A career dedicated to helping players - Brendan Schwab, World Players Association - E139
Brendan Schwab has spent his career helping, and leading, players and sports organisation to be better prepared to face the challenges they face. In this episode, Brendan reflec...
A career dedicated to helping players - Brendan Schwab, World Players Association - E139
Brendan Schwab has spent his career helping, and leading, players and sports organisation to be better prepared to fa...
A Trailblazer in Italian and International Sports Law - Prof Massimo Coccia - E138
Massimo Coccia is the founding partner of Coccia De Angelis & Associati law firm. He holds a J.D. degree cum laud...
Football, FIFA & Maradona - Paolo Lombardi - E137
Our guest for this show is Paolo Lombardi, founder of Lombardi Associates. He has had an illustrious career in footba...
The future of African club football - CAF Club Licensing System and Stadiums Regulations
In July 2022, after a delay due the pandemic, the CAF Executive Committee adopted a new regulatory framework for the ...
A Pioneer In Sports Law - Professor Kenneth Shropshire
Professor Kenneth Shropshire is a pioneer in the development of the sports law sector. He has had a distinguished car...
An insight into a $300 billion industry - Equine sports law with Luc Schelstraete & Piotr Wawrzyniak
As a $300 billion industry, it is hard to overlook the contribution equine sports law makes to the sports sector and ...
The changing corporate structures of Brazilian football clubs: José Francisco Manssur & Tiago Gomes - E133
This podcast focuses on a new law in Brazil that is encouraging investment in Brazilian football. The new allows for ...
Boxing, MMA & Helping Others: Mohit Pasricha, Mackrell Solicitors - E132
Mohit Pasricha is a Partner and Head of the Sports & Entertainment Team at Mackrell.Solicitors. He advises and re...
Bobby Sharma, Special Adviser, Foley & Lardner LLP, trends in the global Esports industry - E131
Bobby Sharma is a special adviser to the Sports & Entertainment Group at Foley & Lardner LLP. He has nea...
Caroline McGrory, Chief Legal Officer, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - E130
Caroline McGrory is the Chief Legal Officer for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. She started off her career in...
Representing Kevin De Bruyne & FIFA's Agent Regs - Daan Buylaert & Sven Demeulemeester - E129
Daan Buylaert & Sven Demeulemeester are founders and Partners of ATFIELD, a collaborations between of full servic...
In Conversation with Sohail Ali & Gurpreet Duhra on discrimination in cricket and law - E128
In 2020, Azeem Rafiq publicly spoke about the alleged racism faced at him while he played for the Yorkshire Country C...
Ricardo De Buen, Founding and Managing Partner, DE BUEN LAW - E127
Ricardo de Buen Rodríguez is the founding and Managing Partner of the Law Firm DE BUEN LAW in Mexico City. He is also...
Mark Kurtenbach, Partner, Hogan Lovells - E126
Mark Kurtenbach represents private and public companies and private equity and venture capital investors in mergers a...
Reyes Bellver, Founder, Bellver Sports Law- E125
Reyes Bellver is the Founder and Attorney-at-Law at Bellver Sports – Legal boutique (Madrid, Spain). She started her ...
Ben Rutherford, Senior Director - Legal, ITIA - E124
Ben is the Senior Director, Legal at International Tennis Integrity Agency. He is a barrister and solicitor with 12+ ...
Tackling Online Abuse in Sport - Nick Iliffe, Senior Integrity Manager, Stats Perform & Jonathan Hirshler, CEO, Signify - E123
In August 2021, Stats Perform partnered with data-ethics brand Signify to launch an AI and data learning pr...
Oliver Hunt, Partner, Onside Law - E122
Oliver Hunt is a founding partner of Onside Law. Before establishing Onside Law, Oliver worked in-house at IMG and ha...
How To Approach Networking In The Sports Industry - Daniel Geey, Partner, Sheridans & Cynthia Mumbo, Founder & CEO, Sports Connect Africa - E121
As part of our AMA series earlier in the year, we recorded a session with Daniel Geey (Partner, Sheridans) and Cynthi...
How lawyers are supporting Paralympic athletes - E118
This episode highlights the work that Hogan Lovells & Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDIH) and other partners ...
