Media and Entertainment

  • Law Society of Ireland
  • Diploma in Technology and IP Law, Law Society of Ireland (2019-2020)
  • Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (2011-2013)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, DIT (2008 to 2009)
  • B.A. (Hons) in Communication Studies, DCU (2004 to 2007)

Aoife is Of Counsel in the media and entertainment department, specialising in advising on film and television financing and production.

Aoife advises many of Ireland’s leading film, television and animation production companies on their projects.  Aoife has advised several major US studios including Amazon MGM and NBC Universal on the financing of large-scale film/television productions. Aoife also advises media lenders such as Cofiloisirs and Natixis Coficiné in relation to the financing of numerous television productions. 

Aoife is a graduate of Dublin City University and Dublin Institute of Technology. She qualified as a solicitor in 2013 and worked in a large corporate firm in Dublin before joining Philip Lee in 2017. Aoife lectured on the Law Society Diploma in Arts, Entertainment and Media Law in 2019/2020.

Recent Work

Aoife’s recent transactions include advising:

  • Several major US studios, including Amazon MGM, on the financing of large film/television productions.
  • Media lenders Cofiloisirs and Natixis Coficiné in relation to the financing of numerous television productions.
  • Various production companies in relation to negotiations and contractual arrangements with financiers on feature film and television projects.
  • Various production companies on equity investment agreements and complex feature film/television financing transactions and security arrangements.
  • Various production companies on contractual negotiations with co-producers, writers, directors, actors, composers and other individuals relating to the assignment or licensing of rights for use in feature film and television projects.
Highly experienced and reliable.
Legal 500, 2022
Aoife McBennett an “up-and-coming associate, with good experience, is calm and reliable”.
Legal 500, 2021
Aoife McBennett is “extremely capable and approachable.”
Legal 500, 2020