Jonny is a partner at Bray & Krais, having joined the firm in spring 2022. He qualified in 2010 and prior to joining Bray & Krais was a partner at another leading music firm.
Jonny provides a commercially driven legal service to both creative and business clients across the music industry and at all stages of their careers including artists, songwriters, producers, independent labels, independent publishers, managers, promoters, agencies, executives, entrepreneurs and investors.
With experience in the wider entertainment industry, Jonny is also able to advise clients in the TV, film, fashion, branding and literary worlds; and has the benefit of having worked as an in-house lawyer for Swedish media giant, MTG.
Jonny is ranked as “up and coming” by Chambers and is recognised as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500.
We are thrilled to announce that partners Mark Krais and Simon Goodbody have been recognised by Billboard in their 2025 list of “Top Music Lawyers”. Billboard highlighted Mark’s work o...
Associate Jonathan Coote was recently interviewed by City A.M. for their newly launched weekly legal segment Eyes On The Law, exploring the continuing legal uncertainty surrounding AI, music...
Associate Jonathan Coote has discussed the potential impact of Getty Images’ lawsuit against Stability AI on the music industry, which the image database company accuses of infringing its ...
