MUSIC BUSINESS UK X CENTTRIP MUSIC THE LEGAL & ACCOUNTANCY 50 MBUK X CENTTRIP MUSIC TIM INGHAM Music Business UK Welcome to the first ever Legal & Accountancy 50 - proudly brought to you by Music Business UK together with Centtrip Music. When Centtrip approached us last year to enquire if there was a way to best highlight excellence in the world of financial and legal artist services, You hold in your hands the names it triggered a thought: what if we “ could represent the ‘gold standard’ of exceptional practitioners - and of companies working in these fields a directory of the finest companies as a resource for managers, while Here’s how the voting worked: celebrating and recognising some of All of the people on this list received in their field. the best individuals behind the scenes? multiple votes from our widespread panel That discussion led to what you hold in of judges. TIM INGHAM, PUBLISHER, MUSIC BUSINESS UK your hands today: 50 names of exceptional If you see pairings of two people in practitioners in their field, yes - but also one spot, that’s probably because at least a reassuring directory of some of the one person voted for them as a unit. finest companies working in artist-related Also, due to the very limited nature legal and accounting sectors. The hope of the 50 spaces here - we had over 100 is, when it comes time to find a new lawyers and accountants voted for in partner, a manager will be able to rely total - we capped the maximum number on our list to help put the very best team of individuals from each company at around their artist. five, and the total number of placings Over 100 managers and industry for each company at three. experts voted on the list of names and In other words, if someone at companies you can read in the following a company won an individual place in pages - confidentially picking out brilliant the Top 50, but there were four or more people who their peers could benefit other people from that company also from in the months ahead. in the Top 50, these folks might end up Before the names are revealed, sharing a spot with their colleagues. there’s time for a vital bit of transparency Phew! Mathematics out of the INTRO (it’s all the rage in the music business way, let’s meet our exceptional Legal these days, didn’t you know). & Accountancy 50 for 2018... 2 3 THE LEGAL & ACCOUNTANCY 50 MBUK X CENTTRIP MUSIC TONY NORTH Centtrip Music The music industry can be as financially and legally complex as it can be rewarding. Especially now that the sector has shifted from sales to streaming. Whether you are an independent artist, manager, label owner, publisher, promoter or distributor, when entering into any kind of deal in the music industry, you will probably need to enlist a music lawyer determined to create an opportunity to who will help you make sense of acknowledge individuals whose ‘behind We have uncovered a wealth of complicated legal jargon – as well as an the scenes’ work is undoubtedly crucial “ accountant to maximise earnings and to the music business. talent and I am pleased that our first ensure international tax regulations are Earlier this year, we set out to uncover annual search for the industry ‘gold complied with. the best of the best as part of the inaugural Like the roadies and lighting engineers Legal & Accountancy 50 ranking. Having standard’ has now been completed. who set the stage for the band out of asked more than 100 managers and the view of the public eye, lawyers and industry experts, we have uncovered a TONY NORTH, CEO, CENTTRIP MUSIC accountants are some of the music wealth of talent and I am pleased that our industry’s lesser-known stars. first annual search for the industry ‘gold Through my work with Centtrip Music, standard’ has now been completed. a specialist division of Centtrip dedicated I am very proud to finally unveil the to helping international artists and their individuals in this Legal & Accountancy representatives optimise their income 50 almanac. and reduce their touring costs, I have Featuring the finest lawyers and seen many truly talented lawyers and accountants, this is a must-have guide accountants in action. for artists, managers and anyone else And I didn’t think twice when Tim from looking to work with and learn from the Music Business UK suggested we work best in the music industry. together on the Legal & Accountancy 50 I believe that in the age of digital to recognise and celebrate the top lawyers transformation it is crucial to celebrate and accountants, upon whom some of the those individuals who champion change world’s biggest stars rely. and embrace new technologies for the We didn’t want to simply create another sake of their clients and the prosperity INTRO awards event in a business that is already of the wider music industry. teeming with accolades, but we were 4 5 THE LEGAL & ACCOUNTANCY 50 MBUK X CENTTRIP MUSIC Are you making the most 01 02 03 of your 04 success? 