J. Alan Davis Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London

Leading the Rights & Contracts team responsible for international and domestic acquisitions, distribution, production, sales, digital (including the BFI Player platform), the BFI’s considerable film and television catalogue, and theatrical programming. Developing and optimising rights strategies, developing and establishing new music publishing, secondary rights, and other new strategies and businesses.

United Kingdom

St. George Entertainment, Ltd. provides business affairs and commercial advice and consultation services to a range of media and other businesses, and in its own right is developing, producing, and managing several projects for theatre, television, film, home video, radio and digital media. Focusing on audience-friendly productions with creative and commercial integrity, St. George uses a combination of innovative, tax advantaged, and traditional financial structures to achieve maximum return for investors, creative and producing partners.

London, United Kingdom

Consultant solicitor, member of Media and Entertainment team, and the Brands & IP, Commercial and Corporate groups. Qualified in the UK and the U.S. (California) and offering balanced, proactive and solution-orientated advice to clients in a full range of entertainment matters including film, television, theatre, music, intellectual property, finance, and general business and corporate matters, Actively seeking new business.

Westminster, London

Bringing international entertainment industry and business affairs experience to bear as a non-executive director of the Group, including the St. James Theatre and other ventures.

Sandhurst, Berkshire

Elected to Sandhurst Town Council.Member Strategy & Policy committee

Structured and drafted documents for complex EIS Fund and individual EIS companies for theatre production and ongoing exploitation of rights across film, television, digital and radio; structured and drafted agreements for co-productions, loan and equity investment, bank finance, rights acquisitions (all rights), and all other production and venue contracts. Lead marketing and productions teams and outside professionals. Until the company closed its active office in 2013, Act Productions was a leading theatre producer in the West End and of national and international tours. Productions and managed shows included: A Chorus Line (London Palladium, 2013); Yes, Prime Minister starring David Haig (Chichester, Gielgud, UK Tour, Apollo, Trafalgar Studios; UK Tour); Legally Blonde - the Musical* starring Sheridan Smith (Savoy); Being Shakespeare, with Simon Callow (Trafalgar Studios; Sky Arts; DVD); Flare Path*,starring Sienna Miller, James Purefoy, Sheridan Smith, directed by Trevor Nunn (Theatre Royal Haymarket); and ENRON* (Noel Coward). (*Olivier Award winners).

Based in the UK and Los Angeles.Developed projects for film, television and live theatre. Produced indie Brit romcom, "No Ordinary Trifle" (aka "Love's Kitchen") starring Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Simon Callow, Peter Bowles, Michelle Ryan, Cherie Lunghi and Gordan Ramsay, under EIS tax regime.

Responsible for business affairs relating to all activities of venture-capital financed company in Los Angeles and London offices and advising entrepreneurial CEO and other executives with regard to matters including the acquisition, production and distribution of film, television, home video and digital content, corporate m&a, and finance. Supervised UK in-house counsel, and outside counsel in US and internationally. Used contacts in international and domestic entertainment communities to identify, and secure projects for acquisition, development, production and co-production.

Worldwide

Identified and secured film and televison projects for acquisition.

President of an independent media production and management consulting company. Periscope participated in a wide range of international and domestic film, television and music productions and projects, and was also engaged to advise entertainment industry rights holders, investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and expanding enterprises in connection with business plans, feasibility, structure and strategy.

Reported to head of division and was responsible for all business affairs and legal matters for productions worldwide until closure of division. Structured, advised business and creative executives with respect to, negotiated, and drafted agreements for, international co-productions, joint ventures, financing, development, distribution and acquisition/distribution of third-party television projects and theatrical motion pictures. Supervised and directed legal staff and outside international local counsel. Dealt with productions, producers, broadcasters and distributors worldwide, including U.S., U.K., Isle of Man, Ireland, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. Used contacts in international and domestic entertainment communities to identify, and secured projects for acquisition, development, production, and co-production.

Elected by the Board of Directors and served full term.

Ba With Distinction, English Literature And Geology Double Major

Activities and Societies: Member: Sigma Tau Delta (ΣΤΔ) English Honourary Society, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity (ΠΚΑ).

Sat National Merit Scholar

Juris Doctor With Honours, Law

Activities and Societies: Assault & Flattery