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Sport - UK-wide

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Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Farrer & Co is instructed on matters across the whole sporting sphere, with acknowledged expertise in advising major governing bodies including Olympic organisations and The FA. It assists sports clubs with a wide range of commercial, property and governance matters. Also represents a number of elite athletes in commercial and private matters, including image rights, tax planning and reputation management. Offers a full-service approach with strength in safeguarding and employment matters.

Strengths

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Farrer & Co's thorough and robust approach, providing oversight and steering us through the complexities of legal obligations for sporting bodies, has been invaluable.

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They have talent available across a range of topics.

Sport respondent
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I found them really responsive, very knowledgeable and very practical. We were dealing with multinational, multi-stakeholder meetings and they were very good at managing that world.

Sport respondent
UK

Farrer is my go-to firm when something has gone wrong. They are very responsive and my favourite firm for important and strategic matters. Great value for money, in my view.

Sport respondent
UK

Farrer have exceptional knowledge of the sector, lots of experience and knowledge within the team. They are responsive and always appreciate when something needs to be dealt with particularly quickly.

Sport respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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Julian Pike
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Julian Pike
4
Band 4
Julian Pike is held in high regard for his expertise in reputation management on behalf of individual athletes and sports governing bodies.

Julian is our go-to lawyer for serious situations encompassing reputation or any other strategic matter.

Julian is very good at dealing with highly sensitive situations. He is also very robust and gives the client the advice they need.

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