Michael Thomas

Michael is a senior partner at Sheridans where he has practiced for over twenty years. He is a commercial lawyer specialising in the entertainment, media and creative industries. He is also involved at the cutting edge of new technologies and the exploitation of intellectual property rights.

Michael has built up a reputation in the field of acquisitions and advises banks and companies with respect to secured lending and due diligence relating to catalogue acquisitions. He played an integral part in selling one of the world’s leading music digital download businesses to an American Nasdaq corporation. Recently, he was involved in the acquisition of one of the worlds leading pro-audio companies.

Michael Thomas’s client list includes high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs and corporate entities, ranging from the Propellerheads to Peter Gabriel. He also represents individuals, rights creators and production companies in the theatre and computer games industry. He is listed as a Legal Expert in the Music Industry section of the Legal Business publication.