Our Studios Group has industry leading experience acting on all legal aspects of real estate transactions relating to film and television studios. We have established ourselves as one of a very few go-to firms for studios clients seeking to commence or expand their activity in the UK.
We offer a cohesive, well-balanced and co-ordinated team that is partner-led and genuinely enthused about the many aspects of studio ownership and operation. We have excellent working relationships with the leading property agents and our experience shows that working collaboratively with existing teams on issues such as location, size of space and specification will help to ensure that the project runs on time, within budget and with minimal disruption to the client’s day-to-day business.
In addition to core Real Estate, we offer a complete service across all property disciplines including Construction, Planning, Real Estate Tax, Property Litigation, Finance and Corporate. We have strong experience in acting for both occupiers and production companies, as well as investors, developers and operators.
Our track record
Our clients include:
- Netflix
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Columbia (Sony Pictures)
- Left Bank Pictures
- The owner of Twickenham Studios, in a project asset-managed by General Projects
- An experienced studios developer / operator on the due diligence and proposed acquisition of a new studios scheme in the south of England
Owen Spencer quoted in Property Week on the increase of film and TV studios in the North
Owen Spencer, Counsel in our Commercial Real Estate team, has been quoted alongside other industry experts in Property Week’s article discussing the increase of film and TV studios being developed in the North.
Film Studios: Peering Through the Letterbox
Podcast host Louise Irvine, and Owen Spencer, Counsel in Forsters’ Studios Group, were joined by Simon Calvert of CBRE to discuss film studio real estate. The trio peer through the letterbox on the sector and give insights into the latest trends and likely developments in the film studio sector.
Lights, Camera, Action! Film Studios Demand Creating Massive UK Opportunity – Owen Spencer writes for CoStar
Commercial Real Estate Senior Associate and member of our Film & TV Studios Group, Owen Spencer, has written for CoStar about how both the government and real estate industry should be alive to a major opportunity which could drive the ‘Levelling Up’ agenda.
