Daniel is a Legal Director in our Technology and Media team, with particular expertise in the content, broadcast and sport sectors. He has significant experience advising broadcasters and content platforms on content rights acquisition (including premium sports rights), distribution and carriage arrangements, regulatory matters, production, original commissions, and technical broadcast services – he also works with the Corporate Media team to provide strategic commercial advice on M&A in the media sector. 

After qualifying with CMS legacy firm Olswang LLP in 2012, Daniel spent a decade practising in-house for major media companies including AEG, Paramount and NBCUniversal. Most recently Daniel was Principal Lawyer in the Media Legal team at BT, managing a team that oversaw all aspects of the BT Sport and BT TV businesses as well as BT’s sponsorship portfolio.

In addition to his commercial media practice, Daniel also has an academic interest in public international law. He holds an LLM in International Law from UCL, and has written several articles in this area that have been published in academic journals.