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At Hugh James sport is
not just an area of expertise, it’s a way of life. As a firm we are
passionate about sport.
Our team advise on legal
sporting issues and many play an active role in the local sporting
community, some have competed at a very high level.
We firmly believe that
this passion and hands-on experience enables us to give our
sporting clients balanced and commercially focused advice and
demonstrate a thorough understanding of the sporting world.
Our team are widely
recognised as the leading sports lawyers in Wales, having advised
the nation's sporting bodies, venues and athletes on a vast range
of legal issues.
Hugh James sports services
1. Services to sports individuals
Our sports practice offers a
comprehensive service to athletes, helping you to manage life on
and off the field. We can advise you about issues that directly
affect your sporting career and contractual obligations as well as
your day-to-day legal requirements.
Services include:
- contracts
- disciplinary hearings
- sports injury
- image rights
- asset management
- property
- financial services
See our full range of services to individuals
2. Services to sports
organisations
Sports organisations need
lawyers who understand their game. Over the last 20 years our
specialist sports team has dealt with high profile, controversial
and sensitive matters on behalf of sports organisations. Our vast
expertise in this area allows us to give informed, commercially
focused guidance to our sporting clients on a broad range of legal
issues.
Services include:
- governance issues for sporting bodies
- sponsorship agreements
- disciplinary hearings
- stadium construction
- merchandising and licensing
- ambush marketing
- funding
See our full range of services to
businesses
3. Full time
When you call time on
your sporting career it is essential that you work with advisors
who can help to continue to be successful in the next phase of your
life. Our sports team have a broad range of experience advising
former professional athletes in their transition to business.
We can help you to:
- start a business
- invest in property
- manage your image
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Hugh James sports sector experience
- Services to sports individuals
- Services to sports organisations
1. Services to sports
individuals
- Scott Quinnell on the formation of investment vehicle ‘Dynevor
Ltd’ and its subsequent acquisition of Dore
- International rugby player Ricky Evans in the first successful
personal injury claim arising out of an international rugby match
(France v Wales) when he sued Olivier Merle and the French RFU for
damages.
- Numerous former international rugby players on their personal
injury insurance claims following forced early retirement
- Numerous sports personalities on their matrimonial affairs
- An Olympic medallist on a contractual dispute with his
promotional company
- A professional golfer in relation to contractual agreements
with a global sports agency
- An Olympic medallist on a personal injury matters
- A professional golfer on a number of financial investments
- Numerous former and current international rugby players at
disciplinary hearings
2.
Services to sports organisations
Welsh Rugby Union Ltd (WRU) on a range of legal issues
including:
- its groundbreaking £30 million agreement relating to the
funding and operation of its four rugby regions: the Cardiff Blues,
the Llanelli Scarlets, the Newport-Gwent Dragons and the
Ospreys
- Their incorporation as a limited company and transfer of assets
to the WRU from the former unincorporated association
- governance issues
- commercial agreements including sponsorship
and broadcasting agreements
- disciplinary cases involving high profile
international players
- the two million pound Centre of Excellence at
the Vale Hotel, Golf and Spa Resort in Hensol
Millennium Stadium on a broad range of legal issues
including:
- a £50 million facility with Barclays Bank
- the construction of the stadium
- a successful case against an organiser of a
boxing event at the stadium involving Joe Calzaghe
Numerous commercial, employment and
events contracts including:
- Ffos Las Limited (part of the Walters Group) in connection with
the new racecourse development in Carmarthenshire
- Yeovil Town Football Club on their proposed new stadium
- Llanelli RFC in an injunctive threat to
block Celtic League- c 1999/2000
- Numerous sports clubs on their Club Premises Certificates
- The Welsh Hockey Union on employment matters
- Cardiff Bay Authority/Cardiff Council on their successful
action to protect the sailing club at Llanishen Reservoir
- Bay Leisure Ltd on its agreement to run Swansea Leisure Centre
and various commercial contracts
- Golf Union of Wales on commercial and corporate matters
- Select Sport Matters on sports agency agreements
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Contact
Gareth
Williams
Senior Partner
Commercial Litigation
E gareth.williams@hughjames.com
T 029 2039 1022
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