Our Services
We offer a comprehensive contracts service
- Drafting, vetting and negotiating publishing contracts:
- Licence of rights or assignment of copyright; advance and royalty or flat fee basis
- All types of rights, including UK, US, translation, film, merchandising, serial, permissions
- Boilerplate negotiations with literary agents/publishers
- Representation agreements for literary, sales and licensing agents and for distributors
- Amendments to existing agreements
- Supplying templates for:
- Publishing deals
- Associated rights
- Publishing service providers
- Permissions, remainder notifications, reversion and other termination
- Advising on commercial terms and industry practice:
- Recommending appropriate terms and conditions for inclusion in your standard contracts
- Reviewing offer letters and terms for specific deals
- Reviewing contracts procedures and recommending best practice
- Training and mentoring contracts assistants, executives and managers
- Providing maternity/paternity and annual leave cover for contracts personnel