Dan Pearce

Expertise

Dan is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial section, and leads the firm’s Technology, Media & Communications Group.

In this capacity, Dan acts on behalf of: 

• film and television producers
• distributors
• broadcasters and creatives
• technology companies and start-ups
• advertising agencies and communications businesses
• and other intellectual property owners.

Dan also acts for clients in other sectors which are undertaking procurements, branding exercises, advertising campaigns, and other uses of intellectual property and information technology.

Dan has been recognised by Best Lawyers as a leading practitioner in Information Technology Law since 2014, and Entertainment Law since 2017.

Experience

Dan has extensive experience in advising on matters such as:

• the acquisition and disposal of companies and businesses, corporate structuring and joint ventures
• the structuring of start-ups, their funding rounds (from seed funding through to liquidity events), and intellectual property protection and development
• the development, financing, production and distribution of film and television projects, new media and online products
• brand development and protection, including copyright, trade marks, domain names and consumer law issues
• the protection and exploitation of computer software and hardware and the provision of information technology services (including government contracts and outsourcing), and
• regulatory compliance, including corporations law, copyright, privacy and competition law.