JULES MUNRO
Partner
jmunro@simpsons.com.au
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Jules is a partner at Simpsons and our resident music industry wrangler and film & TV specialist. Jules was admitted as a solicitor in 1997 and he joined Simpsons in 2002. His list of music clients includes national and international acts, labels and music publishers, as well as representatives from every niche in the local industry: record labels, artists, managers, producers, song writers and DJs.
He provides entertainment industry clients with commercially pragmatic advice, ranging from contract negotiation and drafting to licensing, strategic business and deal structures and litigation. Beyond music, Jules draws clients from the film, television and media industries, as well as clients involved in information technology and intellectual property.
Jules is also a musician in his own right. His practical and personal experience of the music industry gives him a valuable insight into the concerns of clients in that sector.
Jules is the President of Music New South Wales, a non-profit association set up to represent, promote and develop the contemporary music industry in New South Wales, Australia. (See the website www.musicnsw.com).
He is also an active volunteer lawyer with the Arts Law Centre of Australia, where he provides free legal advice to the members of the Centre in relation to the arts and entertainment industries.
He regularly gives addresses to various bodies on music industry matters, both as a keynote speaker and as a panel member.
He is a guest lecturer in Entertainment Law at the Southern Cross University.
Jules is a member of the Copyright Society of Australia and a member of the Australasian Performing Right Association
Sample Papers and Speeches
Brand Integration In On-Line Video Games - delivered at a LESANZ seminar Virtual Property - IP in Online Gaming, July 2006.
The Substantial Reproduction (By the Authors of Phenomenally Successful Pot Boilers…) of Literary Works - delivered at the College of Law Entertainment Law Update Seminar (March 2006).