Members Update - January

Here is your LawInSport Members update for January, featuring our Stadia conference, our upcoming Negotiations workshop, an introduction to our newest institutional members, a look ahead to 2025 & more.

Sports Stadia Development Conference - Thursday

Join us on Thursday, 23rd January, for our half-day Sports Stadia Development conference. Speakers and topics:

Panel 1: Planning, developing & investing in Stadia:

Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers
John Roberts, Director, AFL Architects
Maria J. Segura Catalán, Partner, Clayton & Segura
Mike O’Shea, Partner, Gowling WLG UK (Moderator)

Panel 2: Managing sports stadia disputes:

Sam Parkinson, Director, Walker Morris
Matthew Finn, Senior Managing Director, Ankura
Rebecca Drake, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers (Moderator)

Panel 3: Sports grounds licensing issues, policing & crowd management:

Ewen MacGregor, Partner, TLT
Sean Cottrell, CEO, LawInSport (Moderator)

We are also delighted to welcome Michael Moran, Chief Operating Officer of 2020 Developments (Luton Limited), a sister company to Luton Town Football Club, as the keynote interview. Michael will share his insights from the club’s 10 year long journey to gaining planning approval to build a new 25,000-capacity iconic stadium in the centre of Luton, which provides ‘a major opportunity to secure long lasting regeneration for the town centre’.

The conference is co-hosted with 39 Essex Chambers and is being supported by Walker Morris, Gowling WLG & TLT.

To secure your tickets and find out more information, see here.

Workshop: Negotiating Commercial Rights Deals In Sport

On Wednesday 29th January, David Murray, Former Head of Sports Rights at the BBC, will be hosting a 90 minute Online Masterclass on Negotiating Commercial Rights Deals In Sport. The workshop will cover the first offer and power of anchoring, understanding and creating value, importance of communication, negotiation Styles and a Q&A.

For more information and details on how to register, see here.

New members

We are delighted to welcome the following new institutional members:

Souto Correa Advogados (Brazil)
Antas da Cunha ECIJA (Portugal)
Ranmore Law (UK)
Hugh James (UK)

Learn more about the advantages of institutional membership.

2024 & 2025 articles

Here are 10 helpful articles in which our esteemed Editorial & Advisory Board members have shared their expert opinions on, what they view, are the key topics of 2024 and the trends to watch in 2025:

Key Cases & Developments from 2024:

👉 UK & IRE

👉 Europe
👉 N. America
👉 C. & S. America
👉 Asia, Africa & Oceania

What to watch out for in 2025:

👉 UK & IRE
👉 Europe
👉 N. America
👉 C. & S. America
👉 Asia, Africa & Oceania