Understand The Rules Of The Game 2018 - LawInSport Annual Conference

 

We are excited to announce that the 4^th LawInSport’s Annual Conference ‘Understand The Rules Of The Game 2018’ will be hosted at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Green Park (Mayfair), London on 13th & 14^th September 2018.

This two day conference will build on the success of the previous annual conferences at which over 250 leading sports lawyers, sports executives, academics, students and athletes networked and discussed the key issues and developments in international sports law.

You will be able to follow updates about the conference by using #LISconf18.

 

Interactive Panel Discussions

The conference provides attendees with two full days of interactive panel discussions, with world leading experts discussing the contemporary legal issues impacting global sport.  

 

Professional Development & Knowledge Sharing

Not only will attendees partake in cutting edge panel discussions, they will also receive a complimentary copy of the “Understand The Rules Of The Game” conference magazine. Attendees will therefore have access to detailed reference materials that will help them when faced with legal issues in their work or studies.

 

Networking

The LawInSport Annual conference is well known for its unparalleled networking opportunities, and this will be a theme that continues at this year’s conference. With over 6 hours of networking during the two days and two evenings of networking drinks, attendees will have dedicated time to network and meet with colleagues in the sector in a friendly and welcoming environment.

Private Work Space

We understand that with all the best intentions to attend every session over the two days there will be times when attendees may need to check into work or take calls...the work of lawyers and executives never stops! 

Therefore to give attendees the best opportunity to be present and make the most of the conference we have allocated a private room to work in and take calls through-out the conference should you need to. Thus you will never have to be far from the action and be able to take advantage of all the networking opportunities and participate in the conference as much as possible. 

 

2018 AGENDA (speakers may be subject to change)

DAY 1

Start	Breaks
8:30-9.15am	BREAKFAST
9:15-9:30am	Welcome
9:30-9:45am	Update Data protection GDPR - success, failure or too early to say?
9:50-11:05am	Dispute resolution: Debate - Is sports arbitration fit for purpose?
11:05-11:35am	COFFEE BREAK - Sponsored by MyDailyGDPR and SportsTG
11:35-12:35pm	eSports: An update on the key legal developments in eSports
12:35-1:50pm	LUNCH
1:50-2:05pm	Match-Fixing
2:05-3:05pm	Ticketing: How to effectively regulate the secondary ticketing market?
3:10-4:10pm	Japan: Update on the commercial and regulatory legal issues ahead of the Rugby World Cup and Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
4:10-4:40pm	COFFEE BREAK
4:40-4:55pm	Anti-Doping Update
4:55-5:40pm	Technology: Technology and sport - the current opportunities and challenges for the adoption of technology in sport?
5:40-8:40pm	NETWORKING DRINKS + WISLaw meet-up/welcome session
DAY 2
8:30-9:15am	BREAKFAST
9:15-9:20am	Welcome
9:20-9:40am	Update on Agents: How do different sports approach regulating sports agents?
9:40-10:40am	Licensing: What challenges are there for governing bodies licensing sports events and participants?
10:40-11:10am	COFFEE BREAK
11:10-12:25pm	Betting & Data: The relationship between betting industry, media & sports data
12:25-1:25pm	LUNCH
1:25-2:25pm	Media: What are the challenges and opportunities presented by the shift in how sports fans consume sports media?
2:25-2:55pm	COFFEE BREAK
2:55-3:55pm	Safe Sport: How can you create a gold standard for safe sport?
2:25-2:55pm	COFFEE BREAK
2:55-3:55pm	Commercial: How different approaches to negotiating international commercial contracts
3:55-4:35pm	COFFEE BREAK
4:35-5:35pm	In-House: General Counsel Forum
5:35:8:35pm	NETWORKING DRINKS

 

 

Day 1 will host panel discussions, short updates and debates on:

• Data protection/GDPR Update - success, failure or too early to say?
  • Katie Hall, Solicitor, Gateley
    
    
• eSports: An update on the key legal developments in eSports
  
  • Chris Bond, Editor, LawInSport (Chair)
  • Ian Smith, Integrity Commissioner, ESIC
  • Anna Baumann, eSports Lawyer
  • Vyte Danileviciute, International Counsel, Riot Games
    
    
• Dispute resolution: Debate - Is sports arbitration fit for purpose?
  • Nina Goolamali QC, Head of Sport, 2 Temple Gardens (Chair)
  • Jon Taylor QC, co-head of our Sport Group, Bird & Bird
  • Sir Wyn Williams FLSW, Barrister, Judge (Former High Court Judge) and Mediator, 39 Essex Chambers
  • Dr. Despina Mavromati, Attorney-at-law & Arbitrator, SportLegis
  • John Mehrzad, Barrister and Head of Sports Group, Littleton Chambers 

