Bookable 1-2-1s with industry experts

Strategic advice, negotiation and legal services for music tech companies and companies working at the intersection between music, gaming, metaverse, Web 3 and AI

Business Affairs Services on-demand

Commercial strategy for international content licensing

Matt is the Chief Executive of MTUK and is available to discuss ways in which MTUK can develop services, create partnerships and provide support

Matt also runs Carta Communications, a PR agency providing services to music tech companies, and is available to provide advice on communications strategy

Legal expertise in creative and tech sectors: Specialises in business affairs, IP, and contract law, focusing on the creative, media, entertainment, and tech sectors. Offers experienced legal support to solve day-to-day challenges and manage high-stakes projects, having worked with major companies like Sony Music, EMI, and various news producers.

Strategic business support: Provides comprehensive legal guidance on intellectual property creation and exploitation, including content development across all platforms, publishing, advertising, and tech. Skilled in negotiating high-value contracts, standardizing agreements, ensuring compliance, and supporting new business launches.

Innovation and investment: Active in data protection, AI regulation, and innovation, being possibly the first lawyer to mint an NFT. Offers strategic advice, investment insights, and acts as a sounding board for all early-stage companies and is an angel investor mainly focussing on female-founded tech start-ups.

B2B Business Development / Sales

Strategy

⁠⁠Investment readiness

All aspects of global music publishing and music licensing (ex SVP International Business Affairs Warner/Chappell Music)

Collection societies (ex CEO MCPS, IMPEL, PMLL)

Strategy, problem solving, business tactics, business model resilience (founder Laffittes Ltd)

Charity sector (Attitude Is Everything, Suffolk Artlink, Primadonna Festival)

Jon has over a decade of experience working in and around early stage music tech ventures as a founder, advisor and venture builder.

Jon is currently the COO at Figaro, a deep tech startup specialising in Audio Intelligence: training machine learning models to listen to audio.

Prior to Figaro Jon co-founded and ran The Rattle, a community, workspace and venture studio with physical locations in London and Los Angeles, designed to create the conditions for creative entrepreneurs to thrive.

Prior to The Rattle, Jon spent 8 years at Abbey Road Studios which culminated in him founding the Abbey Road Red incubator.

Cliff is a Partner at Lewis Silkin and the founder of their media entertainment team, specializing in digital rights related to music and content, and an expert on the use of music in AI.

Lewis Silkin is a leading law firm in areas such as startups, data, and employment.

Cliff also runs Eleven, an advisory firm where he advises large companies and startups on strategy.

Data governance and rights management strategies for copyright owners and licensees, ensuring compliance, monetisation, and risk mitigation in the evolving digital landscape

Product lifecycle planning at the intersection of law, technology and commerce

Fractional business and legal expertise for start-ups and scale-ups

Music Rights

Industry Relations

Capital Raising

Business models

Navigating the major labels

Future technologies