Universal Pictures Content Group has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Six The Musical Live!, filmed at London’s Vaudeville Theatre. The Tony award-winning musical, which started out life as an Edinburgh Festival Fringe...
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Scala Consultancy was founded by Alexandra Keen, an experienced UK and New York qualified lawyer with UK, US and international experience.
As a business and commercial affairs consultancy, we provide practical and strategic advice and services to UK and international private individuals as well as small, medium-sized and large privately-held and publicly-traded companies and organisations (including start-ups) across a range of industry sectors.
Examples of companies worked with include:
Scala Consultancy provides commercial and business affairs advice and consultancy services (including on a fractional basis) to UK and international clients on a range of issues as well as supporting the growth and development of businesses whilst finding practical solutions to problems and mitigating risk.
With over twenty years of UK and international legal, business and commercial experience in private practice and industry, we have considerable expertise advising on matters relating to:
We have extensive multi-jurisdictional experience dealing with regional legal, regulatory and cultural differences worldwide, including in EMEA, North America, Central America, Latin America and APAC regions.
Scala Consultancy offers a personal and professional service to all of our clients. We listen carefully to your needs and advise on a variety of issues in relation to your individual requirements. We have worked with private individuals, business start-ups, established UK and international brand names as well as small, medium-sized and large privately-held and publicly-traded companies and organisations across various industry sectors including media, entertainment, tech, finance, retail, professional services, marketing/advertising, publishing, travel, food, leisure/hospitality, property, healthcare, art and not for profit.
Determined and managed strategy for IP protection and exploitation across group companies worldwide including having successfully led, structured, drafted, negotiated and advised on complex deals valued up to US$150 million in relation to the development, production, financing, acquisition, distribution and licensing of IP and brands worldwide, which resulted in a considerable increase in our clients’ worldwide revenues and global expansion of brands. We have also worked closely with international external advisors in relation to registering trademarks and logos globally, monitoring for infringement and taking enforcement action and/or opposing third party claims.
Within tight deadlines, drafted, negotiated and advised on many types of high-value UK and international commercial contracts, contributing significantly to our clients’ success, growth and financial stability. Examples of contracts have included heads of terms, distribution, agency, licensing, joint venture, master services, vendor/supplier, collaboration, partnership, shareholder, banking, finance and security agreements, as well as other bespoke commercial agreements.
Worked closely with third party principals and external advisors on structuring and negotiating UK and international M&A and corporate finance deals valued anywhere between £3 million and £750 million, which enabled our clients’ fast growth and market positioning worldwide. Successfully led, advised, negotiated and concluded the due diligence and acquisition of ten UK and international group of companies during an 18-month period, with a combined acquisition price of more than £250 million.
Successfully integrated a number of businesses into several large group companies (from a commercial contracts, corporate/M&A, intellectual property, employment and other legal perspective) as well as implementing a subsequent reorganisation and restructure of some of the key business divisions within the enlarged group. This resulted in immediate cost savings as well as enhanced overall operational efficiency, synergies and profitability within the consolidated group.
Provided comprehensive advice and guidance on a broad range of UK and international employment issues, resulting in a significant reduction in legal risk and improved employee relationships. Examples have included contractual and contentious employment-related matters, employee handbooks, HR policies, working with Employers of Record, redundancies, restructuring of teams and disciplinary action.
Set and managed group legal, regulatory and compliance strategy worldwide and aligned, where possible, with local jurisdictional requirements. Ensured that companies and organisations have a robust set of policies, procedures/standards, processes and training worldwide and monitored compliance by enhancing the audit function.
Scala Consultancy was founded by Alexandra Keen as a business and commercial affairs consultancy. Her team consists of highly-qualified and motivated professionals, all of whom are experts in their field. With many years of experience in business, law, finance, accounting, tax, HR, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, integration, management consultancy, AI, cybersecurity, IT, compliance and dispute resolution, in various industry sectors, they have the expertise to provide a comprehensive first-rate service to our clients.
Alexandra is a UK and New York qualified lawyer with UK, US and international commercial experience specialising in media/entertainment, intellectual property, commercial contracts and M&A/corporate law. She has worked in both private practice and industry in a variety of roles including Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Head of Legal and Business Affairs, as well as being a C-Suite and Board business partner, member of operational Board and key member of senior management team. Alexandra has worked with private individuals as well as with small, medium-sized and large privately-held and publicly-traded UK and North American companies and organisations (including Trafalgar Entertainment, Picturehouse, Fred Perry, Unilever, Elida Beauty, Brainlabs, ITV, Fremantle, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Amazon and Sky) across various industry sectors (including media, entertainment, tech, finance, retail, professional services and marketing/advertising).
Alexandra’s particular expertise includes:
Alexandra has credentials and memberships for the following:
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Alex is a very dedicated, thorough and hardworking legal and business affairs specialist with a vast amount of experience. She has a sharp eye, hands on approach and open mind to come to workable solutions which ensured that the complicated rights integration project we were working on, was brought to a timely and successful conclusion. It is an absolute pleasure to have Alex work in your team.
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I recently worked with Alex on a complex, large scale company IP integration project and she somehow made the seemingly impossible, possible. Not only that but her friendly approach and plain old hard work meant that our day to day on the task was enjoyable.❝
Alex Keen and I worked together over a number of years both on opposite sides of the table (when Lionsgate bought into Kindle Entertainment) and on the same side (once Kindle came under the Lionsgate umbrella). Her experience across so many areas of film and television development, production, finance and distribution together with her amazing attention to detail ensures she is a formidable negotiator, a mine of information and a big support.❝
It was a pleasure to work with Alex Keen who, whilst being legally astute, is quick to understand business nuances and benefits from a healthy dose of commerciality.
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