Sport

Sport

Sports law is wide ranging and diverse legal discipline relying on the selective application of a combination of different skills.  We advise sports governing bodies and individual sportsmen and women on wide range of legal matters, from straightforward property transactions through to complex disciplinary cases.

 

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Our non-contentious work includes constitutional and regulatory matters through to commercial contracts, licensing and merchandising agreements, rights management and exploitation. On the dispute resolution side, we have considerable sports tribunal experience representing both sporting bodies and individuals, including appearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

Our clients include the British Show Jumping Association (BSJA) and the British Equestrian Federation, which represent the equestrian Olympic disciplines of show jumping, eventing and dressage. We also act for a number of football & cricket clubs in the region.

We can help in the following areas:

  • sports funding through sponsorship, funding institutions and government bodies
  • constitutional, structural and regulatory matters for sports governing bodies
  • charitable status
  • general commercial and contract matters
  • intellectual property rights, media rights and sponsorship agreements
  • sports tribunals, including the Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • UK & European competition rules, including drugs and doping
  • legal advice for individuals including property, tax and estate planning
For more information contact Laurie Heizler on 01926 880749 or Richard Lane on 01926 880707.

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