Global Summit 2024

11KBW
12 King's Bench Walk
2 Hare Court
2 Temple Gardens
36 Stone
39 Essex Chambers
4 New Square Chambers
A&O Shearman
Addleshaw Goddard
Alpine
Alvarez & Marsal
Ambiel, Belfiore, Gomes e Hanna Advogados
Ankura
Antas da Cunha Ecija
Arena Racing Company
Baker Tilly
Bar of Ireland
Bath Spa University
BCL Solicitors
Bird & Bird
Blackstone Chambers
Bolcar Law Offices
Bolt Burdon Kemp
Brandsmiths
British Horseracing Authority (BHA)
Browne Jacobson
Burness Paull
Cardiff Metropolitan University
CAS
Center Circle Sports
Charles Russell Speechlys
Charlton Athletic FC
Clue Software
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Court Management Consultants
Davison Equestrian
DAZN Group
DCMS
DLA Piper
Dubai Advocates & Legal Consultants
ECB
FA Sport
Farrer & Co
Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI)
FIFA
Fountain Court Chambers
Games24x7
Genius Sports Group
Gillespie Macandrew
Golf Saudi
Gowling WLG
Greenberg Traurig Limited
Harbottle & Lewis
Harris Kyriakides
Hausfeld & Co LLP
HCR Law
Herbert Smith Freehills
HKA Global Ltd
Hoffmann Liebs SPORTS LAW
Horwich Farrelly
Hudl
Hugh James
IIHF
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
International Olympic Commitee (IOC)
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
Irish Football Association
J+Legal
Jofre Sports Law
K&L Gates
K2 Intelligence Ltd
Kambi
Kingsley Napley
Kingston University
KPMG
Lawrence Stephens
Leeds United FC
Leicester City FC
LEVEL
Lewis Silkin
Life After Professional Sport
Linklaters LLP
Littleton Chambers
Liverpool John Moores University
Livida Sport
Lubbock Fine
Maciej Balazínski & Associates
Manchester United FC
MAQS
Markel
Melbourne Law School
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Michelmores LLP
Mills & Reeve
Mishcon de Reya LLP
MKN & Company Advocates
Molony Media
Momentus Technologies
MotoGP
Moulis Legal
NBA
Netflix
Newcastle United FC
Northridge
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Norwegian Olympic & Paralympic Committee & Confederation of Sports (NIF)
OA Legal
Ogier
Onside Law
Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games
Pepperdine University
Pinsent Masons
Pitch International
Premier League
Premiership Rugby
ProDataStack & Winners
Public Investment Fund
Qatar Investment Authority
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
Red Bull Media House GmbH
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
Rothschild & Co
Royal Yachting Association
Russell-Cooke LLP
Sarah Lewis Global Sports Leader
Secretariat Advisors
Segev LLP
Signify
Sport Resolutions
Sporting Way
Squire Patton Boggs
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Taylor Wessing
Thackray Williams
The Sports Consultancy
The United Rugby Championship
TLT
Tottenham Hotspur FC
Turkish Football Federation
Tyr
UCFB
University of Bialystok
University of Essex
University of Melbourne
Valuation Consulting
Walker Morris
Wiggin LLP
Williams Racing F1
Wordley Partnership
World Rugby

The below agenda is provisional and is subject to change.

PRE-SUMMIT SESSIONS (08:30 - 13:00) Monday 7th October 2024 - register 30 minutes before start of session

08:30 - 13:00: Roundtable Discussions* 

• 09:00 - 10:00 - Commercial Law
• 10:00 - 11:00 - Governance, Diversity & Inclusion
• 11:00 - 12:00 - Integrity
• 12:00 - 13:00 - Dispute Resolutions

09:00- 10:30: Workshop 1* - Foundation of Running Good Sports Investigations 

This workshop will walk you through a real-life example of how to handle an investigation, including the key steps you should take to manage your team, communications and reputation.

Facilitated by:

• Eve Giles, Partner, A&O Shearman
• Stephen Brown, Senior Associate, A&O Shearman
• Khush Kotecha, Associate, A&O Shearman
• Chris Haynes, Former Director of Communications, England and Wales Cricket Board and Sky Sports

11:15 - 12:45 - Workshop 2* - Developing and Managing Commercial Partnerships – Lessons from the Field.

Facilitated by:

• Magnus Yadi, Associate, A&O Shearman
• Jeremy Stone, Director of Legal, Williams Racing F1

GLOBAL SUMMIT - DAY 1 -- Monday 7 October (12:00 - 21:00)

12:00 - 13:30: Registration Opens

12:00 - 13:40: Lunch & Networking

13:40 - 13:45 - Welcome Speech

13:45 - 14:35: Session 1 - Legal, Risk & Compliance and Insurance

• Dr. David Sharpe KC SC, Barrister, 12 King’s Bench Walk & The Bar of Ireland
• Fatou Jeng, Former Head, Broadcast Regulation & Compliance, BT Sport
• Daniel Barton, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
• Graham Denny, Partner, Wordley Partnership
• Nathan Choudhury, Director, Baker Tilly (Moderator)

14:40 - 15:30: Session 2 - Data Protection & Cybersecurity

• Anya Proops KC, Barrister, 11KBW
• Maria Hernandes, Head of Privacy, Genius Sports Group
• Fiona Green, Founder and CEO, ProDataStack & Winners
• Nigel Parker, Partner, A&O Shearman
• Nicola Dean, Senior Legal Counsel, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team

15:30 - 16:00: Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:50: Session 3 - Dispute Resolution