• Match-Fixing Update
  • Kevin Carpenter, Principal, Captivate Legal & Sports Solutions & Special Counsel, Sports Integrity, Genius Sports

• Ticketing: How to effectively regulate the secondary ticketing market?
  • Genevieve Gordon, Principal, Tactic Connect (Chair)
  • Prof Mark James, Director of Research - Law, Manchester Law School
  • James Stebbing, Head of Legal, Rugby Football Union
  • Mike Jones, Associate, Harbottle & Lewis
  • Jonathan Brown, CEO, Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR)

• Japanese Sports Industry: Update on the commercial and regulatory legal issues ahead of the Rugby World Cup and Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
  • Andrew Smith, Barrister, Matrix Chambers (Chair)
  • Takuya Yamazaki, Managing Partner, Field-R
  • Nan Sato, Associate, Field-R
  • Anil Matharu, Vice President and Counsel, IMG Events EMEA
  • Omar Hassanein, Chief Executive, International Rugby Players' Association (IRPA)

• Technology: Technology and sport - the current opportunities and challenges for the adoption of technology in sport
  • Sean Cottrell, CEO at LawInSport
  • Alex Kelham, Partner and Head of Sport, Lewis Silkin
  • Richard Brand, Head of Sport, Arent Fox
  • Nan Sato, Associate, Field-R

 

Day 2 will host panel discussions on:

• Regulating Agents Update: How do different sports approach regulating sports agents?
  • Prof. Richard Parrish, Director of the Centre for Sports Law Research at Edge Hill University
  • Dr Andrea Cattaneo, Lecturer in Law, Edge Hill University

• Betting & Data: The relationship between betting industry, media & sports data
  • Sean Cottrell, CEO at LawInSport (Chair)
  • Susan Ahern, Barrister and former General Counsel of World Rugby
  • Matt Drew, Executive Vice President Business Development and Former Director of Integrity & Security at Perform Group
  • David Lampitt, Managing Director Group Operations at Sportradar AG
  • Steven Burton Managing Director at Genius Sports

• Licensing: What challenges are there for governing bodies licensing sports events and participants?
  • Jon Walters, Partner, Northridge (Chair)
  • Dr Katarina Pijetlovic, Senior Lecturer in EU Law and Sports Law at Liverpool Hope University.
  • Benoit Keane, Keane Legal and Consultant, Northridge
  • Hannah McLean, In-House Counsel, Integrity & Development, ITF
  • Polly Handford, Director of Legal and Governance, The Football Association

• Safe Sport: How can you create a gold standard for safe sport?
  • Maureen Weston, Director, Entertainment Media & Sports Law Program, Pepperdine University (Chair)
  • Adele Eastman, Solicitor (Child Protection Unit) Farrer & Co
  • Norman Wain, General Counsel, Chief of Business Affairs, USA Track & Field
  • Angus Bujalski, Legal and Governance Director, RFU
  • Dr Daniel Rhind, Reader in Organisational Psychology, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University

• Anti-Doping Update
  • Rick Liddell, Barrister, 4 New Square

• Media: What are the challenges and opportunities presented by the shift in how sports fans consume sports media?
  • Nick Fitzpatrick, Global Co-Chair, Media, Sport and Entertainment Sector, DLA Piper (Chair)
  • Tom Burrows, Commercial Strategy Director - Rights & Distribution, DAZN & Perform Group
  • Sarah MacDonald, Senior Associate, Wiggin
  • Matthew Phillips, Chief Counsel, Media, BT

• Commercial contracts: How to approach negotiating international commercial contracts
  
  
  • Nick De Marco QC, Blackstone Chambers
  • Richard Brand, Head of Sport, Arent Fox (USA)
  • Cassandra Heilbronn, Senior Associate, Minter Ellison (Australia)
  • David Murray, Consultant, Shoosmiths and co-founder, Fozmuz (former Head of Sports Rights at BBC) (United Kingdom)
  • Steve Bainbridge, Head of Sports Law & Events Management, Al Tamimi & Company (United Arab Emirates)

• In-House: General Counsel Forum
  • Richard Millington, Head of Sports Group & Partner, Shoosmiths
  • Kim Vande Velde, General Counsel, General Counsel, Ladies European Tour
  • Alan Darfi, Head of Legal, Rugby Football League
  • Carrie Donaghy, Senior Legal Counsel, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One Team

 

