Neil Adleman

Neil is a partner and head of the firm's theatre practice. Neil advises extensively in the theatre sector and is recognised as a leading practitioner both in the UK and abroad. In particular he provides strategic and business advice to players in the theatre and wider entertainment industries. His clients include leading producers, theatre owners and operators, subsidised sector venues and touring companies. He also advises a number of high profile rights owners in connection with the management and exploitation of their rights across a wide range of media and platforms. Neil has a prolific international practice, regularly advising in connection with productions opening on Broadway and in other territories worldwide, on transfers from Broadway to the West End and in particular on UK/US financing structures. Productions he has advised on include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, War Horse, Dear England, The Lehman Trilogy and Wicked. · Harbottle & Lewis LLP

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Partner and head of the theatre practice at Harbottle & Lewis LLP, Neil Adleman is a leading practitioner who advises producers, theatre owners and operators, subsidised venues, touring companies and rights owners on strategic, commercial and rights-management matters. He has a prolific international practice advising on productions opening on Broadway and other territories, transfers between Broadway and the West End and UK/US financing structures, and has worked on productions including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, War Horse, Dear England, The Lehman Trilogy and Wicked.

Practice areas

TheatreEntertainmentFilm & TelevisionMediaInternational

Office

England

Harbottle & Lewis LLP · Neil is a partner and head of the firm's theatre practice. Neil advises extensively in the theatre sector and is recognised as a leading practitioner both in the UK and abroad. In particular he provides strategic and business advice to players in the theatre and wider entertainment industries. His clients include leading producers, theatre owners and operators, subsidised sector venues and touring companies. He also advises a number of high profile rights owners in connection with the management and exploitation of their rights across a wide range of media and platforms. Neil has a prolific international practice, regularly advising in connection with productions opening on Broadway and in other territories worldwide, on transfers from Broadway to the West End and in particular on UK/US financing structures. Productions he has advised on include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, War Horse, Dear England, The Lehman Trilogy and Wicked.

England

Expertise

Theatre production advisoryRights management and exploitation across media and platformsAdvising producers, theatre owners/operators and touring companiesSubsidised sector and venue advisoryBroadway–West End transfersUK/US financing structures for productionsInternational entertainment transactions

Education

Ilford County High School for Boys
University of Sheffield LLB (Hons) (1994)

Admissions

Qualified 1997 (England)