Best & Soames
 
 
 
 
Best & Soames is a media law firm with an international practice and an exceptional client base. We advise multinational and local clients on the full range of legal problems encountered in the swiftly changing digital media landscape.
Hubert Best and Martin Soames are leaders in the field with many years’ experience as partners in top City international firms. By combining outstanding legal expertise with a commercial approach, we deliver focused, cutting edge advice on all areas of contentious and non-contentious media law. We understand our clients’ business needs and work to find realistic answers to their commercial challenges. Using new technology and flexible working methods common in our clients’ industries, we offer City skills at competitive prices. Our first careers as a classical musician (Hubert) and editor (Martin) have given us a special insight into the media industries. • Full media law service • Contentious and non-contentious • Direct access to partners • City skills at competitive prices • Flexible and focused approach • Legal expertise, commercial sense • Media and non-media clients Services Our specialist legal services address the demands of our clients. We advise top media multinationals, working across jurisdictions when necessary to meet our clients’ tough deadlines and competitive challenges. The industry and sector expertise of our dedicated practice enables us to diagnose complex problems swiftly and to provide accurate and practical answers whether for large corporations, smaller media businesses or individual authors, journalists and artists. We have excellent contacts with barristers’ chambers and can select and work with the best as well as lawyers in other jurisdictions to provide the most effective service in each case. Practice areas include: • Digital and electronic media • International copyright and rights management • Intellectual property litigation • Libel litigation and freedom of expression • Confidentiality, privacy and data protection • Internet, mobile and telecoms law • Contractual disputes • Plagiarism • Pre-publication clearance and Ofcom compliance • Passing off, false endorsement • Reputation management and journalistic intrusion • Contempt of court and protection of journalistic sources • Reporting restrictions