Ward Hadaway LLP

Our team of lawyers has acted for clients within numerous elite sports.  Examples of clients our lawyers have represented are:

• Newcastle United Football Club
• Leeds United Football Club
• Crysal Palace Football Club
• Sheffield United Football Club
• Reading Football Club
• Wycombe Wanderers Football Club
• Durham County Cricket Club
• Newcastle Red Bulls (formerly, Newcastle Falcons)
• British Weightlifting
• Ice Hockey UK
• Walsall Football Club
• Harrogate Town Football Club
• Premier Ice Hockey Limited
• Premier League and EFL footballers
• Premier League and EFL managers
• Rugby League players
• Motor racing drivers
• Mixed Martial Arts professionals competing internationally
• Football agents / intermediaries

In summary, our team has extensive sports law experience across the board when it comes to supporting:

• Teams and their Owners
• Players and athletes
• National Governing Bodies
• Leagues and Competitions
• Sponsors and Commercial Partners
• Agents and Intermediaries
• Educational Institutions and Charities

As well as specialist sports law advisors, we have hundreds of lawyers across numerous complementary legal services. This allows us to offer a full spectrum of assistance to sports stakeholders on a day to day basis, whatever issue they are facing.  We are a full service law firm.

We work across the full range of sports law issues such as:

• Regulatory and Governance advice.
• Contract negotiation and related Employment and Immigration law advice.
• Day to day advice to in house sports lawyers.
• Sports Arbitrations and Litigation.
• Disciplinary, selection policy/decisions and drug testing.
• Safeguarding and child protection.
• Internal investigations in relation to complaints/allegations relating to discrimination, abuse and corruption.
• Sponsorship Agreements.
• Protection of Image Rights.
• Enhancement and protection of commercial, intellectual property and technology rights.