Mark Hill Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year United Arab Emirates

Firm Profile

• In 2013, therightslawyers will celebrate 10 years of success in the Middle East, having been established by veteran industry guru, Mark Hill, to provide specialist legal services to the media and entertainment, technology and telecommunications industries and in the field of intellectual property.

• July 2013 saw therightslawyers make a strategic boost to its TMT offering by adding Phil Reynolds as a Partner in the firm. Phil is an extremely experienced and globally respected legal adviser to the telecommunications industry. In his 25+ years in the industry, Phil has practiced throughout SAMEA, Australia, Asia, UK and Europe.

• Mark has a long list of awards and nominations to his name and to that of therightslawyers including the Digital Studio Service to the Industry award for contribution and service to the production, broadcast and film industries. He has been nominated as an IP Luminary for his

innovative approach and

excellence in the discipline of copyright law and as an Inspirational Leader through the Lloyds

TSB Small

Business Awards. Mark has also been recommended as a leader in his field in both Chambers and Legal 500 directories since the early 90’s.

In 2012 and 2013, therightslawyers received a number of key awards including:

• Special category win as the ‘New Media Advisory Firm of the Year’ by ACQ Finance Magazine for their 2012 Global Awards;

• Corporate Counsel Middle East Achievement Award 2012 - therightslawyers’ innovative approach to client needs and the provision of commercial advice that extends beyond the ordinary service provided by a law firm has been rewarded with the Group Achievement Award from the Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards in 2012. The awards are designed to celebrate the achievements of the region’s lawyers, and are judged by a panel of high calibre lawyers from the region.

The Group

Achievement Award is a discretionary award that is only presented if the judges feel that work done by one legal team as worthy of recognition in its own right.

therightslawyers’ work on the UAE’s first major feature film, City of Life, was judged as representing an outstanding achievement for the legal sector. Not only did therightslawyers assist in getting the project off the ground but it then went on to advise on all of its many legal elements and commercial elements, including raising funds via product placement deals, a first for filmmakers in the region. The firm was praised for its proactive and

• Widely recognised as the leading media & entertainment,

technology and sports lawyer region.

Mark Hill - Leading individual for TMT and IP • Most

intellectual property, in the

• Operating in area since mid 1990’s moved to Dubai in 1999.

• Has considerable tenure within the TMT world having previously acted as UK representative on the Andersen Legal IP service line team for EMEIA, then consolidated during his time as equity partner at DLA and from 1999 when he came to set up Clyde & Co’s IP and media practice as partner.

commercial approach to its clients' needs and for the level of dedication and commitment involved in the project over a long period.

In undertaking work for the film in the way that it did, the judges agreed that therightslawyers “played an important role in the promotion of intellectual property rights best practices in the UAE as well as helping to develop the local film industry and raise Dubai’s international profile”. The team at therightslawyers could not have been prouder!

• Acquisition International – Legal Award 2012 – Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - UAE

• Acquisition International M&A Awards 2012 – UAE Boutique Law Firm of the Year

• Acquisition International M&A Awards 2013 – UAE Boutique Law Firm of the Year

• 2013 Corporate International Legal Awards – TMT Law Firm of the Year in the UAE

• Three lawyers in our team, Mark, Phil and Fiona, have each been working as lawyers within the media, technology / telecommunications and IP industries for in excess of 20 years.

• The firm handles high level IP work for most if not all of its clients, bearing in mind its focus on media and entertainment, technology and telecommunications sector work.

Contact renowned rights media and

entertainment lawyer operating in the ME, has run therightslawyers since 2003 as the only dedicated TMT and IP practice operating within MENA region, now for almost 10 years.

• Winner of numerous awards, frequent speaker at conferences and events, including chair of ME Broadcasting Summit for 3 years.

• Most recently collected the Corporate Counsel Middle East Achievement Award for therightslawyers in 2012.

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2013

Mark Hill – Managing Partner Tel: +971 4 390 3646 Fax: +971 4 390 8045 Mobile: +971 50 457 2698 Email: mark@therightslawyers.com

therightslawyers offices 420, building 8, dubai media city p.o. box 502175, dubai, united arab emirates Tel: +971 4 390 3646 Fax: +971 4 390 8045 Email: info@therightslawyers.com Website: www.therightslawyers.com

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