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Sports

We provide specialist legal advice and assistance for people involved or connected with the world of sport.

For many years we have advised in this field, offering expertise in the following areas:-

  • Defamation and protection of legal rights;
  • Legal representation of sports personalities;
  • Corporate advice;
  • Contractual matters including negotiation of sponsorship agreements;
  • Food and beverage contracts;
  • Employment issues including specialising in negotiating and drafting compromise agreements;
  • Funding and securitisation of sporting facilities;
  • Planning applications for new stadia development, stadia improvements, alternative uses i.e. concerts;
  • Advice on setting up sports charitable trusts;
  • Advice on the purchase of sports premises, leases and licences;
  • Licensing of alcohol and provision of public entertainment and late night licences for sports stadia; and
  • Intellectual property rights.

We are particularly proud to represent Hampshire County Cricket Club and Southampton Football Club.

Chambers UK 2008 state "Janet May of Paris Smith & Randall LLP joins the rankings in recognition of her niche expertise in sports and leisure developments; she advises high-profile clients such as Southampton FC and Portsmouth City Council on a wide range of planning matters including site feasibility studies, policy issues, planning applications and planning and highways infrastructure agreements.  Highlights for her include successfully obtaining planning permission for Hampshire Cricket, for the installation of world-class floodlights at the Rose Bowl in Southampton."