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). The Law Society has granted Adrian Laing full rights of audience in all Courts throughout England and Wales.

              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).

              The most common type of work undertaken by Laing & Co is: pre-publication legal reports; 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 Contracts Handbook and The A—Z of Contract Clauses (Sweet & Maxwell).