Litigation

11KBW’s barristers advise and represent clients on sports law and sports-related matters, both as a stand-alone specialism and as a natural adjunct to our award-winning employment practice, as well as our highly-acclaimed human rights, regulatory, public, EU, data protection/data privacy and commercial law practices.

12KBW’s barristers have significant experience in sports law at all levels of seniority and our silks and juniors regularly appear in courts and specialist tribunals both domestically and internationally across the full range of sports law matters.

The 2TG Sports Law Team comprises specialist advocates who have extensive experience of acting for clients in high profile or sensitive matters across all major sports including football, rugby (union and league), motorsports (F1, MotoGP, motocross, Formula 3 and karting), cycling, equestrianism, cricket, skiing, gymnastics, martial arts, netball and tennis.

4 New Square Chambers is one of the leading sets for Sports Law in the UK. Chambers regularly acts for domestic and international governing bodies, clubs, agents, and individual athletes, as well as mediating and arbitrating significant sports disputes.

Ambiel Advogados was established in 2008 as a boutique firm focused on rendering legal services to the sports sector, by practitioners with solid careers with some of the most respected law firms in Brazil who wanted a more personal and individualized form of serving their clients.

The Sports, Fashion and Entertainment Practice Area at Antas da Cunha Ecija & Associados is considered innovative, differentiating and of excellence in the Portuguese and International market, focusing on transversal, and specialised legal advice for celebrities, companies and organisations in the Sports, Fashion and Entertainment industries. All this, in a “family office” mindset within a global, innovative and highly technological law firm.

ATFIELD, a leading legal service provider in the sports sector in Belgium, combines the sports departments of full service law firm, Altius, and the tax law firm, Tiberghien.

Baker Tilly’s Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services team is a multidisciplinary forensic accounting and consulting practice that provides accurate and reliable financial analysis to organisations seeking clarity in complex situations. With an experienced global team in offices on five continents, we are unified by a single goal: to deliver complete, accurate financial analysis with absolute integrity. Our clients include multinational corporations, global insurance companies, leading law firms and government entities.

We are experts in criminal law and are consistently top-ranked by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. We act for a diverse portfolio of clients including companies, individuals, and public bodies.

Our team is widely regarded as a market-leading sports, media and entertainment practice. We advise clients on the full range of issues, including defamation; litigation; financing; acquisitions; real estate and more.

Members of Blackstone Chambers have exceptional expertise and experience across all areas of sports law, ranging from state control of the sector, through sports body governance and regulation, and employment and other horizontal relationships between participants, to all aspects of the commercial exploitation of sport.

Brucher Thieltgen & Partners is able to tackle any type of disputes and give advice in a large panel of sports related fields such as employment law, contract negotiation, drafting of commercial contracts, transfer issues, doping-related disputes, intellectual property rights, disciplinary proceedings before sports federations, etc.

Centrefield LLP is a specialist sports practice advising clients in the sports sector across a broad range of areas, including contractual and commercial matters, regulatory and governance, disciplinary issues, (including anti-doping), immigration, employment, sponsorship/partnership arrangements, image rights, corporate, defamation, litigation and criminal law.

Charles Russell Speechlys is the preeminent law firm for clients in the sport sector, and has been at the forefront of providing legal advice in the sports sector for more than 100 years

Clarke Willmott are specialist solicitors for the sports sector. We provide a full service that is proactive, sharp and cost effective for all your legal issues, from sports employment disputes and disciplinary matters to stadia construction projects; from commercial contracts and sponsorship agreements, to advising on high profile sports club insolvencies.

We have a dedicated global, cross-practice Sports Sector Group with unrivalled expertise and experience, built on 25 years of providing innovative and commercial solutions to our clients around the world. The group regularly advises on the biggest ticket issues facing sporting bodies, investors, clubs and lenders.

Clyde & Co is a dynamic, global law firm focused on providing complete legal services to clients across the UK & Ireland, and globally.

As a trailblazer in the field of sports law in Asia, Field-R has nearly 20 years of experience providing highly-specialized services to Japanese and international clients.

Frankfurt Kurnit’s Sports Group represents a wide variety of clients, including leagues, teams, international governing bodies, and other rights holders; leading corporate sponsors, sports brands, marketing agencies and content distributors; and well-known athletes, coaches, sportscasters, sportswriters, executives and management companies.

Global Sports Advocates is an internationally recognized law firm solely dedicated to the practice of sports law. Having represented clients from more than 60 different countries and more than 60 different sports, Global Sports Advocates has seen and done it all for international sports stakeholders from professional, collegiate, and Olympic athletes to coaches, teams, and governing bodies.

As Chambers Scottish Firm of the Year 2025 and Scotland's first recognised sports law specialist team, Harper Macleod has been top ranked in sport by the UK's leading independent legal directories since 1999.

The sports industry is one of the most thrilling sectors and provokes a multitude of passion, opinions and excitement for everyone involved. The opportunities and challenges are far-reaching and diverse. We at Herbert Smith Freehills help businesses navigate the sector in order to help our clients thrive in the complex and rapidly changing landscape.