A Data Analysis of Outcomes in FA Betting Cases - Alastair Campbell, Partner, LEVEL - E117
Alastair is an experienced litigation lawyer for LEVEL, who acts on behalf of sophisticated clients in all forms of d...
NCAA v Alston Analysis - Mark Conrad, Associate Prof. of Law and Ethics, Fordham University - E116
Mark Conrad is Associate Professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where he dir...
Will Deller, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird - E115
Will Deller is a Senior Associate in Bird & Bird's market-leading media, entertainment and sport team. As a junio...
Erika Montemor Ferreira, Head of Players’ Status, FIFA - E114
Erika Montemor Ferreira is a Brazilian lawyer who specialized in Sports law. She has previously worked at UEFA as Leg...
Nandan Kamath, Principal Lawyer, LawNK - E113
Nandan is Principal Lawyer at LawNK, based in Bangalore, India. His practice specialises in sports, technology and me...
Dr Catherine Ordway, Restoring Trust in Sport E112
Catherine Ordway, PhD, Sport Integrity Research Lead, Professor at University of Canberra (Sports Management) and Aut...
Alex Kelham, Partner and Head of Sports Business Group, Lewis Silkin - E111
Alex Kelham is an an experienced commercial and IP lawyer and is the Head of Lewis Silkin's Sports Business Group. Al...
Alan Darfi, Chief Executive Officer, Herefordshire FA - E110
Alan Darfi is the Chief Executive Officer at the Herefordshire Football Association. Previously he held roles in priv...
Josep F. Vandellos Alamilla, Founder/Partner at VANDELLOS SPORTS LAW - E109
Josep Vandellos is the Founder/Partner, Vandellos Sports Law with extensive experience in international sports law. D...
Daniel Stuk, Senior Legal Counsel, Tennis Australia - E108
Daniel Stuk is a Senior Legal Counsel with Tennis Australia, who successfully ran the 2021 Australian Open during a g...
Norman Wain, General Counsel, Chief of Business Affairs at USA Track & Field - E107
Norman Wain is General Counsel, Chief of Business Affairs at USA Track & Field which is the national governing bo...
The European Super League & The Legal Fallout: Experts' Views - E106
On Sunday, 18 April, the world woke to the news of the European Super League. Despite most of the clubs pulling out o...
Achta Mahamat Saleh, Director of Legal Affairs & Compliance, CAF - E105
Achta Mahamat Saleh is the Director of Legal Affairs & Compliance Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF). Acht...
Expensive mistakes: Why European sports need to be on top of State aid law - Clayton & Segura
Marianne Clayton and Maria Segura are specialist State aid lawyers and experts who represent sports organisations on ...
Aahna Mehrotra, Founder & Principal Lawyer at AM Sports Law & Management Co - E103
Aahna Mehrotra is the founder and principal lawyer at AM Sports Law & Management Co. She serves as the Chairperso...
Sports: Law & Practice - Q&A with Adam Lewis QC & Jonathan Taylor QC, also featuring a conversation with Lord Sebastian Coe
Adam Lewis QC (Blackstone Chambers) and Jonathan Taylor QC (Bird & Bird) are two of the world’s leading sports la...
Álvaro Gómez de la Vega Jiménez, Sports Legal Manager at RCD Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D - E102
Álvaro Gómez de la Vega Jiménez is the sports legal manager at RCD Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D. Álvaro speaks to LawI...
Sports Law News Roundtable - rugby concussion litigation -E2
LawInSport · Sports Law News Roundtable - rugby concussion litigation -E2
For this second LawInSport Spo...
10 Years of LawInSport - Sean Cottrell - E100
LawInSport · 10 Years of LawInSport - Sean Cottrell - E100
For the 100th podcast, the tables are turned ...
The transfer of overseas players post Brexit with Stephen O'Flaherty - E99
LawInSport · Entry requirements for overseas players post Brexit - Stephen O'Flaherty - E99
Stephen O'Flaherty (@O...
Sarah Solémalé, Senior Governance Services Manager at FIFA
LawInSport · Sarah Solémalé, Senior Governance Services Manage, FIFA
Sarah Solémalé is the Senior Govern...
