Sport
UK Guide 2025 : Scotland
Band 2
Contact number
(0131) 228 2400About
Provided by Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Please visit the Addleshaw Goddard website to find out more about our work in this area: https://www.addleshawgoddard.com/en/specialisms/commercial-services/sport/
Chambers Review
Addleshaw Goddard has a distinguished sports law practice with longstanding expertise in acting for football clubs and their employees. Notably skilled in handling regulatory and wider contentious matters, alongside additional strengths in contractual work, commercial issues, and IT and data protection concerns. It draws upon wider resources in its offices across the UK to offer an integrated, nationwide service on cross-border mandates.
Work Highlights
- Addleshaw Goddard was instructed by Hibernian Football Club to handle a contract dispute between Hibernian Football Club and Sporting Pay regarding corporate hospitality, advertising and digital marketing services.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Addleshaw were excellent, giving succinct advice on a relatively complex issue. There has always been sufficient resource, with an excellent range of knowledge, and response times are good."
"Addleshaw Goddard were able to review a large amount of correspondence in a short amount of time and produced a response which was direct and to the point."
"Addleshaw were excellent, giving succinct advice on a relatively complex issue. There has always been sufficient resource, with an excellent range of knowledge, and response times are good."
"Addleshaw Goddard were able to review a large amount of correspondence in a short amount of time and produced a response which was direct and to the point."
Notable Practitioners
Helena Brown advises clients in football on a full suite of matters, regularly acting for both governing bodies and clubs.
"Helena is an excellent asset to us. Her commercial awareness and knowledge in her specialties are extremely beneficial to our in-house legal team."
Simon Catto is the head of Addleshaw Goddard's dispute resolution team in Scotland and focuses his practice on contentious sport matters. Clients regularly turn to him for his well-honed expertise in football-related disputes, where he acts on behalf of both players and clubs on contractual and regulatory matters.
"Simon is well known for his handling of disputes."