Boxing, MMA & Helping Others: Mohit Pasricha, Mackrell Solicitors - E132

Tuesday, 05 July 2022

Mohit Pasricha is a Partner and Head of the Sports & Entertainment Team at Mackrell.Solicitors. He advises and represents a variety of sporting clients within the industry. He provides comprehensive advice on commercial and intellectual property matters in sport.

His clients, among which include professional sport clubs, commercial sponsors, sports agents and individual sporting professionals with a particular focus on football, boxing, mixed-martial arts and motor-racing. Mo advises on matters including: sponsorship and endorsement agreements, commercial partnerships, kit-supply contracts and player-agent representation agreements.

Mohit also places a significant focus on the continuing need for better education of athletes within various sports, and often cites the fact most athletes do not necessarily receive professional advice (or have access to advisors who have sport-sector expertise).

2:16 - The origins of the Sport & Entertainment at Mackrell.Solicitors

15:53 - Good and the bad of working in the boxing & MMA

24:05 - Overcoming that adversity and the challenges that came working in a sector that was not diverse

28:41 - How to deal with people constantly telling you you can't

32:27 - Supporting people who need advise

35:52 - How the law and sports sector can work on being more diverse and inclusive

42:08 - The benefits of doing pro-bono work

We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.

The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.

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