Nick Bent

Nick is a highly experienced commercial and corporate lawyer with over 20 years’ experience within private practice and in-house (including at Dewey Leboeuf, Practical Law and Lexis Nexis). Nick has significant international experience in South Africa, the UK, Europe, US and other jurisdictions, and holds an MBA degree in addition to his legal qualifications.

More about Nick

Nick has a wide range of commercial and corporate experience and expertise, particularly within the fields of technology and media law, including: master services agreements; licence agreements; SaaS; software development; partner (reseller / distributor) agreements; data protection (EU and UK GDPR); internet (website and app) terms and conditions; intellectual property rights; production agreements (film and television); social media advice and documents; general commercial contract advice, drafting and review.

Recent work

• Engaging as part-time in-house counsel for a software (data discovery) business, advising on all types of commercial and corporate matters, including drafting and reviewing customer contracts and various template standard documents.
• Drafting a template pack of talent (performer) agreements for a talent agency, with different versions to cover the potential parties involved (e.g., a version that includes the talent’s agent), and advising on specific talent engagements.
• Reviewing supplier agreements, SaaS agreements, master services agreements, and drafting a data processing agreement, for an online logistics business.
• Drafting social media influencer agreements, the terms and conditions for a NFT (non-fungible token) competition, and a website privacy policy, for a PR agency.
• Drafting a production agreement and supplier contract, as well as other bespoke legal documents, for a production company.