Former Channel 4 GC to join London media law boutique
Prash Naik is set to join Reviewed & Cleared which is backed by UK media and technology law firm Wiggin
August 23, 2017 at 04:40 AM
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The former GC of Channel 4 is set to join London media law boutique Reviewed & Cleared (R&C).
Prash Naik, who stepped down earlier this year after three years in the role, will join R&C in September. He will continue to advise Channel 4 as a consultant.
Naik was originally appointed in 2014 as Channel 4's first ever GC. Wiggin litigation consultant Amali de Silva was appointed as his successor in June.
R&C has financial backing from London-based media and technology law firm Wiggin, which is best known for combining legal and nonlegal business services.
R&C founder David Burgess said that Naik is "at the very top of his game" and "completely understands our industry."
Naik added that he is "looking forward to advising producers on both sides of the world on how to get the very best creative ideas to air.''
R&C, which was established in 2013, specialises in providing pre-publication and pre-broadcast advice to producers, broadcasters and not-for-profit organizations across all forms of media. The firm's clients include Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Wallpaper magazines.
Naik is not the first senior media industry lawyer to join R&C: Last September, the firm hired Louise Hayman, who had spent 17 years as GC at British newspaper publisher The Independent and Evening Standard Group.
Wiggin invested an unspecified amount in R&C in 2016. The deal also provides R&C with access to Wiggin's 70-plus fee-earners when it requires specialist expertise or additional resources.
In 2012, Wiggin became one of the first UK law firms to convert to a so-called "alternative business structure", which permits firms to appoint non-lawyer partners and accept external equity investment. (External investment has fueled massive revenue growth at some UK law firms, although such deals remain rare).
The firm has since launched a series of nonlegal ventures, recently establishing an executive production services company called Viewfinder and opening an office in Los Angeles to help source finance and distribution for movie producers and rights-holders.
Last year, the firm won the Future of Legal Services category at last year's Legal Week Innovation Awards.
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