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Employment & Sports Disciplinary
We have extensive experience dealing with on and off field disciplinary issues at the highest level.
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Sports Forum: Data Analytics and the Future of Elite Sporting Performance
07 February 2017The ability to track an athlete’s performance is becoming ever more sophisticated and pervasive.
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Sports Forum: Creating new sports formats: The battle for influence
19 June 2018In our latest forum event, we will look at the commercial, legal and performance dynamics in developing these new sports properties, the key ingredients of success and whether entertainment now trumps performance in the modern sports landscape.
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Sports Q&A – Maternity leave and equal opportunities
31 July 2018Was it fair for Serena Williams to be seeded at Wimbledon?
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Sports Q&A - Are the new guidelines on influencer marketing relevant to Sport?
01 November 2018The requirement for influencers to use #Ad to ensure their promotion of brand partners on social media are clearly identified as advertising is not new. However recent guidelines issued jointly by the relevant regulators is a sharp reminder that they’re taking this seriously.
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Sports Q&A - How might Brexit affect sports immigration?
28 November 2018As things stand, the UK will leave the EU on 29 March 2019. The UK will adopt a new immigration system post-Brexit, under which free movement of European nationals and their family members will cease. There will be a period of transition until the end of 2020, during which free movement will continue, and a new “settlement scheme” will be rolled out for European migrants. Free movement will end completely from January 2021. All British businesses will be affected by these changes. However, Brexit poses some particular challenges to the sports sector.
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Sports Q&A – Privilege in internal investigations
18 December 2018We sometimes need to conduct internal investigations, which can often relate to quite sensitive matters (which we would prefer not to be made public). However, I’ve heard that the content of these investigations is not always privileged. How does privilege work in internal investigations and do you have any tips about how to preserve it?
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Artificial Intelligence: The New Driving Force Behind Sports Performance and Entertainment
13 February 2019If I was to raise the topic of “artificial intelligence” in football, you’d be forgiven for thinking I was referring to Joey Barton’s decision to enrol as a philosophy student at Roehampton University back in 2013. But not so – last month it was announced that London-based non-league club, Wingate & Finchley FC, have employed football’s very first ‘AI coach’.
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Sports Q&A - Can I share the club’s marketing database with our sponsors?
02 September 2019So it’s the end of summer, but all is not lost. The Rugby World Cup is just around the corner, we’ve still the Ashes to be settled, and the Solheim Cup is taking place at beautiful Glen Eagles in two weeks’ time. Meanwhile, focusing on the business of sport, in our Q&A this month Mark Hersey clarifies that GDPR hasn’t completely kiboshed monetising your marketing database through sponsorship.
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Sports Sponsorship - COVID19 Contractual Impact Assessment Flowchart
22 April 2020Sponsors and sports rights owners are grappling with the impact of COVID-19 event cancellations on their sponsorship agreements. The ‘partnership’ spirit in which sponsorship agreements are entered into will no doubt be tested, as rights can’t be delivered and purse-strings are tightened.
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Sports Q&A - How are esports regulated?
28 January 2021It’s impossible to answer this question without taking a closer look at the esports ecosystem. Although there are certain parallels to draw with traditional sports (with professional players, teams, leagues and championships) there are also significant differences. In particular, the international and national federation structure as seen in traditional sports is generally absent in esports.
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Sports Q&A - I've heard lots of noise about the Online Safety Bill, but is it relevant to sport?
15 September 2021Q: I've heard lots of noise about the Online Safety Bill, but is it relevant to sport?
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Sports Q&A: Conducting misconduct investigations
12 April 2022In an increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape, dealing with the intricacies of investigations can be fraught with difficulties, especially in a sports context. Often conducted under intense scrutiny, from the media and stakeholders, allegations need to be carefully and appropriately investigated to maintain your reputation and mitigate legal risk. In this Q&A we consider some of the key questions when conducting a investigation into your staff, coaches, officials or members.
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Sports Q&A: Non-competes
19 October 2023Our Q&A looks at the government's proposal on non-competes and what sports businesses should be doing about this now.
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Lewis Silkin has advised Mother on its investment into Run Deep, a new sports and entertainment agency founded by Jodie Fullagar and Rich Barker
06 February 2024Lewis Silkin has advised creative agency Mother, on its investment into sports and entertainment agency Run Deep.
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Sporting Chance
14 October 2016Alex Kelham, Head of Sports Business Group, has written an article for The Law Society Gazette. The article discusses how women lawyers should find time for sport to enhance their professional and personal lives.
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Overview of: ‘Data Analytics and the Future of Elite Sporting Performance’ forum 7 February 2017
21 February 2017The Lewis Silkin Sports Business Group hosted its latest forum event, ‘Data analytics and the future of elite sporting performance’ on Tuesday 7 February, at which our esteemed panellists provided real insight on how elite athletes and teams are increasingly relying on data analysis to gain a competitive edge.
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Will COVID-19 excuse contractual performance in international football contracts? - an overview of Court of Arbitration for Sport jurisprudence on force majeure
21 April 2020COVID-19 has caused financial difficulties for many in sport during the past few weeks, and especially football clubs given the current postponement of the season. It will, therefore, be no surprise if some parties will attempt to use COVID-19 in order to avoid contractual liabilities in the coming months.
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A&M Event Series: Innovative Sponsorships - Anticipating the legal risks to make the best ideas possible
28 January 2025Join us on Tuesday 28th January for our Innovative Sponsorships webinar hosted by Lewis Silkin partners Alex Kelham and Abigail Wise.
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Sponsorship Reporting Service
We offer a sponsorship management system reporting service as an invaluable tool to help you comply with your reporting duties as a sponsor of workers.