Attending Organisations

2 Temple Gardens
39 Essex Chambers
4 New Square
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square Chambers
Advice Law Firm
Al Tamimi & Company
All India Football Federation
Alexion Limited
AM Sports Law and Management Co.
Arent Fox
Baskteball Ireland
Bermans
Bird & Bird
Blackstone Chambers
Brabners
British Horseracing Authority
Brodies LLP
Browne Jacobson LLP
BT
Buckinghamshire New University
Burges Salmon Company Limited
Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Celtic FC
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Coccia De Angelis Vecchio & Associati
ComplianceOnline
Crown Office Chambers
CSM Sport & Entertainment
Davison Equestrian
DAZN & Perform Group
De Montfort University
Deans Court Chambers
De MontFort University
DLA Piper UK LLP
EA Sports
Edge Hill University
England Hockey
ESIC
Ewen Law
Exchange Chambers
Farrer & Co
FC Zenit JSC
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
FIBA
Field-R Law Offices
Fieldfisher
FIFA TMS
FIFPro
Flash Athletics Club
Football Association of Wales
Forum Chambers
Fozmuz
Frankfurt Kurnit
Furnival Chambers
Gateley
Genius Sports
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Hackett & Dabbs LLP
Hackney Publications
Harbottle & Lewis
Harrison Drury Solicitors
Howard Kennedy LLP
ICSA: The Governance Institute
IHRB
IMG
International Rugby Players' Association (IRPA)
International Tennis Federation
ISDE
ITF
K&L Gates LLP
K2 Intelligence
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Kingsley Napley
Ladies European Tour
Lellos P.Demetriades Law Office LLC
Lewis Silkin LLP
Lex Veritas Law Firm
Littleton Chambers
Liverpool Hope University
Lombardi Associates
Loughborough University
LSW
Mackrel Turner Garrett
Manchester Law School
Manchester United Football Club
MAQS Advokatbyrå (Law Firm)
Matrix Chambers
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One Team
Mills & Reeve
Minter Ellison
MyDailyGDPR
Nordia Law
Northridge Law LLP
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Norwich City Football Club plc
Nottingham Trent University
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Onside Law
Outer Temple Chambers
Pepperdine University
Perform Group
Pit Stop Brand Consultancy Ltd
Pitch International
PLAUSUS UK LTD
RFU
Riot Games
Rugby Football League
Rugby Football Union
Saffery Champness LLP
Scott+Scott Europe LLP
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Shimin Law Offices
Shoosmiths
Snedden Hall & Gallop Lawyers
Sport Northern Ireland
Sport Resolutions (UK)
Sporting Integrity Ltd
SportIP
SportLegis
Sportradar AG
Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland
SportsTG
Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
St Johns Buildings
St Patrick's Athletic
Stadium Management South Africa
Stevens & Bolton LLP
STH Group
Syracuse University
Tactic Counsel
Tenet Compliance & Litigation Limited
The Danish League
The Football Association
The PA Group (PA Sport)
The R&A
The Rugby Players Association
The Sports Consultancy Limited
The Society of Writers to HM Signet
The University of Law
UCFB
UCN
UK Sport
Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
University of Bielefeld
University of Salford
USA Track & Field
Vandellos Sports Law
VISCHER AG
Von Appen Jens Legal
Watford Football Club
Weightmans LLP
Wiggin
World Rugby
World Trade Organization

 

 

CPD

10 hours self-certified CPD

 

Price

LawInSport Plus Members with an annual membership benefit from a £100 discount on both the early bird and full price tickets. The discount is applied at the time of purchase as long as you are logged into your account.

There will be no discounts offered on any of the tickets other than stated below.

 

EARLY BIRD TICKET (extended to close of business on the 11^th May 2018):

 

TICKET TYPE		STANDARD (£+VAT)	PLUS MEMBER (£+VAT)
Private practice solicitors and barristers - Tier 1		£550	£450
In-house lawyers, academics, sports agents, sports executives and administrators - Tier 2*		£200	£100
Full time students - Tier 3*		£150	£100
Athletes ** - Current and former professionals (this is not applicable to qualified lawyers and sports business professionals) - Tier 4		FREE	FREE

 

Full Ticket (from the 11^th May 2018):

 

TICKET TYPE		STANDARD (£+VAT)	PLUS MEMBER (£+VAT)
Private practice solicitors and barristers - Tier 1		£700	£600
In-house lawyers, academics, sports agents, sports executives and administrators - Tier 2*		£350	£250
Full time students - Tier 3*		£250	£150
Athletes ** - Current and former professionals (this is not applicable to qualified lawyers and sports business professionals) - Tier 4		FREE	FREE

* Attendees purchasing Tier 2 and 3 tickets should email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.to receive a unique code to purchase your preferential ticket.

** This includes Olympians and Paralympians. If you are a private practice lawyer you will be required to purchase a ticket

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Location

Royal Institution of Great Britain, Green Park, Central London.

 

Hotels

We have special rate for the Washington Mayfair Hotel (https://www.washington-mayfair.co.uk/), please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to receive details on how to book your place. This offer is on a first come first services basis. 

 

Sponsorship Opportunities

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Conference Program