How to become a sports lawyer with LawInSport, Founder, Sean Cottrell E97
LawInSport · How to become a sports lawyer with LawInSport, Founder, Sean Cottrell E97
In this podcast L...
The Premier League COVID-19 testing - legal & logistical with Prenetics
LawInSport · The Premier League COVID-19 testing - legal & logistical with Prenetics E96
Andrew Steele, Olympi...
Brent Nowicki, Head of the CAS Anti-Doping Division - E92
Brent Nowicki is the Managing Counsel and Head of the Anti-Doping Division, Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS/CAS)....
Dr J Simon Rofe - How sports diplomacy can help the sport sector respond to COVID19 crisis - E91
Our guest today is Dr J Simon Rofe, Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies, CISD (SOAS) & author of Spo...
The changing relationship between sport & gambling with Paul Darling OBE QC - E90
Paul Darling OBE QC has a wide experience of commercial and construction disputes and regulatory issues in the spor...
Working in an esports giant - Andrew Cooke, General Counsel, Fnatic E89
Our special guest today is Andrew Cooke, General Counsel at the Global esports Brand, Fnatic. H e is the former Gen...
Gareth Farrelly - Lawyer, Arbitrator and Former Pro Football Player Episode 88
Gareth Farrelly, a former international football player, lawyer and arbitrator. As a professional football player h...
Data, integrity and controlling risks in sport - Jake Marsh & Jonny Gray - Episode 85
Jake Marsh, Head of Integrity at Stats Perform and Jonny Gray, Senior Partner at Control Risks join Sean Cottrell t...
Cassandra Heilbronn - career and business development in sports law Episode 84
The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.
For more sports law news, commentary and analy...
Adam Lovatt - career development from the Head of Legal & Business Affairs, OTRO - Episode 83
The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.
For more sports law news, commentary and analy...
Daniel Geey - advice on football law & career development - Episode 82
For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com www.lawinsport.com/
Upcoming Events: www.la...
Takuya Yamazaki - Inclusion at Tokyo 2020, football development in Asia & mentoring lawyers #81
For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com www.lawinsport.com/
Upcoming Events: www.la...
David Lampitt, MD Group Operations, Sportradar AG - sport tech & media - #80
David Lampitt is the Managing Director Group Operations at Sportradar AG. In this interview David talks about his b...
Rob Koehler, Director General, Global Athlete - Episode 78
Rob Koehler, former World Anti-Doping Agency Director of Education and Deputy Director General, and Director Genera...
Stephen Ridgway - VP, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports - Episode 77
Part 1
Part 2
In this two-part interview Stephen Ridgway talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about h...
Report from Sports Law Ireland 2019 conference - Episode 76
On 8 February 2019, LawInSport in partnership with the Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland hosted a one-day confe...
Interview with Nick De Marco QC - "Mr Football" - Episode 75
In this episode Nick De Marco QC, Blackstone Chambers, describes his unusual and inspiring journey into law and how...
Brendan Schwab (World Players Association) on the Hakeem al-Araibi case - Episode 73
In this podcast Brendan Schwab, Executive Director of the World Players Association talks about the case of Hakeem ...
Interview with Kevin Carpenter - a career in sports law and sports integrity - Episode 72
In this episode Kevin Carpenter discusses his career as well as the international developments in sports integrity ...
Interview with Günter Younger, Director of Intelligence & Investigations, WADA - Episode 71
In this podcast Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO, interviews Günter Younger the Director of Intelligence and Investigati...
Julian Mihov of PwC on the development of sports law & business in Eastern Europe - Episode 70
In this interview Sean Cottrell interviews Julian Mihov, Business Development Director Southeast Europe at PWC. Julia...
Richard Millington and David Murray - Sports, money and media - Episode 69
Welcome to the LawInSport podcast! This is a podcast for anyone who wants to better understand the current ...
Global sports media trends - an interview with Nick Fitzpatrick, DLA Piper #68
In this podcast, Nick Fitzpatrick, Partner and Global Co-Chair, Media, Sport and Entertainment Sector at DLA Piper si...