• Amina Graham, Barrister, 2 Hare Court & former Head of Regulatory Legal Department, The Football Association
• Maciej Balazinski, Attorney at Law, Kancelaria Prawna Maciej Bałaziński i Współpracow & CAS Arbitrator
• Sylvia Krainin, Partner, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. 
• Björn Hessert, Counsel, Court of Arbitration for Sport
• Maureen Weston, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University & Arbitrator

16:55 - 17:40: Session 4 - Anti-doping

• Jack Anderson, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School
• Phil Hutchinson, Principle Associate, Mills & Reeve & WADA Board Member (Independent Ethics Board)
• Anna Thorstenson, Legal Counsel, FEI & Athletes Anti-Doping Ombuds
• Kendrah Potts, Barrister, 4 New Square Chambers
• Sophie Cashell, Barrister, Littleton Chambers (Moderator)

17:40 - 18:15: Refreshments & Networking

18:15 - 19:05: Session 5 - Commercialisation of Sport

• Jordan Prince, Counsel - Business & Legal Affairs (Content), Netflix
• Simon Casinader, Partner, K&L Gates LLP 
• Deepak Jain, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
• Cassandra Matilde Fernandes, Legal Counsel, Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, The Coca Cola Company
• Liam Thorpe, Head of Legal, Red Bull Media House GmbH

19:05 - 21:00: Food & Drinks Reception

GLOBAL SUMMIT - DAY 2 - Tuesday 8th October 2024  (08:00 - 15:00)

08:00 - 08:50: Registration & Networking

09:00 - 09:45: Session 6 - Women's Sport

• Marie-Anne Lindhardt, Partner & Head of Sports Group, MAQS
• Gabriella Lowe, Finance & Operations Manager, LawInSport & Women’s Football Consultant, NI PFA
• Valerie Goldstein, Non Executive Director and Senior Adviser, Livida Sport & Producer & Co-Host, The Women’s Football Finance Podcast
• Dr. Katie Smith, Associate, Squire Patton Boggs
• Yvonne Nolan, General Counsel, World Rugby 

09:50 - 10:35: Session 7 - Safeguarding

• Lereesa Easterbrook, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird
• Jake Marsh, Head of Signify Sport, Signify
• Stephan Smith, Senior Counsel, World Rugby
• Maike Herrlein, Scientific Associate and Trainee Lawyer, ASD
• Wayne Barnes, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs & Retired International Rugby Union Referee

10:35 - 11:25: Brunch & Networking

11:25 - 12:10: Session 8 - Betting and Fantasy Sport

• Ron Segev, Founding Partner, Segev LLP
• Niki Stephens, Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
• Alasdair Lamb, Senior Associate, CMS UK
• Sameer Chugh, Chief Legal Officer, Games24x7
• Ashley Blake, Head of Legal, Kambi (Moderator)

12:15 - 13:00: Session 9 - Financial Regulation & Sustainability

• Anand Patel, Partner, LEVEL
• Álvaro Gómez de la Vega Jiménez, Partner, Jofre Sports Law & Former In-House Counsel, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona & Malaga Club de Futbol
• Adam Crockett, Deputy Director for Football Governance, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
• Jonathan Brown, Senior Managing Director, Ankura
• The Rt. Hon. Lord Dyson, 39 Essex Chambers, Arbitrator and former Justice of the Supreme Court in 2010 and Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales, and Head of Civil Justice) (Moderator)

13:00 - 13:40: Refreshments & Networking

13:40 - 14:25: Session 10 - M&A and Investment in Sport

• Roger Morscheiser, Partner, A&O Shearman
• Alexander Robertson, Director, Rothschild & Co
• Vikram Banerjee, Director of Business Operations, England and Wales Cricket Board
• John Gleasure, Executive Vice Chairman, DAZN Group
• Sophie Jermine, Partner, A&O Shearman

14:30 - 15:10: Session 11 - Keynote interview - From sports lawyer to sports executive 

• Patrick Stewart, Former CEO, Board Member and General Counsel at Manchester United

15:10 - 15:15: Conference closing  

15:30 - 17:30 -  In-House Counsel Forums (After Hours) 

These forums are exclusively for in-house counsel to share knowledge and experiences with people in similar positions and stage of career. 

• General Counsel and Senior In-House Counsel Forum 
  Facilitated by:
   
  • Patrick Stewart, Former CEO, Board Member and General Counsel at Manchester United
    
    
• Mid-level and Junior In-House Counsel Forum
  Facilitated by: 

• Constanza Newton, Junior Legal Counsel, Red Bull

* Please note there are restricted number of spaces for the roundtables and workshops. We will do our best to accommodate as many attendees to attend at least one of these sessions. A form to register interest is sent to attendees a week before the Summit. 

Throughout the conference a number of forums for subject matter experts and stakeholders will take place under Chatham House Rule.  These roundtables give attendees greater opportunities to enter into more detailed topics specific discussions and develop relationships with colleagues with subject matter interest.  

TICKETS

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Member discounts

Institutional Members, Plus Yearly and monthly (with 3 or more months membership) members benefit from a £100 discount on early bird and full price tickets. (Discounts are applied at the time of purchase, provided you are signed into your account).

Discount codes

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Group Tickets 

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Please note, group tickets are designed specifically with the demands of sports organisations and government departments in mind. These tickets allow for people within sports organisations to share and invite colleagues who may otherwise not be able to attend, either due to time or cost restrictions to benefit from the Global Summit.