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Sport - UK-wide

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Onside Law is a specialist sports law firm with outstanding links throughout international football. It is valued for its commercial nous in a host of non-contentious sports matters, along with disputes and regulatory expertise. The team offers services in licensing arrangements, media and intellectual property. It frequently represents leading clubs, individuals and governing bodies in rugby, cricket, golf and cycling, with a presence in work involving e-sports.

Work Highlights

  • Onside Law advised Jannik Sinner, the current world #1 tennis player, on all aspects of defending a positive doping test.

Strengths

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With fantastic market knowledge, Onside are able to define with authority 'what is market', with excellent magic-circle-like matter management. The team has great variety across sports.

Sport respondent
UK

The firm has great knowledge of the industry. The team is always available to talk matters through, works at pace and always does a fair deal on fees.

Sport respondent
UK

They have a deep knowledge of the sector and experience in dealing with a wide range of matters in sport. They are well connected in the industry, with good access to high-quality advocacy.

Sport respondent
UK

They have the ability to clarify complex matters and make them far more easily understood. We have worked with and been advised by a good number of their team, and they all very impressive.

Sport respondent
UK

Detailed and technical drafting ability and a solution-oriented approach, with consistent quality, passion and personality across lawyers at all levels.

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Notable Practitioners

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Chris Walsh
2
Chris Walsh
2
Band 2

Chris Walsh is a respected sports lawyer who frequently acts on behalf of major broadcasters and sports governing bodies. He is particularly adept at assisting with acquisitions and corporate restructurings, in addition to possessing a strong contentious practice.

Chris is excellent to work with - responsive, thorough and very insightful.

He understands the business, what we're trying to achieve, what is less important and what the risks are, and is able to step back and look at the bigger picture and advise accordingly.

He's brilliant - very efficient and always good on detail while staying concise. His advice is presented in a way that can be easily understood by our business.

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Oliver Hunt
2
Oliver Hunt
2
Band 2

Oliver Hunt provides advice to a wide range of stakeholders in the world of sport including governing bodies, teams and clubs, and the individual athletes themselves. He has notable experience advising on contractual matters, as well as assisting with regulatory and disciplinary disputes.

He is a reassuring character who remains balanced in his reviews of the contracts, which is exactly what I've needed. He and the team have made the complicated simple.

An excellent lawyer, a great problem solver and a voice of reason.

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Jamie Singer
3
Jamie Singer
3
Band 3

Jamie Singer offers particular expertise in matters arising in football, tennis and rugby, regularly advising clubs, governing bodies and athletes. His broad practice includes advising on sponsorship deals, restructurings and governance arrangements, as well as various contentious issues.

Highly experienced and hugely knowledgeable.

He is a very nice chap with great in-depth industry knowledge.

He is great strategically and at managing relationships.

He's extremely flexible, patient in dealing with situations and very reasonable. He understands the long-term nature of the relationship, making sure we are resourced properly when it gets busy.

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Adam Leadercramer
5
Adam Leadercramer
5
Band 5

Adam Leadercramer is a specialist commercial sports lawyer who frequently advises on sponsorship and broadcasting issues in the sector. His clients include organisations within the motorsports, tennis and rugby sectors.

One of my go-tos for complicated things that need drafting, I trust his judgement implicitly.

An exceptional lawyer with very impressive technical skills, he's responsive, understands our priorities, and distils advice that is clear, concise and can be easily understood within our business.

An excellent technical lawyer as well as being able to present things in such a way that the wider business can understand them and make decisions based on the advice provided.

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Chris Walsh
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Chris Walsh
2
Band 2
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Oliver Hunt
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Oliver Hunt
2
Band 2
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Jamie Singer
3
Jamie Singer
3
Band 3
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Adam Leadercramer
5
Adam Leadercramer
5
Band 5
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