Our specialist Sport group brings together a broad range of expertise to meet the needs of all sport related clients - whether individual sportsmen or women, clubs, managers, coaches, sporting bodies, or sport-related companies.

Our experience in this area covers all human resource issues including employment and other contracts, dispute resolution, personal injury and player and coach representation. Particular examples of our involvement include negotiating football and cricket management agency agreements, drafting restrictive covenants involving players and their management companies, and advising on funding for club player acquisition.

In addition we deal with a wide range of intellectual property matters relating to brands and promotion, and property-related issues such as occupier's liability and safety affecting stadiums and other publicly accessed buildings.

Equally important, we also address the wide ranging needs of individual players and managers and their companies who may need advice and assistance relating to, for example, property matters (particularly all aspects of property investment), wills, pensions and matrimonial and family law.

Our long-standing relationships with a number of leading sports bodies and celebrities is augmented by our growing client base of younger players seeking sound advice from lawyers who understand their needs and can offer cost-effective, practical solutions around which to base their future career, family and investment decisions.

Our involvement in the Sport arena extends to sponsorship of players and we are proud to support Scott Newman of Surrey CCC.