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Advance Assurance

Successful film production SEIS and EIS application for Paul Raschid Media

June 11

Paul is now growing and developing his own film production company, Paul Raschid Media, which has ambitions to produce and develop Full Motion Video (FMV) / Interactive films, enabling the audience to have an active role in the direction the screenplay takes.

How SEIS and EIS Applies To Film Production Companies

March 28

A few of the main points to keep in mind to ensure that film production companies can qualify for the SEIS and EIS tax reliefs available to UK tax resident investors.

How To Apply For SEIS And EIS Advance Assurance

November 11

A guide to successfully applying for SEIS and EIS advance assurance from HMRC.

Happy customers

We worked closely with Andreea Rusu on a SEIS/EIS advanced assurance application for our film production company. These are very hard to get and we had previously failed to obtain it using another company, so we approached The Jonathan Lea Network as they specialise in this field.With Andreea’s excellent professional guidance and advice she managed to turn it around and secure the advanced assurance for us in quick time.We highly recommend The Jonathan Lea Network and particularly Andreea – a joy to work with, very professional and swift service and good value for money. 10/10 from us!

David Braithwaite

07:52 02 Sep 21

After searching for someone with expertise and a solid reputation, we engaged with JL for a Declaration of Trust. We were assigned Andreea Rusu (trainee) but felt we were in safe hands from the outset. The process was relatively smooth - the only wrinkles were teething issues during signing as we had to move to no-contact, fully digital method as it was Covid lockdown. Never-the-less, Andreea was always available to help out and during drafting and signing process, she certainly went the "extra mile or two". Dealing with Andreea was an absolute delight. She was super responsive, professional, helpful and friendly. I would have no hesitation in endorsing Andreea to others. Thank you Andreea you made a potentially complex process, simple, easy and stress-free !

Jay G

17:40 05 Jan 21

Superb team of professionals. Elliott, Callum and Fiji were extremely helpful and thorough. Would highly recommend their legal services and look forward to working with them again soon!

Robert Slade-Baker

08:26 25 Jan 21

Extremely professional and fast service! Simon Brooks is an extremely smart lawyer getting stuff done effectively! A very good partner for fast pace startups!

Robin Brohl

09:44 09 Oct 20

Jonathan Lea Network's stellar performance in supporting a complex EIS application to its successful conclusion has been much appreciated. Would certainly recommend.

Paul Goodale

11:00 03 Oct 19

Andreea Rusu from JLN did an excellent job on getting our SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance and the compliance statements. She is very detail oriented and knows the process very well and asks all the right questions. We got the Advance Assurance in a record two weeks and the compliance statements in almost the same time. I highly recommend Andreea and overall The Jonathan Lea Network.

Liliana Reasor

19:25 18 Feb 21

Our company recently received advance assurance for EIS/SEIS from HMRC after working with the Jonathan Lea Network for the application process. We specifically chose JLN due to them having had specific experience with our niche (film and TV production company), and working with Callum Ritchie we received approval in a relatively short timeframe considering the challenges of 2020. Through detailed and succinct correspondence we were successful after just one exchange of follow-up questions with HMRC, and we would definitely recommend these guys for anyone else seeking EIS/SEIS assurance, especially with the specific challenges presented by being a film/TV production company.

David Groom

22:15 16 Dec 20

Philippa Jane worked closely with me for over a year on a relatively complex and all consuming tax and security transaction (share split of a private company) and was immensely helpful from start to finish on all aspects of advice. I could not recommend her highly enough. She was patient and kept me calm and focused on the goal. This was seamless service. Simon Porter and Sarah Lungley then completed the transaction very efficiently meaning all aspects of working with Jonathan Lee network are highly recommended. I’ll be sure to use again.

B J

15:34 15 Jun 21