Market-leading litigation practice representing individuals and organisations in the sporting world which face the prospect of criminal investigation, proceedings, or associated litigation. 

Our experts are on hand to support clients when serious incidents occur, including managing the immediate incident response and PR implications, resolving civil damages claims, regulatory and criminal investigations including complex Inquests and Fatal Accident Inquiries, commercial disputes and advising on insurance coverage and wordings.

We are a Top 100 UK law firm with offices in London, Cardiff, Manchester, and on the South Coast, advising leading organisations and brands, including British Boxing Board of Control, Welsh Rugby Union and Football Association of Wales.  

K&L Gates’ sports practice has been servicing the legal needs of individuals and businesses involved in the sports sector for over 20 years. We have a market-leading international team of sport and entertainment lawyers throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.

Keane Legal is a leading European sports law practice located in Brussels at the heart of the European Union, providing counsel on the application of EU law to the regulatory and commercial activities of sports organizations.

The Law Firm of Ingles Laurel Calderon (ILC Law) is the only Philippine law firm with a specialized and dedicated practice in sports law. ILC Law has assisted in diverse range of sports law issues, ranging from sports sponsorship and branding matters to employment issues of professional athletes.

Maisto e Associati is an independent Italian law firm specialised in tax law. Established in 1991 by lawyers with many years of experience in the field, Maisto e Associati has grown consistently in size and reputation and now has more than 60 members (partners, of counsels and associates). With a proven track record in tackling even the most complex cases, clients receive the benefit of years of experience combined with customized care and advice to the highest standard.

Our sports law team has advised clients on a wide range of legal issues across a variety of different sports for over fifty years. In that time, we have built a strong foundation based upon providing clients with a wealth of experience and a personal and engaging approach.

Founded in 2005, Onside Law are the pioneers of boutique sports law, with unrivalled sector knowledge and experience.

Parmars is an international sports law and business consultancy focused on helping governing bodies, clubs, agencies and players and athletes across from football, futsal, Esports, volleyball, athletics boxing, tennis and cricket many other sports. 

We provide bespoke practical advice and training on a range of matters involving sports law and business, including contentious and non-contentious issues, reputation and crisis management, business development.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is a top 50 UK law firm which provides high quality legal advice tailored to both businesses and individuals. Our sports group provides advice across the sector, but with a strong focus on our core areas of football, individuals in sports, motor sports and e-sports.  We have a full-service sports offering, uniquely able to leverage the firm’s strength in acting for both businesses and individuals, including its renowned private wealth sector.

We represent professional sports teams and leagues in various capacities including labor and employment disputes, workers’ compensation law and insurance defense matters. 

RPC’s Sports Group is regularly ranked highly in directories and industry publications.  We know that sport is a passion for you – it's a passion for us, too. Like you, we turn that passion into performance.

For us, a sports practice is different. It's an area where the commercial and personal elements of the work go hand in hand with the technical legal rules. That's what makes it both exciting, and rewarding.

Our core Sports Group offers specialist advice on the full spectrum of issues that touch on the world of sports and eSports, including disciplinary, governance and regulatory issues, and the full range of commercial issues (including sponsorship/endorsements, IP and brand protection, litigation, data protection, and acquisitions).

If you're a brand or sports organisation involved in a scandal and in need of advice on response strategy or the effect on agreements, we can help. If you're a sportsperson who needs guidance on allegations of corruption or other disciplinary issues, we can help with that, too. Our cross-firm team of experts provides technically skilled, commercially grounded, practical advice as a value proposition, focussed on meeting your individual objectives.

Schelstraete Equine Lawyers is an international law firm specialized in (Equine) Sports Law and is a leading force in this field. In addition, Schelstraete Equine Lawyers is founder and part of the international Alliance Group ‘European-US-Asian Equine Lawyers’, a trendsetting alliance of the world’s best Equine Law Firms

Segev LLP’s dedicated Sports Law practice group of skilled and experienced lawyers have a passion for sports and a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues that affect businesses, associations, charities, and other organizations involved with professional and amateur sports.

Sheridans' industry-recognised Sports Law group works with and within a number of sports, including football, cricket, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf, rugby union and league, table tennis, cycling, badminton and netball, and regularly advises clients (both in the UK and internationally) on all commercial matters relating to sports law.

We act for National Governing Bodies, Integrity Agencies, Premier League and Championship clubs, players, athletes and other sporting individuals.

UNO | ONE LEGAL PARTNERS is a law firm founded in 2023 by Santiago Nebot and Josep F. Vandellòs after several years of working together on different cases.  It operates on a worldwide basis providing cutting-edge and bespoke legal services and advice in all matters related to the sports, media and entertainment industries at the most competitive rates.

Wiggin’s sports team specialises in the funding, creation and execution of high value commercial opportunities which form the bedrock for the funding of sport. We’re best known for advising both sports rights holders and buyers of high-value audio-visual and data rights.

Wordley Partnership specialise in disputes and corporate law advising professional and amateur sports clubs, organisations and businesses; associations; sports national governing bodies, individual sports participants , players, coaches and instructors.