About Us

Mick Sinclair completed an undergraduate degree in law at Auckland University in 1976 and a Masters degree at London University in 1984. He spent five years practising in London in the field of media, entertainment and sports law, and on return to New Zealand founded a specialist entertainment law firm now known as Sinclair Black.
 

Mick has substantial experience in negotiating and drafting agreements in the entertainment, media and sports industries; and in providing legal advice and opinions on content, proprietary rights, and other intellectual property issues specific to such activities. His legal career started in civil litigation and has continued in specialist areas of litigation such as intellectual property, defamation and privacy. As a consequence, he has developed expertise in assisting clients to resolve disputes by alternative means to litigation.
 

Mick has written a number of articles on media and entertainment law in specialist journals and magazines, and given seminars on legal issues to organisations within the entertainment and sports industries. Some of these articles and seminars can be accessed in the Articles section of this website.