Latest Lawinsport Podcast Episodes
Increase competition & trends in sports disputes - John Mehrzad KC - E140
Law In Sport Podcast - December 11, 2023 13:01 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSports lawyer, barrister and arbitrator, John Mehrzad KC discusses his recent move to Fountain Court Chambers, and what this means for the potential for increased competition in sports law, and improved representation in the sports law market. John shares his view on the value of sports clients (...
A career dedicated to helping players - Brendan Schwab, World Players Association - E139
Law In Sport Podcast - February 24, 2023 10:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBrendan Schwab has spent his career helping, and leading, players and sports organisation to be better prepared to face the challenges they face. In this episode, Brendan reflects on his career to date and provides a fascinating insight into sport, law, industrial relations, human rights and lead...
A trailblazer in Italian and international sports law - Prof Massimo Coccia - E138
Law In Sport Podcast - January 26, 2023 16:24 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMassimo Coccia is founding partner of Coccia De Angelis & Associati law firm. He holds a J.D. degree cum laude from the Law School of the University of Rome Sapienza (1981) and a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the University of Michigan Law School (1984), which he attended with a Fulbright fe...
The future of African club football - CAF Club Licensing System and Stadiums Regulations
Law In Sport Podcast - December 12, 2022 16:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn July 2022, after a delay due the pandemic, the CAF Executive Committee adopted a new regulatory framework for the CAF Club Licensing System and Stadiums framework. The new regulations are the first major reform of CAF's club licensing system and stadiums since first introduced in 2012, which i...
Football, FIFA & Diego Maradona - