
Bilal Mirza
Bilal is a city Partner with 23 years’ experience of working with the insurance industry for insurers and re-insurers and specialist Brokers across the market. His sports law practice includes dealing with all insurance related sports and specialist event matters to include claims, quantum, policy wording, indemnity issues, risk coverage, regulatory coverage and advising and defending sports related injuries . He has significant experience and is a skilled Litigator and has experience of Arbitration and Mediation arising from amateur, semi-professional, professional and elite level. He has represented and advised clubs, teams and individuals as well as national governing bodies, county bodies and sporting organisations, unions and event organisers ultimately with the aim to seek best outcomes for all working in a collaborative manner.
His experience includes having advised and worked with insurers and The FA in establishing the National Grass Roots insurance scheme ( NGIS). He has advised upon and dealt with some high profile matters involving elite international Rugby players and their insurers as well as international motor racing drivers, jockeys, horse racing matters and Football clubs.
He has a proven and strong record of commercial and business acumen and financial skills across legal business and non-legal business. That combined with his in-depth knowledge of the insurance industry gives him the ability to have a good insight of best practice and ability to manage the needs and outcomes for both insurers and the sporting community, its participants and their various financial and non-financial stakeholders.
He has a particular interest in motorsports have raced karts since a young age and also runs his own kart racing team.