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Anna Colless

Senior Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Anna is a senior associate in the Technology & Media team with experience across the breadth of the media and entertainment industries. She advises broadcasters, producers, distributors, venues, authors, rightsholders and more, and has particular expertise in the international development and exploitation of theatre and live events. Anna was named in the Australasian Lawyer Rising Stars List 2022 and won the Sports & Entertainment category of the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards 2021. She was also selected as a TedX Broadway Young Professional in 2022.

Prior to joining CMS, Anna worked for a leading boutique media and entertainment firm, as well as for a major international commercial theatre producer on productions including Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Broadway, West End, North America, Australia), King Kong (Broadway), Strictly Ballroom The Musical (West End, Toronto, Leeds), and Muriel’s Wedding The Musical (Australia). She also spent several years volunteering as Head of Governance for Women In Theatre And Screen (WITS), as a contributor to leading US law podcast Entertainment Law Update, and as a committee member of Hearts for Arts Law (a fundraising arm of the Arts Law Centre of Australia).

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Relevant experience

  • An international audiobook and podcast platform on various commissioning and licensing agreements.
  • A world-class animatronics company on its master service agreement with a major US film studio.
  • A leading venue operator on its suite of hire agreements.
  • A major broadcaster on its linear, on-demand and online advertising sales arrangements.
  • Various rights holders on option, development, production and location agreements with respect to film, television and live stage productions.
  • Various first-class theatre, circus and live event producers on rights acquisition, investment, production, licensing and ancillary exploitation (including live captures) in connection with productions on Broadway, in the West End, and in Australia, Germany, Korea, Japan and other international markets.
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Education

  • 2016 – Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP), The College of Law.
  • 2016 – Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), The University of Sydney, Sydney.
  • 2014 – Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), The University of Sydney, Sydney.
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