No longer the preserve of amateurs, sport is now established as a major player within the media and entertainment sectors.

Our Sport Group advises players and agents, sporting clubs and associations, sponsors, broadcasters and venues on the contractual and regulatory issues facing those involved in the sporting world. This includes advising on:

Gary Duke-Cohan, our Senior Partner, has a particular expertise and interest in Sports Law as well as having professional sportspersons and musicians as longstanding clients.

Sport continues to be equated with big business, fuelled by record-breaking broadcasting, sponsorship and merchandising deals that are increasingly driven by emerging technologies.  As rights values grow, regulations change and media channels diversify, this multi-million pound global business is becoming increasingly sophisticated.

Onside law has become one of the pre-eminent sports specialist law firms in the UK, as independently recognised by both the leading international legal directories, Chambers and Legal 500. The extent and range of our sports industry experience, as demonstrated below, is compelling and enables us to provide added business value to our clients as well as sound, pragmatic commercial advice.

As a firm we recognise the power of sport to inspire young lives, to improve social cohesion and health and the role which it has, both nationally and internationally, to enhance co-operation between communities. We are proud of our association with much of the United Kingdom’s finest sports infrastructure and of our recognised expertise in the world of sports commerce.

As part of our corporate responsibility programme we use sport projects to contribute to the local community, which includes activities such as the Cricket Foundation's "Chance to Shine" initiative, encouraging children to live healthier lives through sport.

Our multi-disciplinary international sports practice draws together our expertise and recognised strengths from across the firm in IP and commercial litigation, media disputes, brand management, sponsorship, promotions as well as tax.

We act for several Premier League Football clubs as well as club owners, broadcasters, sponsors, stadium and sports facilities owners, not to mention top international sports brands and leading sports retailers.

Our clients are sportsmen, agents, clubs, professional leagues and other companies linked to the sporting activity in any way.

We advise to a wide range of clients as well as we provide services in litigation and arbitration, in domestic and international fields, where the sports law department of RH & C possesses an experience since 1981.

Sheridans’ experience and knowledge of the sports market enables them to add real commercial insight and value to clients. The winning combination of specialist expertise and a commercial approach allows the Sports team to offer clients bespoke and strategic business solutions.

Silverman Sherliker LLP recognises that as the sport and entertainment industries have become more commercialised, the need for good legal advice has become even more important in order to capitalise on the increasing commercial opportunities and to protect the underlying value of your rights.

We provide a full service to sports clients ranging from governing bodies (the England and Wales Cricket Board) to participants (The Arsenal Football Club, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Christian Klien). The scope of our work is extremely varied. We advise on:

• on-field matters (such as player contracts, transfers, registration issues and disciplinary actions)
• regulation of participants by sports governing bodies
• every aspect of the commercial, corporate, financing, construction, tax, competition, broadcasting, merchandising, image rights and sponsorship activities of major sporting entities

Professional sportsplayers
As a high profile professional player, you’ve got a relatively short time in which to exploit your talent and earn as much money as possible. We’ll advise you on how to navigate through all the possibilities, so you can really maximise your potential. We’ll also tell you everything you need to know about your rights, when it comes to your contracts and your image.

Our industry recognised sports group operates a multi disciplinary service within the sector and, uniquely, offers sports specific service lines for both the commercial and private client arenas.

We have sports specialists in corporate commercial, dispute resolution, sports regulation, disciplinary, employment and tax. Our clients range from Premiership football clubs, County Cricket clubs, governing bodies, sporting academies, individual athletes and sports management companies.

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.

YOĞURTCUOĞLU & GÜRSOY Attorneys-at-Law, established in the year 2008. Despite of our youthfulness, we have achieved to build a good reputation for providing expert and efficient professional assistance to its clientele.

YOĞURTCUOĞLU & GÜRSOY Attorneys-at-Law is dedicated to provide high quality legal consultancy and attorneyship services for any stakeholder of the sporting family. With their deep knowledge and experience in sports law their priority is to devise best solutions for their clients.