More About Adam Simpson
Since 1998, he has acted as a volunteer lawyer at the Arts Law Centre of Australia advising those in the arts and entertainment industries in need of court representation and commercial advice on a pro bono basis. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the University of Western Sydney (School of Creative Arts-Music)
July 2007 – present
Managing Director, Simpsons Solicitors, Sydney Australia.
July 2002 – June 2007
Partner, Simpsons Solicitors, Sydney Australia.
Earlier Experience
Solicitor, Simons Muirhead & Burton, London. Simons Muirhead & Burton is a nine partner firm specialising in media and entertainment law for high profile celebrities, publishing houses, writers, magazines and movie houses.
Pupil with Mr. John Baldwin Q.C, Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Marshall (Associate) to Mr. Justice Jacob of the High Court, London.
Acting Sub-Editor, Commonwealth Human Rights Digest, Interights, London.
Internship, Interights, London.
Papers and Speeches
Virtual Property - IP In Massive Multiplayer Online Role Player Games - Treatment of IP in End User Licence Agreements - deliver at a LESANZ seminar Virtual Property - IP in Online Gaming, July 2006.
Friendly Fire - a review of the new sedition laws
- delivered at the College of Law Entertainment Law Update Seminar (March 2006)
Managers, Artists and Lawyers: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Lessons from the Holly Valance decision
- delivered at the College of Law Entertainment Law Update Seminar (November 2004)
Copyright for the Naughties -article written for the
Australian film industry in Recent Issues in Film Law. (May 2001)
Moral Rights in the Music Industry – paper published
in the Music Council of Australia newsletter, (May 2001)
Moral Rights for Visual Artists - paper published in the National
Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) newsletter (May 2001)
Impact on Contract – Content, Copyright and Contract
in the Digital Age – paper delivered to Content and Copyright
in the Digital Age Conference, Sydney, March 2001
Digital Agenda Update paper delivered to solicitors and barristers
as part of the continuing legal education scheme. (October 2000)
Parallel Importing – A Copyright Perspective paper
and speech to legal and other industries (October 2000).
The Bill Becomes Law – Digital Agenda article written
for Sounds Australian and the newsletter for the Music Council
of Australia (October 2000)
Indian Music Piracy – talk show on Radio Brisbani
(October 2000)
The Digital Agenda Bill - paper delivered to solicitors
and barristers as part of the continuing legal education scheme.
(March 2000)
Copyright Awaits - article written for Feedback magazine
in relation to the effect of the Digital Agenda Bill on the arts
and entertainment industry. (April 2000)
Moral Rights?, You Want to Manage Me? and Anatomy of a Management
Agreement - Articles written for Feedback magazine (February
– August 2000)
Internet Music Piracy - Speaker at the Fourth International
Dance Music Convention, Sydney.
Sampling in the Digital Age - Speaker at the Annual Arts
Law Centre of Australia Music Conference, Sydney.
To be [on-line] or not to be [on-line] - Article for the Arts
Law Centre of Australia regarding on-line music distribution.
(April 1999)