Sports law
Explore how we help sporting businesses with their legal requirements.
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Our team of expert sports lawyers are vastly experienced and have a proven track record of supporting and delivering for our sports sector clients.
The Moore Barlow sports law team is a leading sports law practice in the United Kingdom. The team is accessible and approachable, explaining often complex legal matters in plain, easy to understand language.
We offer comprehensive support and advise on a wide range of issues, always with a view to assisting our sports sector clients with meeting their strategic objectives.
As a full-service firm operating across several locations throughout the UK, our sports clients benefit from access to high quality and cross-practice legal advice.
We also have a strong international focus, and our lawyers routinely accept instructions from overseas clients, athletes and entities seeking support within the sports sector in respect of matters relating to English law.
Daniel Baker
Senior associate | Sports law, Debt recovery, Business dispute resolution
Meet our sports law team
Daniel Baker
Senior associate | Sports law, Debt recovery, Business dispute resolution
Ben Millward
Senior associate | Sports law, Debt recovery, Business dispute resolution
Discover how we can help you
Commercial contracts
Robust commercial agreements that protect you and your business The commercial contracts that you use are one of your most important assets and are fundamental to the success of your business. When correctly drafted they help ensure that your business operates smoothly.
Our commercial lawyers understand the unique issues that can come with running a business in the sports sector and can apply their sector knowledge to advise, negotiate and draft a wide variety of commercial agreements.
Commercial property
Protecting and progressing your real estate portfolio When managing, buying, or selling property or land for commercial purposes, our team of legal experts will help maximise your returns.
We understand that for many of our clients operating in the sports sector, your commercial property and land portfolio is the heartbeat and foundation of your business. Therefore, you need assurances that you have a team of well-connected property and land legal experts managing transactions for you.
That’s where Moore Barlow can help. Our dedicated team of commercial property lawyers will help and support you with practical and clear advice. Our deep understanding across commercial property, land development and rural estates will help your business prosper, whilst providing you with personal reassurance that you’re in safe and experienced hands.
Corporate services
Comprehensive and robust corporate services Our corporate lawyers offer a wide range of corporate law services to help businesses and high net worth individuals within the sports sector navigate the legal landscape with ease.
When looking to grow or develop your business, it is important to access the specialist knowledge and expertise of a corporate law solicitor, especially those that have a proven track record of helping businesses succeed.
Our corporate team can do just this, having formed trusting and long-lasting relationships with many of our clients, whilst supporting them through a variety of different endeavours.
We assist clients with staying compliant, dealing with necessary filings & updates to corporate constitutional documents such as through Companies House, with consideration to regulatory requirements imposed by sporting governing bodies.
Dispute resolution
Handling sports based disputes Our dispute resolution lawyers are regularly instructed to handle high-profile sporting governing body regulatory and disciplinary proceedings. We are experienced in handling proceedings brought by and contested by governing bodies in a quasi-prosecuting function as well as respondent parties (such as coaches, athletes and players).
The details and subject matter of some of the cases we have advised on, particularly for our most high-profile clients are confidential, due to the often sensitive nature of the allegations and proceedings. We are also regularly instructed by our clients operating in the sports sector to represent them in nonregulatory disputes.
Employment
We offer a comprehensive range of employment law services to help you manage your company effectively and ensure compliance with the latest regulations. We have acted for a current Premier League Football Club for a number of years and so we understand how to advise a big employer with diverse interests, over multiple sites, requiring support with a wide range of employment relationships and employee concerns.
We can support you in engaging staff on appropriate and compliant terms that best protect your interests. We will guide you in resolving matters quickly and confidently. We ensure that we are forward-thinking with our approach and that we stay ahead of the curve in terms of making you aware of future changes which might impact you.
Intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is for most businesses, especially those operating in the sports sector, a significant asset. Therefore, the development, protection, exploitation and enforcement of IP are of paramount importance. It is also a complex area of law that requires in-depth knowledge of all relevant rules and regulations.
Regulatory advice
Expert regulatory services Every business is confronted with a mass of regulatory requirements from health and safety to environmental regulations in its daily activities. Businesses operating in the sports sector are no different, having to contend with the regulatory rules of the relevant sanctioning bodies. We are here to help you, especially when regulators need to be carefully handled, your position explained, and your brand protected.
The law is complex, and no two cases are the same. We provide tailored advice and confident representation. Where decisions need to be challenged, our lawyers can assist with claims under the relevant regulatory regiment, and where necessary by escalating to the courts.
The Whyte Review – a catalyst for change?
We explore the Whyte Review, highlighting its potential to be a catalyst for change in terms of good governance and how it serves as a reminder that sporting national governing bodies must do more to make positive changes to prevent similar failings from occurring again.
Why choose Moore Barlow sports solicitors?
We offer not only a first-class knowledge of the law, but also importantly interpret and advise with a pragmatic and straightforward approach. We take the time to learn about your strategic goals and the way in which you are seeking support. For example, we will not send you long and cumbersome advice if we know that you are seeking straightforward and ‘to the point’ guidance. We are experts in what we do – with leading sports lawyers in the UK.
We have strong expertise in ‘ball sports’, traditional sports, gymnastics, through to being recognised as one of the leading rural services law firms in the country with the firm representing several polo clubs and regularly advising on matters of equestrian law.
If you want a professional and personal service from experienced sports lawyers, Moore Barlow are here to help. We are recognised by the Legal 500 for providing excellent, proactive, and responsive practice, in addition to ranking in the Chambers and Partners directory and The Times Best Law Firms list.
With legal specialists across many different legal areas, our team of experienced and respected solicitors are based With offices in London, Richmond, Southampton, Guildford, Lymington and Woking.
If you require advice or assistance from sports lawyers, contact our team at Moore Barlow to see if we can help.
