Tom Jeans

Experience

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  Simmons & Simmons

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  Lawyer

  Commercial and Projects Department

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  IMG

  Apr 2005 - Sept 2013

  Senior Legal Counsel

  The provision of all legal support and commercial guidance internally to IMG’s football, tennis and sponsorship consultancy divisions and externally to IMG’s clients ranging across the full spectrum of sporting stakeholders including governing bodies, professional leagues, stadia groups, sponsors, suppliers and individual talent.

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  Shine Group

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  Director of Legal & Business Affairs, Shine 360⁰

  Shine 360° is the global commercial and rights management division of Shine Group. Launched in 2010, and with offices in London, Sydney, Paris and Los Angeles, the division is responsible for developing the company's brands across sponsorship and advertiser partnerships, digital and interactive, retail and consumer products as well as live experiences. As Director of Legal & Business Affairs of Shine 360°, Tom was based in the London headquarters of the Shine Group.The division’s remit is to build engaging consumer relationships around the company’s portfolio of brands, bringing television formats to life 365 days per year.The Shine 360° Group team is responsible for developing and managing ancillary opportunities for Shine owned and controlled brands and formats on a local territory by territory basis and for global and multi-territory initiatives.The Director of Legal & Business Affairs is responsible for all legal and business affairs functions for the Group 360° team, and participates as a key senior member of that team in terms of development of group strategy, multi-territory partnerships and business innovation. The Shine Group portfolio includes wholly owned and managed properties including MasterChef, The Biggest Loser, The Voice, Relocation Relocation, Minute To Win It, One Born Every Minute, The Bridge, The Face, Broadchurch, and Utopia. Previous productions include Spooks, Life On Mars, The Office (US), The Hour, Ashes To Ashes, The Tudors and Ugly Betty. Show less

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  Endemol Shine Group

  Jan 2015 - Sept 2017

  Director of Commercial & Business Affairs

  Tom was the Director of Commercial & Business Affairs of Endemol Shine Group, a joint venture bringing together Endemol, Shine and CORE Media to create a global content creator, producer and distributor with a portfolio of international hits including American Idol, Big Brother, Broadchurch, Deal or No Deal, Grantchester, Man vs. Food, MasterChef, Mr. Bean, One Born Every Minute, Peaky Blinders, So You Think You Can Dance, The Biggest Loser, The Fall, The Money Drop, Wipeout, and many more. The International Commercial Partnerships division is responsible for the management and commercialisation of the Group’s non-broadcast rights across markets and categories including sponsorship and brand partnerships, retail and consumer products, digital and interactive brand extensions, live experiences and brand-funded entertainment.The division drives some of the most exciting commercial relationships in the entertainment industry including categories such as: - licensed international spa hotels/resorts;- branded luxury cruises worldwide;- pop-up restaurants;- global product licensing;- customer loyalty; and- digital apps. Show less

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  BBC

  Nov 2017 - Mar 2020

  Head of Commercial, Rights and Business Affairs
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  Clarion Events

  Mar 2020 - now

  Group General Counsel