Selling Points

Diverse Practice Areas: The firm integrates expertise across family, immigration, and private client teams, allowing it to provide holistic solutions to clients in the sports sector.
Wide Client Base: Represents a varied clientele, from elite athletes and high-net-worth individuals to startups and early-stage investors.
Sector Expertise: Delivers services across multiple industries, including art, luxury, retail, technology, and sport, positioning it as a versatile legal advisor.
Global Reach: Trainees can apply for international secondments to offices in Zurich, Geneva, Hong Kong, Dubai, Paris, or Luxembourg, or explore in-house opportunities, including with the firm’s dedicated ESG team.
Focus on Technology and Innovation:
- Shortlisted at the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards 2022 for its use of Luminance, an AI tool for analyzing trends in private M&A transactions.
- Judges for the STA Group’s Sports Technology Awards, reinforcing its commitment to tech-led innovation in sports.
- First UK firm to establish webcam pro bono clinics during COVID, showcasing its forward-thinking and community-driven approach.
Exclusive Training Opportunities: Small trainee intake and access to the CMS Business School Ignite programme, which focuses on developing business acumen alongside legal skills.

Key Clients

Work Highlights

Represented private investors in six high-profile acquisitions and disposals of English football clubs.
Acted as Nike’s primary UK legal counsel, including drafting and negotiating creative services agreements for its Olympics marketing initiatives in Paris.
Advised the ITF on its most critical legal matters, spanning multiple disciplines, cementing its role as the ITF’s go-to legal partner.

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