A specialist media law firm for all your publishing and media needs

Laing and Co is the name of the independent legal practice of Adrian C. Laing and is based in North London. Laing & Co has been fully functional as a legal practice (Sole Practitioner) since February 2004. Meetings take place by appointment only.

Adrian Laing is a practising Solicitor Advocate and a qualified Barrister (having practised at the Bar as a Tenant from 1983 to 1987). Adrian Laing full rights of audience in all Courts throughout England and Wales.

Laing & Co. is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Organisation Number: 00402884. Vat No: 832550738

Adrian Laing is recognised as one of the leading media and publishing law specialists in the UK, having presented papers at several prestigious events and written extensively on a wide range of media related topics over a number of years. For seven years (1994 - 2001) was the Director of Legal Affairs at Harper Collins Publishing (UK).

Areas of expertise include: customised business contracts, intellectual property issues, passing off, defamation, employment, litigation,  publishing law and film / television work.

The most common type of work undertaken by Laing & Co is: pre-publication legal reports; contract drafting and contract disputes; copyright issues; employment related matters; film and television deals including options: confidentiality agreements; distribution agreements; termination strategies; data protection issues: website terms; standard terms and conditions of supply and purchase.

Adrian Laing is the co-author of:

‘The Media and Business Contracts Handbook’ (4th Edition) and

‘The A—Z of Contract Clauses’ (5th Edition) (both titles published by Thomson Reuters).