Dentons

The Dentons Sports Group provides commercial solutions for clubs, governing bodies, rights holders, broadcasters and individual sportsmen and women.

The knowledge and experience of the practice spans the entire sports industry. The Sports team advises on a range of matters from commercial and regulatory issues to stadium planning and construction, employment and litigation.

Dentons is the world's largest law firm with over 9,000 lawyers in 175 locations across 78 countries. Members of the Dentons sports team have acted for a number of the world's wealthiest people and leading financial institutions on some of the most well-known franchises in professional sport, working across all major leagues including the US, Canada, UK, Europe and the Middle East. Dentons is the largest firm in China, a strong presence in Africa, and growing practices in Latin America.

The Dentons Sports team can advise on any type of legal issues, including:

• Corporate/M&A Transactions;
• Broadcast, New Media and Digital Rights;
• Bidding for Major Events;
• Sponsorship, Merchandising and Licensing Agreements;
• Regulatory and Competition Law issues;
• Disputes, including club-agent-player disputes;
• Stadium Development and Financing.

Members of Dentons Sports team are regularly quoted in the international press and provide insights for the Dentons LawInSport blog available on this site.