Sports law is a relatively new, complex, fast changing and commercially demanding area of law. Our network of specialist sports lawyers (solicitors), benefiting from an extensive expertise and Know how, can offer professional (expert) advice to: individual athletes, clubs, governing bodies, and sports agencies. Their expertise spans across a variety of sport including (but not exclusive to): football, swimming, rugby union, rugby league, cricket, tennis, motor racing, horse racing, athletics, boxing and judo.
Our range of services includes:
- Employment and contractual issues
- Commercial dispute resolution
- Sports injury
- Sponsorship agreements
- Arbitration, litigation and mediation
- Corporate restructuring, finance and tax
- Sports stadium development and 2012 procurement
- Broadcast, media and image rights
- Insurance and professional indemnity
- Disciplinary disputes (including doping matters)
- Intellectual property
- Licensing, copyright, trademarks and merchandising agreements
- Advice regarding dealings with specific sports regulatory bodies
