Professional clubs and associations:

• Advice on compliance with regulations
• Company law advice
• Merger and acquisitions of clubs (i.e. England, Spain)
• Shareholder agreements & disputes
• Debt recovery

We advise on a wide range of areas across the sporting spectrum. Whether you are a commercial sponsor, a club or an individual, we can advise on sponsorship, endorsement deals, merchandising and licensing issues.

Amateur clubs and groups:

• Club or Event protection - We have the expertise for drafting constitutional documents, commercial rules and sporting regulations for a variety of sporting events and bodies
• Ground & premises leases, employment issues, governing body compliance and disputes, sponsorship, charity law.

Other areas we can assist:

Sport is no longer defined by borders. Our Sports Law team work closely with our International team and have a particular expertise with Spanish and Latin American countries/players. With in-house abogados and native Spanish speakers, we can give clear advise whether your players are transferring to the UK from Europe or Latin America, or you have business and professional links with clubs and associations abroad.

• Gaming and licensing - We can help our clients in the gaming, betting and lotteries industries to comply with the requirements of the legislation.
• Trade mark, design rights and other IPR enforcement
• Privacy and breach of confidence issues
• Competition law
• Employment
• Commercial property – freehold site acquisition, commercial leases”

Disciplinary and doping proceedings:

Many sports disputes which arise over the application of the commercial, disciplinary or doping rules of various sporting bodies never enter the courts or tribunals.

We advise clubs or associations with regard to external and internal disciplinary matters. This includes providing representation in relation to charges for both on and off the field offences.

We can advise governing bodies in doping matters; i.e. failed doping tests and drafting regulations, taking into account the WADA rules.