Centrefield

Centrefield is a specialist sports and media practice advising clients in the sports and media sectorsacross a broad range of areas, including contractual and commercial matters, regulatory and governance, disciplinary and integrity issues, (including anti-doping and betting matters), immigration, employment, sponsorship/partnership arrangements, image rights, corporate, reputation management/defamation, litigation and various contentious matters.

At Centrefield, we are consistently recognised as a market leader in the sports and media sectors,and our team has been setting the standards in these areas for many years. Our multi-lingual team is made up of a highly specialised team of lawyers with many years’ experience of advising clients in the sports and media industry throughout the UK and internationally.

Our global network of contacts enables us to advise on a worldwide basis. We work with governing bodies, national associations, international federations, leagues, clubs, player/athlete associations, individual players/athletes, investors and agents/intermediaries. We also work with rights holders, brands/sponsors and individual personalities.

At Centrefield, we have acted for some of the most high-profile businesses and individuals in sport on some of the most significant sports matters (both contentious and non-contentious) in recent years.

In addition, Centrefield is consistently recognised as a leading practice in football advising on football transactions and regulatory issues, including in respect of transfers/loans, player contracts, employment of managers/head coaches and other support/backroom staff, immigration/visa requirements, agent arrangements and disciplinary/integrity issues. We have also acted for a large number of football clubs internationally, across Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania.

We have close links with a wide network of specialist sports law firms around the world, including in Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Brazil, USA, Argentina, Japan and many others, as we are routinely involved in and co-ordinate advice on international transactions for our clients on the law in other jurisdictions. Similarly, we are regularly instructed by such international firms and their clients on matters requiring English law input.