements, advice on Intellectual Property Rights, Data Protection, management and Big Data, Website Design and Development Agreements, Hosting Agreements, Film download terms, Crowd funding solutions, Commercial and New Space contracts, Virtual world and online games Agreements to Internet Social Network terms, we put you in the best negotiating position. See our Client testimonials

We advise upon and negotiate commercial contracts which relate to Internet, IT and Technology, and help with any issues connected with online business. It is our focus on Internet technologies in all their manifestations that has given us a thorough understanding of the legal issues which relate. Those issues however will typically be associated with performance expectations of the technology, identifying and protecting the component intellectual property rights, commercialisation and exploitation of the technology, and in all cases -recognising the opportunities and constraints the given market brings – and shaping the legal advice to respectively, maximise and mitigate each. Our experience encompasses agreements in many forms for technology applications and solutions across a variety of industries including Automotive, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Fintech, Fashion, Software, Film, and Sports. Whatever stage your technology product is at there are legal steps which should be taken – and implementing those at each vital stage is essential to safeguard the ultimate success of the product. So whether it is technology joint ventures, research and development projects, licensing, integration, or sale or acquisition, we are able to advise how best to proceed. Often that includes alerting you to considerations not immediately apparent in context of the technology product itself.