Henry Birkbeck

Counsel, Reed Smith

Henry regularly acts on a variety of film, TV and video game production and financing transactions, across a wide spectrum of clients. He has advised production companies, national broadcasters, studios, SVOD platforms, video game developers and apps on their production agreements for a broad range of audio-visual content.

Henry has significant experience acting for financiers on film and TV financings, including top-tier international productions. He also advises both production companies and rightsholders on the early stages of content development, including rights acquisitions and development financings.

Beyond this, Henry has experience working across the video games, podcast, music and tech industries. Henry joined Reed Smith from the London office of a magic circle firm, where he was involved in a broad variety of finance work across various industries.

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The UK film and television audiovisual expenditure credit scheme

Practice Notes

In the UK, expenditure credits are available under the Corporation Tax Act 2009 for both British films and television programmes. The audiovisual expenditure credit (AVEC) scheme replaced the tax relief scheme introduced by the Finance Act 2014 and permits tax credits to be claimed where a film or TV production meets the relevant eligibility criteria. This Practice Note contains introductory guidance on how the AVEC scheme works and which productions are eligible to claim it.

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