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Sport - Scotland

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What the Team is Known For

Burness Paull maintains a prominent sports department which offers a broad range of legal services for governing bodies, clubs and individuals in Scotland and beyond. It advises on all sports, although it has particularly extensive experience in football. The department is able to provide multidisciplinary support that encompasses all kinds of legal advice, including on litigation, employment, commercial, corporate and brand protection.

Work Highlights

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  • Burness Paull assisted the Renaissance Club golf venue with its immigration requirements for business visas for its executive personnel, and with the preparation and submission of several intra-company transfers, and advice on compliance duties in relation to its sponsor licence.

Strengths

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The partners are industry experts and provide great oversight and training to juniors. They have a good awareness of what is happening in Scotland and beyond.

Sport respondent
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Their response rate was good, as was their willingness to work hard for solutions. They gave good wider commentary about the industry and issues that may be of impact.

Sport respondent
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Burness Paull are extremely capable of handling complex and sophisticated matters for us, and they are always very quick on the response, and always with plenty of detail.

Sport respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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Stephen Farrell
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Stephen Farrell
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Band 2

Stephen Farrell is a litigator, dual-qualified in Scotland and England & Wales. He frequently acts for leading brands, governing bodies and corporate clients in sports disputes.

He provides great commercially-based legal advice and is always contactable.

We have been delighted with his support.

A rising star in the sector.

Stephen has lot of experience in a lot of sectors; he can pull that together. He is very good strategically and calmly works out the cleanest route to the answers.

He is knowledgeable, highly capable and going places.

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