Media Arts Lawyers

What Media Arts Lawyers does

Media Arts Lawyers is an Australian professional services firm providing legal counsel to clients in the entertainment, media and creative industries. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in North Melbourne, the firm operates offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with a headcount of 11-50 employees. Its practice areas span contract negotiation, intellectual property protection, rights management, talent agreements, licensing, and industry-specific regulatory compliance, delivered through a relationship-driven, reputation-based sales motion targeting enterprise clients in the creative sector.

The firm's revenue model is professional services billings, likely on hourly or quote-based fee arrangements, though no pricing is publicly disclosed. Media Arts Lawyers held no proprietary technology, no API or product surface, and no external funding or investors — it operated as a traditional partnership rather than a corporate entity. Its primary competitive differentiator was 25+ years of accumulated sector expertise and the individual reputations of its five named partners.

Effective July 1, 2026, the firm reached a structural milestone: all five partners (Stephen King, David Vodicka, Julian Hewitt, Rob Glass, and Marcus Walkom) transitioned to operating through their own separate business entities rather than the unified Media Arts Lawyers brand. The firm is therefore not closing but is dissolving its partnership structure into independent practices.

Name

Media Arts Lawyers

Legal name

Media Arts Lawyers

Website

https://mediaartslawyers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Media Arts Lawyers is an Australian boutique law firm (founded 1999, 11-50 employees) providing specialized legal counsel to entertainment, media and creative industry clients across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Effective July 1, 2026 its five partners are spinning off into separate independent practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entertainment and Media Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411), Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (71141)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Legal Services (Artist/Label/Publishing) (MPAIAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Contracting, Licensing & Rights Management (Music/Performance Releases) (HSACAHAM)

Keywords

• Entertainment law services
• Media law advisory
• Intellectual property law
• Creative industries legal
• Rights management legal

Headquarters

HQ city

North Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Legal counsel and representation for entertainment, media and creative industry clients. Services likely include contract negotiation, intellectual property advice, rights management, and general legal representation for the creative sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Media Arts Lawyers is a specialist law firm that provides practical and commercial legal advice to clients operating in the entertainment, media, and creative industries. The firm's services include contract negotiation, intellectual property protection, rights management, talent agreements, licensing, and general legal counsel tailored to the unique regulatory and commercial environment of the creative sector. As of 1 July 2026 the partners are transitioning to their own separate business entities.

Product overview

Media Arts Lawyers is a specialized law firm, not a technology product company. The firm offers legal advisory services for the entertainment, media, and creative industries. Following a milestone transition on July 1, 2026, the partners continue their practices through separate business entities including Stephen King's practice (kingmedialaw.com), David Vodicka's practice (davidvodicka.com.au), Hewitt Glass (hewittglass.com), and Walkom Lawyers (walkomlawyers.com). The firm maintains offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Advisory Services for Entertainment, Media and Creative Industries

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Ashurst: International firm with a strong Australian entertainment, media and IP practice; competes for the same creative-industry mandates with much broader resourcing.
• Bird & Bird: Global firm with one of the leading international media, entertainment and sports law practices; relevant peer given overlap in entertainment and IP mandates.
• King & Wood Mallesons: Asia-Pacific's largest law firm with an extensive media and IP practice; comparable incumbent serving entertainment-sector clients from Sydney and Melbourne.
• Lander & Rogers: Established Australian firm with a media, entertainment and IP practice; comparable as an incumbent competitor offering adjacent entertainment-industry legal services.
• Pinsent Masons: International firm with a Sports & Entertainment sector focus; comparable as an incumbent that targets similar entertainment-sector mandates with broader geographic reach.
• Hicksons Lawyers: Australian commercial firm with a media and IP group; comparable as an incumbent offering overlap with entertainment-industry advisory work.
• Allens: Major Australian full-service firm with a dedicated media and IP practice; comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping services to the same entertainment-industry clients.

Others

• Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): Australian legal service provider adjacent to Media Arts Lawyers' regulated-legal-services universe; included as an ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Marque Lawyers: Australian independent law firm; comparable as a boutique Australian firm advising creative industries, with overlapping entertainment/media clientele.
• Arts Law Centre of Australia: Specialist Australian legal centre for the arts and creative industries; directly comparable as a sector-specific legal service provider for entertainment and creative clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mediaartslaw
• Facebookfacebook.com/MediaArtsLawyers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/media-arts-lawyers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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