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Richard Baskind

Partner and head of Music. Specialising in all aspects of music and related businesses including established artists and songwriters, independent record labels, publishing companies and key industry executives, also experienced in handling music and related rights catalogue deals both from a commercial and corporate perspective. Key clients include major record companies and some of the most prominent independent publishing companies in the UK as well as many of the key executives within the industry. · Simons Muirhead Burton

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About

Partner and head of Music at Simons Muirhead Burton, specialising in all aspects of music and related businesses including artists, songwriters, independent record labels, publishing companies and industry executives. Experienced in handling music and rights/catalogue deals from both commercial and corporate perspectives and acts for major record companies and prominent independent publishers.

Practice areas

MusicMediaEntertainmentCommercialCorporate / M&A

Office

Expertise

Artists & songwritersIndependent record labelsMusic publishingRights/catalogue dealsMusic industry executives

Education

  • Leeds Grammar School
  • Bristol University (1993, LLB)
  • Bristol University (1994, LLM, International Commercial Law)
  • College of Law, York (1995, LPC)

Languages

French