Dealing with corruption and misconduct in sport - an interview with Peter Crowther Winston & Stawn
In this interview Peter Crowther, Managing Partner of Winston & Stawn LLP's London and Brussel offices,...
The psychology of doping and whistleblowing in sport with Dr Kelsey Erickson - Episode 66
Dr Kelsey Erickson (@kelslee777 ) is a Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University. Her primary research inter...
Professor Jack Anderson - Sports law in Oz, and handling of Russia at Winter Olympics - Episode 65
In this interview Prof. Jack Anderson discusses the development of sports law in Australia and analyses the legal i...
Matt Drew, EVP Business Development and Former Director of Integrity & Security at Perform- Episode 64
In this podcast Matt Drew, Executive Vice President Business Development and Former Director of Integrity &...
eLearning and anti-doping - Tony Cunningham, WADA - Episode 63
Welcome to the LawInSport podcast! This is a podcast for anyone who wants to better understand the cu...
The opportunity for sports lawyers at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Takuya Yamazaki - Episode 62
This is a podcast for anyone who wants to better understand the current legal issues and developments from the worl...
Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland - Tim O'Connor and Robert McTernaghan - Episode 61
In this episode two founding members of the Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland Tim O'Connor and Robert McTernagh...
An interview with Ricardo Oliveras Salva - Head of Sports Law at ECIJA - Episode 60
In this podcast, Ricardo Oliveras Salva, Head of Sports Law and Corporate partner at ECIJA, speaks with Sean Cottrell...
The evolution of athlete rights with Brendan Schwab of the World Players Association - Episode 59
In this podcast Brendan Schwab, Executive Director, World Players Association talks to LawInSport's CEO and found...
Examining the new agreement between Football DataCo, Genius Sports and Perform Group - Episode 58
In this podcast Ben Paterson, Integrity Operations Director at Genius Sports, Jake Marsh, Head of Integrity at Perf...
Campaigning for equality and recognition of human rights in sport - Episode 57
In this podcast Kristen Worley, athlete and, equality and human right campaigner, talks about her personal ...
Nan Sato explains how player contract disputes are treated under Japanese labor law - Episode 56
In this interview Nan Sato provides an update on the most recent legal developments in Japanese sport.
Indian Sports Law : Insights from the Sports Law & Policy Symposium 2017 - Episode 54
Nandan Kamath, Principal Lawyer at LawNK, and Manali Kulkarni, Executive Assistant at LawInSport, speak to Sean Cot...
Interview with Takuya Yamazaki - the challenges for football players rights in Asia - Episode 53
Takuya Yamazaki, Founder and Managing Partner at Field-R Law Offices and Chairman of Division -Asia/Oceania at FIFP...
Rebuilding trust in athletics: An interview with Brett Clothier - Head of the Athletics Integrity Unit - Episode 52
In this podcast, Brett Clothier, the Head of the independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the International As...
An interview with Maacah Scott, Staff Counsel at Arizona Diamondbacks - Episode 51
Maacah Scott, Staff Counsel at Arizona Diamondbacks talks to Sean Cottrell (CEO and founder of LawInSport) about he...
The art of million dollar sports media rights deals: An interview with Bobby Hacker - Episode 50
In this podcast, Bobby Hacker, former VP Business and Legal Affairs at FOX Sports speaks to Sean Cottrell, LawInSpo...
Current trends and challenges for international anti-doping movement - Episode 49
Paul Greene, the Founder of Global Sports Advocates, LLC and LawInSport Editorial Board member, speaks to Sean Cott...
Trade marks for sport events - How Wimbledon secured their colour mark - Episode 48
Zane Shihab, partner at Kerman & Co LLP, and Manuela Macchi, partner at Keltie LLP, speak to LawInSport C...
The integrity framework that can save the ‘Game Act’ & U.S. sports betting legalization - Episode 47
In this podcast Sean Cottrell, CEO of LawInSport hosts a discussion of the co-authors of the article 'The integrity...
An interview with Alex Slade, Head of Legal, Sport at BT - Episode 46
In this podcast, Alex Slade, Head of Legal, Sport at BT, talks about his career trajectory and joining BT Sport pri...
Amendments to the registration period of minors in football - interview with Christian Keidel - Episode 45
In this podcast, LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, interviews sports lawyer and partner at Martens Lawyers, Christian ...
