Women’s Sport

With our extensive expertise and experience across many fields of sport related matters, including a variety of women’s sports specific, we are well placed to assist sports specific related to women.  We work for both domestic and international organisations, with governing bodies, sports related organisations, sports federations, clubs, teams, broadcasters, sponsors, and event organisers over a very broad range fo sports including (to name a few), football, rugby. Tennis, athletics, Golf, Olympic and Paralympic Games, Deaf Olympics and esports.

• The exploitation of sporting commercial rights
• Contingency planning and risk management
• Licensing and merchandising
• Sponsorship and advertising
• Brand protection management
• Major international sports event organization
• Ticketing and the data protection issues, including GDPR
• Sports governance – drafting rules
• Integrity in sport – sexual harassment
• Sports betting/gambling
• Investigations
• Disciplinary and anti-doping proceedings
• Dispute resolution  
• Sports broadcasting
• IT infrastructure advice for major sporting events
• Sports financing and M&A
• E-sports

When advising foreign clients, our firm can field a team of expert Japanese lawyers and foreign lawyers who have relevant experience and bi-cultural sensitivity. Our team can do business and draft documents in Japanese, English, German, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, and Marathi, and provides services around the clock through our global affiliated offices.

 

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