ABOUT

 

Aquilanta is a specialist consultancy providing advice to companies and people in and around the television and media industries.

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The principal of Aquilanta is Matthew Angel, an experienced television executive, intellectual property specialist and strategic advisor with many years' experience of high-profile deal-making and contract negotiation.

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Matthew is also an agent and business manager for talent, using his wealth of contacts within the television and wider Media industry to broker deals globally.

 

He has worked with some of the biggest names in the Entertainment industry, including serving as Global Head of Business Affairs for Simon Cowell's entertainment company, Syco Entertainment. 

 

Matthew started out as a commercial solicitor at a City of London law firm, specialising in IP and spending time on secondment to the British Film Institute as its sole in-house counsel.  He then moved to ITV where he held a variety of senior Business Affairs roles in both London and Los Angeles, working on both the broadcaster and production sides of ITV.  Matthew then joined All3Media Head Office as Controller of Legal & Business Affairs, during which time he negotiated the group-wide music publishing deal with EMI.  Following that, he spent four years at Syco Entertainment, the joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music.  As Global Head of Business Affairs and member of the senior management team, he worked on international shows The X Factor and Got Talent.  Matthew also served as Chief Operating Officer of Objective Media Group, overseeing a significant growth in the group's revenue.   

 

Matthew works as a consultant solicitor for law firm, Moore SGD Law, and is also is a consultant to music company, Lime Blue, and media tax and accountancy firm, BAND.

 

He is a Playmaker for the Palace for Life Foundation, the charitable arm of Crystal Palace Football Club.

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