An interview with Jonathan Taylor QC - Episode 44
In this interview Sean Cottrell interviews Jonathan Taylor, one of the world’s leading sports ...
Inclusive sport - transgender participation
Produced in partnership with the Sport & Recreation Alliance for 'Alliance Learning Week', this discussion will c...
An interview with Michael Beloff QC - described as one of the "Godfathers of Sports Law" - Episode 43
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Part 2
In this interview Michael Beloff QC, described by Legal 500 as the "The God...
Career transition from athlete to lawyer: Interview with Andréanne Morin - Episode 42
Life after sport can be a hurdle for athletes. Many athletes disconnect from the sports world entirely, whi...
Sports data, betting, governance & the law: Interview with Steven Burton, Genius Sports - Episode 41
Steven Burton is a sports lawyer and expert on legal issues related to the use of data in sport having acted for le...
Behind the scenes of the UK's Sports Betting Group: an interview with Emma Boggis and Leigh Thompson - Episode 40
In this podcast, Emma Boggis (@emmaboggis), Chief Executive at Sport and Recreation Alliance, and Leigh Thompson (@...
The future of anti-doping: Interview with CAS arbitrator & former General Counsel, USOC - Episode 39
In this podcast Jeffrey Benz, Sports Lawyer, CAS Arbitrator and former General Counsel for the US Olympic Committee...
The rise of stadium naming rights deals in US Sports - interview with Richard Brand, Arent Fox - Episode 38
Naming rights are not just for national leagues – now college teams, training facilities, and local stadium...
How does the transfer market influence the integrity of football? - Episode 37
In this podcast Sean Cottrell, CEO of LawInSport, hosts a roundtable discussion with three leading sports l...
Protecting the integrity of the Rugby World Cup - Ben Rutherford, Senior Legal Counsel and Integrity Unit Manager at World Rugby - Episode 36
In this audio and written interview, Ben Rutherford, Senior Legal Counsel & Integrity Unit Manager talks to LawIn...
Life as a CAS arbitrator at the Rio Olympic Games - Mark Hovell - Episode 35
In today's podcast, Mark Hovell (@MarkHovell) Head of Sport at Mills & Reeve and Arbitrator at the Court of Arbit...
An exclusive interview with the former Court of Appeal judge who helped expose corruption at the IAAF - Episode 34
In 2014 Michael Beloff QC, Chair of the Ethics Commission of the IAAF, appointed The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Hoo...
An inside look at how the RFU deals with on-field misconduct and disciplinary panels in rugby - Episode 33
In this Gerard McEvilly, Head of Discipline at the Rugby Football Union (RFU), speaks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrel...
Interview with Katherine Grainger and Vijay Parbat on their work with International Inspiration - Episode 32
Given the recent scandals in sport we thought there is a need to focus on some of the more positive outcomes that spo...
Interview with Dimitrios Efstathiou, Vice President, Legal at Major League Soccer - Episode 31
Dimitrios Efstathiou, Vice President, Legal at Major League Soccer (MLS), addresses these question as he talks with L...
How will the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games change sports law in Japan? - Episode 30
Takuya Yamazaki is one of the most prominent Japanese sports lawyers in Japan and is a member of the LawInSport Edito...
Dutee Chand's lawyer, Jim Bunting, talks about their successful case at the CAS against the IAAF - Episode 29
In this interview, LawInSport's Sean Cottrell talks Jim Bunting, a lawyer at, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg w...
Nick Bitel, CEO London Marathon & Chair of Sport England talks about the challenges facing sports governing bodies - Episode 28
In this interview Nick Bitel, Lawyer, CEO London Marathon & Chair of Sport England talks to Sean Cottrell, CEO of...
NFL's Next Gen Stats and Sportradar US deal explained: An exclusive interview with Ulrich Harmuth - Episode 27
In this podcast, we have an exclusive interview with Ulrich Harmuth, President of Sportradar US. Recently, Sportradar...
US sport and consumer protection laws - what sports teams need to consider when marketing to fans - Episode 26
In this interview Marc Roth, a partner at the US law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips explains the risks assoc...
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