Do Deal

Richard Hoare and Andrew Gummer are lawyers working within the music industry. Richard runs Hoare Associates, which he established five years ago after a decade working at Clintons. Based in Somerset, they maintain an extremely high quality and diverse roster that currently includes AJ Tracey, Kelis and Glastonbury Festival. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School's "Negotiation Mastery" program. <p/>Since qualifying as a barrister in 2005, Andrew has worked with key companies in the music industry including EMI, Virgin Records and Warner/Chappell, across all genres of music. He is currently part of Pink Floyd's management team and director of the classical record label, Coro. <p/>Between them, they have more than 50 years' worth of negotiation and music business experience and a reputation for getting the right deal done, without a fuss, and without leaving both parties feeling bruised. They also run an online 'Music Business Negotiation" course.