RAZWANA AKRAM

Razwana Akram is a Partner at Simons Muirhead & Burton a London based media law firm.

Razwana provides advice on all aspects of development, production, financing and distribution as well as media finance.

She advises clients from all sectors of the film and television industries including Universal, leading UK/European Producers, EIS and SEIS Schemes.  

Work Highlights

Advising Universal in relation to its funding of the films  “A Fantastic Fear of Everything” starring Simon Pegg and Alan Drake and “Storage 24” starring Noel Clarke, Colin O’Donoghue and Laura Haddock.

Advising Prescience Film Finance in relation to its funding of the films: “Better Living Through Chemistry”starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” starring Andy Serkis, Ray Winstone and Naomi Harris  and “Madame Bovary” starring Mia Wasikowska and Paul Giamatti.   

Advising a senior financer in relation to its funding of the film: “Grimes on the Beach” to be made of an open-air staging of Benjamin Britten's opera “Peter Grimes” on Aldeburgh Beach. The opera was performed as part of Aldeburgh Music Festival's programme in June 2013.