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Joshua Charalambous is a partner in RPC's sports group. He advises clients on a range of matters including disputes and transactions.
Joshua Charalambous
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Joshua Charalambous
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Josh is a Partner in RPC's Sports, Commercial and IP groups and advises on contentious and non-contentious issues in the sports, esports, interactive entertainment (video games), media (film, TV, music, podcasts and news), consumer brands & retail and technology sectors.
He is a specialist in sports regulatory, governance, safeguarding and disciplinary matters, and commercial contracts (sponsorship, retail supply chain, media rights acquisition and distribution, licensing and other BAU agreements).
Josh advises on the full range of IP rights and has significant disputes experience before the UK Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, IPEC, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Court of Arbitration for Sport, national sports regulatory/disciplinary forum, and national and international arbitration bodies.
He provides support on corporate deals in the sports sector, involving IP rights and licensing, and advises insurers (and, where applicable, their insureds) on pursuit, defence, coverage, monitoring and policy wording issues involving sports, IP, media and entertainment claims.
Professional Memberships
Sport Industry NextGen Leader 2021
LawInSport
British Association for Sport and Law
Independent Council Member, English Schools' FA (2017-2020)
Publications
Josh regularly contributes as an author to Entertainment Law Review and LawInSport on IP and sports related matters and is a regular speaker at sports law, esports and other industry events.
Strengths
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Joshua knows all of our contracts in detail and is able to proactively raise any challenges he sees coming while also working through scenarios in which we have to negotiate.
Joshua is a really strong lawyer and a pleasure to work with on a personal level.
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Joshua is incredibly helpful, knowledgeable and highly skilled. I would recommend working with him to anyone I meet in the sports industry.
His ability to provide timely, thoughtful advice has been instrumental in helping us move quickly and confidently on a range of legal and commercial matters.
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Joshua is one of the best partners we have across all sectors, and he is a crucial part of what we do.
Joshua knows all of our contracts in detail and is able to proactively raise any challenges he sees coming while also working through scenarios in which we have to negotiate.
Joshua is a really strong lawyer and a pleasure to work with on a personal level.
Joshua is incredibly helpful, knowledgeable and highly skilled. I would recommend working with him to anyone I meet in the sports industry.
His ability to provide timely, thoughtful advice has been instrumental in helping us move quickly and confidently on a range of legal and commercial matters.
Joshua is one of the best partners we have across all sectors, and he is a crucial part of what we do.
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