UK Music Publishing Setup ltd & Funding
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I’m ready to launch an independent music-publishing company in the UK and need a solicitor who can guide me from day one through to first royalty cheques. I have some industry experience, but this is the first time I’m formalising the business side, so clarity and completeness are essential.
The job covers three main areas:
• Registering the company and obtaining all relevant industry memberships (Companies House, PRS, MCPS, PPL, ICO where needed).
• Drafting the core legal documents—writer agreements, admin contracts, sub-publishing templates, split sheets, NDAs and an investor agreement—so everything is watertight before I start signing talent.
• Mapping and pursuing realistic funding options, from music-sector grants and Arts Council programmes to private investors and seed-enterprise schemes, with your support on applications and any compliance wording.
I’d like straightforward explanations of each step, a clear timeline, and documents I can reuse as the catalogue grows. Please outline how you would tackle these three pillars, any similar projects you’ve completed, and the typical turnaround you can commit to once engaged.
The job covers three main areas:
• Registering the company and obtaining all relevant industry memberships (Companies House, PRS, MCPS, PPL, ICO where needed).
• Drafting the core legal documents—writer agreements, admin contracts, sub-publishing templates, split sheets, NDAs and an investor agreement—so everything is watertight before I start signing talent.
• Mapping and pursuing realistic funding options, from music-sector grants and Arts Council programmes to private investors and seed-enterprise schemes, with your support on applications and any compliance wording.
I’d like straightforward explanations of each step, a clear timeline, and documents I can reuse as the catalogue grows. Please outline how you would tackle these three pillars, any similar projects you’ve completed, and the typical turnaround you can commit to once engaged.