Wordley Partnership announced as Silver Sponsors for the 7th Edition of LawInSport’s Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM)

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We are delighted to announce Wordley Partnership as a Silver Sponsor for the 7th edition of the global Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM) competition. The SLAM Grand Finals of the competition will take place on 23-24 April 2026 at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CAS”) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Paul Wordley & Graham Denny, Partners of Wordley Partnership said “we are delighted to support LawInSport and this wonderful event and conference. At the heart of LawInSport is education and the sharing of ideas and knowledge in the sports sector. All which are essential for progress and development. This is particularly important when it comes to the understanding insurance coverage, the pitfalls and the benefits, insurance being one of our main focusses and expertise.”

Sean Cottrell, CEO at LawInSport, added “We are delighted to have Wordley Partnership on board as a Silver Sponsor for SLAM. We greatly appreciate the support and goodwill of Paul and Graham, and the firm, and their enthusiasm to help support the next generation of lawyers in the sports industry."

About SLAM

The SLAM is a not-for-profit, student moot competition, organised to promote greater knowledge of the values and rules of international sports arbitration, the go-to dispute resolution mechanism in the sector.

SLAM provides students from around the world the opportunity to:

Develop and showcase their legal and advocacy skills before the world’s leading arbitrators and practitioners virtually and in-person;
Gain real world experience of international sports arbitration under the leading procedural rules;
Receive complimentary training on drafting written submissions and advocacy from some of the world’s leading advocates and arbitrators in world sport.

Students compete for the chance to win:

£1500 for the winners of the competition
£1000 for the runners-up of the competition

The competition welcomes students from all over the world and strives to be diverse in its student and judging base. Deserving students are provided with financial assistance for both the registration fee and the costs of appearing in the in-person rounds of the competition (if they advance), where there is demonstrated financial need, to ensure that financial barriers do not prevent students from receiving the exposure to sports law through the competition.

It is a non-profit initiative that brings together people from around the world to support and provide opportunities for students to connect, gain valuable experience that will help them in their career in law and sport. SLAM has seen:

300+ teams from 35+ countries entering the competition
100+ CAS Arbitrators & 100+ advocates, have volunteered their time and expertise to help judge the written submissions.

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About Wordley Partnership

Wordley Partnership is a leader in international dispute resolution with highly experienced lawyers previously with leading city law firms with expertise in all aspects of dispute resolution including International Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and Insurance and Reinsurance. This is complemented with their corporate, commercial and insurance regulatory practice which offers full-service capability in non-contentious and transactional work.

Their Partners have advised on some of the largest and most complex disputes across the globe. With their solutions led approach coupled with an impressive sector knowledge, strength and depth of resources and capability. Their expertise has been accumulated over many years from advising boards, risk managers, general counsel of companies across many industry sectors and companies located across multiple jurisdictions.

Their Partner-led service brings city and international experience and quality to clients across a broad range of industry sectors. This proven expertise is consolidated into one, customer service driven firm with expertise in all aspects of dispute resolution, commercial problem solving, corporate and M&A. Their sectors include Aviation, Commodities, Comm Tech, Construction, Energy & Natural Resources, Fraud, Hotel & Leisure, Industrial Risks, Insolvency, (Re) Insurance, Marine, Mining, Powergen, Property, Space, Sport, Superyacht and Gaming.

As a firm, they have been recognised as leading practitioners in the categories of Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation, Litigation for Policyholders, Professional Negligence, and International Arbitration within the main 2026 legal directories.

Paul Wordley and Graham Denny both have individual rankings in Legal 500 2026, Chambers 2026, Chambers Global 2026 and Lexology Client Choice 2026.

For more information on Wordley Partnership, please visit here.

About LawInSport

LawInSport is the world leading sports law knowledge hub and global community that provides practically focused expert analysis and commentary on the latest legal developments in sport. LawInSport collaborates with our community of over 30,000 lawyers, sports executives, sports administrators, athletes, coaches, academics and students and their organisations helping them to “understand the rules of the game”™