News Wiggin advises Silverback Films on its sale to All3Media

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We’re delighted to have advised “Our Planet” producer Silverback Films on its sale to All3Media. Silverback Films is one of the UK’s top natural history producers and creates wildlife content for film and TV. You can find out more about the deal in Variety.

Michael Brader led the team that advised Silverback Films, assisted by colleagues across the firm including Benedict Headicar, Tom Watkins, Sue Crawford, Medwyn Jones, Seth Roe, Jennifer Anderson, James Hope, Charis Shakespeare and Stephanie Burns.

Wiggin’s corporate practice is widely recognised as the leading UK legal advisor in the independent TV M&A and investment market. Brader has advised on over 90 deals in the sector, most recently advising Eleven Film and Whisper Films on their sales to Sony, Sister Pictures on its sale to Freelands, Naked Entertainment on its sale to Fremantle, True to Nature on its sale to Sky, The Lighthouse Film & Television and Longboat Pictures on their investments by Sky Studios, 110% Content on its investment by Freelands, South Shore Productions on its investment by ITV and Raindog Film & Television and Maven Pictures on their investments by Calculus.

Brader has previously advised on the sales of a wide range of production companies including Left Bank, Mammoth, Big Talk, Neal Street, Love, Sid Gentle, Two Brothers, The Garden, Eleventh Hour, Raw, Blast!, True North, Windfall, Optomen, CPL, Two Four and Firecracker and on investments in companies such as Bad Wolf, Moonage, Lightbox, Stolen Picture, Firebird, Ray and Monumental.

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