Expertise

Before recently returning to Addleshaw Goddard in 2024, Marlon was a commercial and technology partner at one of the leading media and entertainment firms in London. Marlon specialises in advising clients on complex and strategic commercial agreements, often with a technology bent to them. He often works for both suppliers and customers of services, and has extensive in-house and private practice experience. His broader technology and outsourcing work includes digital transformation projects, telecoms-related outsourcing, system integration agreements and cloud agreements. 

Marlon also advises clients on advertising, sports and media-related issues acting for brands and content owners, global platforms, broadcasters and telecoms companies. He regularly works on complex commercial work with a media focus including sponsorship and endorsement deals (including sponsorship tie-ups for retailers with Team GB and Paralympics GB for the 2024 Olympics, Paralympics and Special Olympics), marketing related agreements (such as creative agency, media buying, and talent agreements), digital content and production agreements (including film and TV work), publishing distribution deals, as well as more tech/digital focused deals with a media focus (including gaming platform, content distribution and broadcast transmission arrangements).