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It’s not just the athletes that must be prepared to go the extra mile in order to succeed.
Success in the world of sport, from businesses to athletes, requires a commitment and focus that sets them apart from their competitors. This includes us, your lawyers.
Providing you with commercially focused advice and solutions on all areas of professional sport, rooted in a deep understand of the sports sector, is something that few others can match.
Wherever you are based, we will represent your best interests from one of our many offices in major sporting centres. Our advice is clear, concise, strategic and often able to anticipate and address potential issues before they occur.
We advise:
- Governing bodies
- National leagues and associations
- Organising committees
- Clubs
- Insurers
- Players and players' representatives
We have acted for:
- The English Football Association (FA)
- International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
- National Football League (NFL)
- National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA)
- National Hockey League (NHL)
- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Australian Football League (AFL)
- British Cycling
- UK Athletics
We have strong capabilities in the following areas:
We represent governing bodies and associations on claims of abuse and neglect, often involving emotional, physical and sexual abuse.
We advise on all aspects of commercial agreements including intellectual property, sponsorship agreements, sale and purchase agreements, image rights and unfair contract terms.
We deal with all forms of disputes including litigation, arbitration, mediation and other forms of ADR as well as jurisdictional and forum advice. This includes crisis reputation/management and defamation.
We help employers manage their employment law risk and guide them through their day-to-day and longer-term workforce needs, including in all types of employment disputes and day-to-day HR issues and strategy.
We advise clubs at every stage of their business life cycle, from formation, expansion by acquisition, strategic alliances such as joint ventures and capital raising, and including all aspects of their financial requirements from secured lending to various other financing instruments.
We handle the full range of financial related investigations and prosecutions, including tax disputes, bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, account irregularities, insider dealings, compliance and breaches of international sanctions.
We have wide-ranging experience of rescue, reconstruction and insolvency procedures and our lawyers can advise on preventative strategies or in rescue/recovery situations.
We advise on all manner of defendant personal injury claims involving players, participants and spectators, including high-profile cases and those of the utmost severity, such as catastrophic injury and head trauma claims.
We handle the entire property lifecycle of stadiums, sporting venues and other commercial properties, from initial acquisition, to development, planning, leasing, joint ventures and financing, to final disposal. We also support clients throughout the full life-cycle of their construction projects, from procurement and contract advice to the resolution of disputes.
