In addition to specialised knowledge and expertise in sport, our sports team has an excellent reputation in television and new media work.
This puts us in the perfect position to advise rights holders, broadcasters and other media companies on the exploitation of those rights.
We also advise on numerous other commercial sports agreements and put together strategies to implement those arrangements.
Sports dispute resolution and tribunal work is becoming increasingly important, and we are able to provide expert advice to governing bodies, clubs and individuals alike.
Our sports sector services include:
- Sports broadcasting and new media in the digital era, in conjunction with the leading specialists in our media team
- Strategies for sports governing bodies and organisations looking to exploit their rights
- Brand protection and licensing programmes
- Sponsorship
- Event management, innovative ticketing solutions and affinity schemes
- Player representation, international tax structuring, image rights and personal wealth management
- Corporate governance, guidance through the regulatory labyrinth and sports dispute resolution
- Stadia and other property related transactions
For more information, please contact Sean James, Peter Millichip, Michael Brader, David Davies,
or Richard McMorris.
Click the link below to view some sport case studies:
 Sport case studies (119KB)
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Michael is a partner in the corporate department at Wiggin LLP and head of the sports group. He advises clients on corporate and commercial issues in the media, technology and telecommunications sectors. He also advises sports clients, including rights holders and sports rights management and investment companies, specifically about broadcast and new media rights. He regularly advises on joint ventures and strategic partnerships between sports-based interests. Michael was a Partner at Olswang from 1998 and before that practised as a solicitor in Hong Kong.
Work involving cable, satellite, terrestrial television and media rights, as well as other television and online operations and programming.
Sean has been identified as one of the top lawyers in the UK in the independent annual directories The Legal 500 and Chambers.
Richard represents a range of media businesses including a number of the UK's pre-eminent broadcasters and rights holders. Richard's expertise extends across all aspects of broadcasting, content distribution and media rights management including an expert knowledge of the technical broadcast chain and regulation. Richard has a particular specialism in relation in sports media rights and cutting-edge rights exploitation deals.
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