John Davidson Kelly

John Davidson Kelly

Partner, UK – Global Head of Media & Entertainment Osborne Clarke
John Davidson Kelly

John leads the global media and entertainment sector group at Osborne Clarke and advises complex and disruptive platform businesses on the development and regulation of future-facing digital services. He has extensive experience across OTT and D2C services, including ecommerce stores, video sharing platforms, social media services, online marketplaces, music streaming platforms and interactive entertainment services. His practice focuses on complex media and technology agreements, ecommerce and consumer law, broadcast and digital regulation, and multi jurisdictional compliance. John’s digital regulation work spans the full lifecycle of platform services – from launch and in life operation to closure and transition - helping clients navigate evolving regulatory frameworks in the UK, EU and beyond.

Conference Day One - 23rd March 2027

10:00 AM Panel Discussion – Consumer Law Comes to the Front Line: UK and EU Hot Topics for Digital Platforms

Consumer law is quickly becoming one of the most active pressure points for online platforms. This scene-setting session will cut through the noise around the DMCCA and the proposed EU digital fairness agenda to show where regulation is heading, where scrutiny is most likely to land and what platform legal teams should prioritise now.

• Understanding the consumer-law pressure points most relevant to platforms.
• Identifying which user journeys are most exposed.
• Rationalising overlaps between consumer protection requirements and broader platform regulations.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining John.

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