Alisdair is a Legal Director in Bird & Bird’s Sports Group in London, specialising in disputes and regulatory matters.

He has acted in relation to various aspects of sports rightsholders' anti-piracy programs (ranging from High Court actions against individuals to applications for dynamic blocking injunctions) and handling regulatory and compliance matters dealt with under sports governing bodies' own internal arbitration systems.

He has also assisted clients in relation to reviewing and updating their governance structures in order to make sure that they are aligned with current best-practice and standards.

Alisdair was previously seconded to a national sports governing body where I worked closely with the integrity, intelligence and disciplinary teams to prepare a number of anti-doping cases, ultimately presenting submissions to an independent disciplinary panel.

He is also a member of England Boxing's disciplinary panel.