About Us
Lee & Thompson is a London based law firm that was founded in 1983 and advises clients with a global reach across Film, Television, Music, Videogames, Theatre, Advertising, Fashion & Beauty, Live Events, Technology and Financial Services.
Our legal services include commercial, corporate, intellectual property, dispute resolution, employment and immigration advice. Our lawyers work across disciplines and sectors to deliver joined-up solutions.
We help our clients structure their business, shape strategy, finance projects, negotiate and protect rights, manage risk, resolve disputes and plan for growth.
We are direct and practical. Where a commercial solution will better serve a client’s objectives than a purely technical legal answer, we say so. Our advice is a clear, realistic and grounded in how our client’s industries work.
Our approach has always been built around our client’s ambitions. Our award-winning lawyers are exceptionally knowledgeable, commercially astute, and deeply attuned to the realities of our client’s lives and businesses. These qualities ensure that our lawyers become trusted, long-term advisers who deliver lasting value to their clients.
Charities
For 2025/26 our Charity of the Year is Ronald McDonald House Charities, a national charity providing housing, support, and resources to families with seriously ill children so they can stay close to their child during medical treatment, as well as Family Rooms inside hospitals where caregivers can rest and recharge. It also runs initiatives such as mobile medical clinics and community health programmes to improve access to care for underserved populations.
Throughout the year we will be sharing our fundraising progress. If you would like to support our fundraising efforts, please click the Just Giving link here.
Environment
We are committed to minimising the impact of our activities on the environment. We take our environmental obligations extremely seriously. We strive to reduce the effect our business has on the environment, to reduce our overall carbon emissions and to ensure that our staff understand the obligations we have under this policy. For our full Environmental Policy, please click here.
Supporting our industries
We are proud to support a number of organisations within our key industries and beyond to demonstrate our social impact and to widen access to our advisory services in key industries, we partner with the following organisations by establishing legal helplines, educational talks, clinics and training programmes:
Inclusion and Belonging
Central to the firm’s culture and ethos is our commitment to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace, preventing discrimination and creating an environment where everyone – staff, clients and everyone we work with – can be themselves and can bring their whole selves to work.
“Mike has been truly exceptional in delivering for us over the last year. His expertise and advice are second to none. He is worth every penny. ”
Chambers & Partners
“Everyone we come into contact with at Lee & Thompson is professional, personable and extremely helpful.”
LEGAL 500
“Lee & Thompson deliver really fast turnaround time and don’t let matters drift, and they get excellent results.”
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS
“Lizzie knows the music industry inside and out and is very good technically too.”
Chambers & Partners
“Genuinely specialist, niche media firm – members of the team bring extensive employment law experience from the wider market into the media sector, so they really understand employment litigation and can obtain excellent results for their clients.”
LEGAL 500
“Lee & Thompson continues to retain a hugely impressive client roster, and to provide excellent advice and representation to clients working in the music industry.”
LEGAL 500
“Sam is an excellent lawyer who always goes the extra mile to help us with our negotiations and drafting.”
Chambers & Partners
“Sam Goodman offers absolutely amazing service and knowledge of the theatre world.”
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS
“We work closely with Dominic Bray. He has in depth knowledge of the sector and helps train new recruits to the industry on our behalf. He's always available to help and goes beyond the usual to accommodate us and our members.”
Legal 500
“The main partner we deal with is Lee Stone, who is excellent and has a good command of both the industry and our particular business.”
Legal 500
“Lawrence is very commercial and works very hard for his clients to get them the best possible deals.”
Chambers & Partners
“The addition of Rebecca Coleman is very compelling for in-house clients. Rebecca has walked in our shoes and this comes through loud and clear in her client stakeholder engagement and pragmatic legal advice.”
Legal 500
“The firm is well-known for acting for a very broad range of media companies and they understand the industry in a way few others do.”
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS
“Very commercial, approachable, knows the TV industry and the needs of its clients inside out.”
LEGAL 500
“Huw is a pleasure to work with.”
Chambers & Partners
“Their strength is the depth and breadth of knowledge Lee & Thompson deals with so many types and sizes of productions, I feel reassured that they will offer advice based on experience.”
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS
“Lee & Thompson have an interesting array of clients in the media sector. The team utilises their knowledge across several complementary practice areas (ie commercial, intellectual property, employment) to provide accurate and practical advice to their clients that covers all aspects of a dispute.”
LEGAL 500
“Luke is an operator who handles the toughest cast deals with ease and always provides comfort in his steadiness.”
Legal 500
“Sam Goodman offers absolutely amazing service and knowledge of the theatre world.”
Chambers & Partners
“Reno is an outstanding Oscar-winning lawyer and executive producer.”
Chambers & Partners