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Their6 registered address is Fifth Floor, Langham House, 302–308 Regent Street, London W1B 3AT. 7 THE LEGAL & ACCOUNTANCY 50 MBUK X CENTTRIP MUSIC THE TOP 50 | ACCOUNTANTS THE TOP 50 | LAWYERS 01 ADRIAN BULLOCK Bullocks 01 ANDREW MYERS Clintons 02 ALAN HEYWOOD Alan Heywood & Co 02 ANN HARRISON SSB 03 ALAN MCEVOY LBM 03 BERKELEY EDWARDS Clintons 04 BARRY DOWNES LBM 04 CHRIS ORGAN Russells 05 CHARLES BRADBROOK SRLV 05 CHRIS PHILLIPS TSPMH 06 CHARLOTTE HARRIS Harris & Trotter 06 GAVIN MAUDE Russells 07 CHRIS PANAYI / EFFIE CHARALAMBOUS C.C. Panayi & Co 07 JAMES SULLY Reed Smith 08 COLIN YOUNG C.C. Young & Co 08 JO BRITTAIN / SIMON ESPLEN Russells 09 DAVID CUSHION MSE 09 JOHN REID Russells 10 DANIEL ROSS Ross Bennet Smith 10 JOHN STATHAM / KAZ GILL Statham Gill Davies 11 JANICE LLOYD SRLV 11 KIERAN JAY Lee & Thompson 12 JASON COKER LBM 12 LAWRENCE ENGEL Lee & Thompson 13 JEFF KAYE Skeet Kaye Hopkins 13 LIV LYONS Simons Muirhead & Burton 14 JULIAN HEDLEY Saffery Champness 14 LIZZIE PAYNE-JAMES Lee & Thompson 15 JULIE SYMES OJK 15 NICKY STEIN Clintons 16 LESTER DALES Dales Evans & Co 16 PAUL LENNON Statham Gill Davies 17 MIKE SKEET Skeet Kaye Hopkins 17 PAUL SPRAGGON SSB 18 NICK LAWRENCE BigStar 18 PRAVEEN BHATIA / SIMON LONG Collins Long 19 PAT SAVAGE OJK 19 PADDY GRAFTON GREEN / JAMES HARMAN Simkins 20 PAUL MAKIN Dales Evans & Co 20 RICHARD BASKIND Simons Muirhead & Burton 21 RYAN POLSON Hardwick & Morris 21 RICHARD BRAY / MARK KRAIS Bray & Krais 22 SIMON WINTERS Prager Metis 22 ROBERT HORSFALL / SONIA DIWAN Sound Advice 23 STEPHANIE HARDWICK Hardwick & Morris 23 RUSSELL ROBERTS / STEPHEN LUCKMAN Sheridans 24 STEPHEN MARKS / GRANT COURT / LLOYD QUILTY SRLV 24 VICTORIA WOOD Statham Gill Davies 25 TIM SMYTH Thomas St John 25 WALE KALEJAIYE Sheridans 8 9 MBUK X CENTTRIP MUSIC 02 ACCOUNTANTS C.C. Young & Co Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors Touring - Business Management - Royalties - Taxation - Audit T: 0207 291 1690 E: [email protected] W: www.ccyoung.co.uk 11 CCYOUNG.indd 1 15/08/2016 14:11 THE LEGAL & ACCOUNTANCY 50 MBUK X CENTTRIP MUSIC 01 ADRIAN BULLOCK 02 ALAN HEYWOOD 03 ALAN MCEVOY 04 BARRY DOWNES Bullocks Alan Heywood & Co LBM LBM Adrian Bullock started out in the industry From an early career with a ‘big four’ firm Alan McEvoy started his career in the Having qualified as a Certified Accountant as a Junior Royalty Auditor at boutique in Newcastle, Alan Heywood relocated entertainment industry over 33 years while living in the UK, Barry Downes joined accountancy firm Stephen Abery & Co to London to work with a specialist ago in Dublin. Working for OJ Kilkenny & LBM in 2001 on his return to Ireland. in 1992. Having set up his firm Bullocks music practice. After that, he set up Co for the first 10 years, he was on various Since then he has been part of the a few years later, the company evolved Alan Heywood & Company in 1986 as teams that looked after Ireland’s biggest management team that has seen LBM with a focus on royalties, neighbouring Chartered Accountants and Business acts of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. In expand many times over and position rights and tour accounting. Advisers to clients in the music and addition, Alan built his own portfolio of itself firmly within the industry. He was actively involved in two of the entertainment business. Ireland-based artists. Working on the principle of always more innovative artist initiatives of the “It has given me great pride to grow the By 1995, McEvoy had worked with The keeping the client happy, his journey to new millennium, namely Daft Punk’s practice into one of the most respected Cranberries for a number of years and date has had much variety, and included “Daft Club”, the first time a major artist and longest established specialist firms eventually left OJ Kilkenny to take up an looking after the day-to-day financial gave away digital content as an extra with in the business,” says Heywood.