Matthew D. Kaiser is an associate at Global Sports Advocates and has worked with and represented athletes in a variety of legal issues from challenging disciplinary sanctions and doping violations to protecting athletes’ intellectual property rights.
Vincente is an associate at ASD Law.
Dr David Sharpe KC is a barrister at 12KBW Chambers and specialises in clinical negligence, professional negligence, serious personal injury, construction, sport, inquests & inquiries and property law. David practices within all areas of England & Wales and works for claimants and defendants.
David has an extensive sports law practice which extends to sporting injuries, contractual disputes, regulation, anti-doping, planning and construction of sports ground, and challenging the decisions of sports bodies. He is a member of the arbitration, mediation and pro-bono panels of Sports Resolutions, a member of the Judicial Board of World Sailing, a member of the Board of Appeal of the International Paralympic Committee and Vice Chair of the IBA Sports Law Division.
He practiced as a doctor to Consultant level in Emergency Medicine (and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Physicians) prior to qualifying as a Barrister and retains an exceptional knowledge of scientific, medical and technical matters relevant to his current legal practice.
David is also admitted to the Inner Bar in a number of other jurisdictions, has developed expertise of jurisdictional issues and has built a strong international aspect to his practice. He regularly receives instructions from overseas.
He has fully embraced ADR and is a qualified arbitrator and mediator. As such he is equally happy to act either as arbitrator/mediator or as counsel in such proceedings.
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Saksham Samarth is an Associate at Vandellos Sports Law in Valencia, Spain. He primarily works in Sports Dispute Resolution preparing legal submissions before international sport adjudicating authorities, drafting employment contracts, representation agreements and transfer agreements. He regularly advises on regulatory, commercial and contractual issues in football.
He recently completed his Masters in Sports Management and Legal Skills offered by the Instituto Superior De Derecho Y Economia (ISDE Barcelona, 2020-21). Saksham has over three years of post-qualification experience litigating commercial and taxation matters before the Supreme Court, High Courts and lower courts in India.
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Patrick has particular expertise in mesothelioma claims, clinical negligence and sporting injuries. Most of his claims involve catastrophic injuries. He also has extensive experience in defending fraudulent claims.
He is a member of the Northern Irish Bar and has provided expert evidence on English and Welsh law for other jurisdictions.
Patrick also runs a charity which funds Research Fellowships at the Royal Marsden Hospital (lecure.org).
