Expert sports lawyers
Offering the complete package to professional sportspeople
Our dedicated team of sports lawyers represent sportspersons and sports personalities within football, including the Premier League and the Championship, boxing, tennis, rugby and many other sports.
We understand the sports industry from both a legal, commercial and professional sportsperson perspective, and we can support you in any legal matter with our full service practices across the country.
Our team provide round-the-clock commercially sound advice when it’s needed most at a time to suit you. We’re on your side and able to offer that rapid response when required, as we do with our current sporting clients.
Get in touch with Dov Katz to discuss what we can do for you.
Main Areas Of Practice
Our sports lawyers provide clear and commercially sound advice to professional athletes.
Commercial contracts
Our commercial lawyers have vast experience. We make sure the contracts that are drawn up give the best possible outcome and protection for our clients, whether that is for sporting or commercial deals. Understanding the needs of clients and the market is key in this.
Defamation
We know that a reputation can take years in the making but be destroyed in a second. This is especially important for individuals in this online age. We advise on libel defamation, slander defamation, internet defamation and recommend how best to protect your reputation by bringing or defending libel claims in the High Court or by alternative dispute resolution.
Wealth management
Wealth management is crucial for professional sportspeople as a career at the top does not last forever. You need to ensure that any wealth you have earned in your career is protected and managed in the right way so that you can look after yourself, family and future generations.
Taxes
Our specialist tax solicitors know that retaining wealth and providing for your family is a key concern. Blake Morgan’s estate planning and international tax solicitors can help ensure your assets are structured to grow whilst making use of valuable reliefs.
Property
Residential property ownership requires consideration of both lifetime and succession issues whether you are acquiring UK property for investment or development. Considering the practicalities of ownership and the tax implications, we provide advice on the appropriate structures to ensure you can make the right decision.
Employment
We have a highly rated employment team that can help with all areas of employment law, including settlement agreements. Employment law is constantly changing but we keep on top of this and are able to assist in a variety of ways.
Trade marks
Blake Morgan’s specialist Brand Protection and Trade Mark team are experts in all aspects of worldwide brand protection and trade marks. We can help in all areas of trade marks from creation to protection and enforcing your trade mark around the world.
Immigration
Our extensive immigration expertise in areas such as investment, working and family visas, as well as settlement applications is highly valued by our private clients. We can help with the new immigration developments post-Brexit.
Litigation
The hundred-plus litigation and dispute resolution group at Blake Morgan acts on disputes in the Courts and in arbitration for international, national and regional clients. Our considerable regional presence, together with the London team, provides the group with the strength and depth to act on the most complex and significant of contentious problems.
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Our Clients
Working alongside agents, managers, accountants, financial advisers and other professionals, our sports lawyer team look after our clients’ welfare, allowing professional athletes to concentrate on what they do best.
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