Alasdair is a partner in the Music team.
He has more than 30 years’ experience in the music and entertainment sector, including in private practice, as the head of legal & business affairs for Sony Music UK and in a specialist investment fund management business.
He acts for clients across the music industry, from artists and writers to record labels and music publishers. Alasdair advises on a wide range of commercial deals and issues, but has a particular focus on corporate transactions, including business investment, acquisitions and sales, partnerships and joint ventures.
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‘Alasdair George is an extremely valuable asset to our company due to his industry knowledge and availability.’
Legal 500, 2024
News featuring Alasdair
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8th April 2024 Music
SMB Music Partners listed in Billboard Top Music Lawyers for 2024
Billboard have announced their Top Music Lawyers for 2024 and we are delighted that Partner, Alasdair George, and Head of our Music department, Richard Baskind, have been included on the list.
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1st November 2023 Music
SMB’s Music team advises shareholders of Norway’s largest music publishers on sale to US publisher
Simons Muirhead Burton’s Music team has advised the shareholders of Arctic Rights Management, the largest independent music publisher in Norway, on the sale of the company to US publisher Peermusic.
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