Sport

About

Provided by Capital Law Limited

Our significant work with high profile sports clubs has earned us an international reputation in this sphere. Locally, we are sole legal advisors to Cardiff City FC and Glamorgan Cricket, making us without question Wales’ premier sports law firm. Our key lawyers have strong sporting backgrounds and maintain their links with sporting clubs, professional sportsmen and women, and governing bodies throughout England and Wales. The issues we represent our clients in are diverse, meaning we have high expertise in all areas, both contentious and non-contentious.

Industry sector expertise

Unlike other law firms in Wales, our clients range across the sporting sector - we represent the broadest and most varied client portfolio particularly in:

• Rugby
• Football
• Golf
• Cricket

Key types of work

Our sports team advise clients on a highly diverse range of sport and leisure issues, including:

• player transfer agreements
• Player contracts
• interpretation of the laws of the game
• interpretation of governing regulations
• agency agreements
• media/TV rights advice
• interpretation of international selection policies
• sponsorship/ stadium agreements
• advising on governance structures
• board disputes
• intellectual property licensing agreements
• intellectual property disputes
• ticketing
• broadcasting agreements
• data protection advice
• player disciplinary tribunals
• employment matters including Equality Act advice
• corporate transactions
• real estate developments.