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Sports & Events

Expert sports & events lawyers.

Specialist sports lawyers

The world of sport and events can be exhilarating and dynamic but can also be greatly challenging. For any organisation connected with worldwide sport, it will be necessary to understand and navigate those challenges, to enable everyone connected with an organisation, event or host city, to gain from everything that sport has to offer.

This is where Foot Anstey’s team of specialist sports lawyers can help. Our sports lawyers adopt an ‘Anticipate, Prevent, Cure’ model to manage regulatory risk, which enables learning to be fed back into an organisation to reduce ongoing risk.

Our services

Our sports law specialists provide two central propositions:

Maximising opportunities

  • Commercial agreements between rights holders and partners.
  • Technology supply agreements.
  • Trade mark and intellectual property protection and exploitation.
  • Integrating data analytics.
  • Sports law advertising and marketing compliance.
  • Sponsorships and Trademark/Intellectual Property licences.
  • Collaboration agreements.
  • Acquisition of real estate.
  • Obtaining planning consents.
  • Construction agreements.

Minimising risks

  • Governance health checks.
  • Stadium and Event Safety and Operation.
  • Health and Safety and compliance advice (Green Guide/Purple Guide).
  • Strategic advice and representation at SAG meetings.
  • Licensing/Prohibition: Representation in the Courts.
  • Incident response.
  • Responding to regulatory investigations by HSE, CMA, ASA, ICO.
  • Responding to disciplinary proceedings by governing bodies.
  • Strategic advice on trade mark and intellectual property infringement.
  • Sports law & dispute management.

Why choose Foot Anstey?

As a full-service law firm, Foot Anstey has a specialist sports law team advising sporting organisations, event management companies, and leisure businesses on how to maximise opportunities and minimise risk. Our experienced sports solicitors provide tailored legal support to sports clubs, sports professionals, and sports brands, ensuring they are well-prepared for the complexities of the sports sector.

We advise on a wide range of commercial operations in relation to both events and sports, including commercial agreements, trade mark protection, licensing and permissions, novel applications including NFTs and operating in the metaverse, planning and construction, supply chain management and supplier disputes, the integration of technology and data analytics to drive revenue and customer experiences.

Our people

Our sports specialists, led by Partner, Nathan Peacey, have acted for many household names in sport. Our team of sports solicitors has extensive experience working with sports clubs, sports clients, and professionals across the sports sector.

We are committed to long-term relationships, and we want to know what is important to you and your organisation in order for you to reach your objectives and goals.

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What do our clients say?

“Great at understanding our business – very high quality throughout the team. Really enjoy working together.”

Legal 500 2024

“Nathan Peacey is responsive and incredibly practical. Completely plugged into our industry and business.”

Legal 500 2022

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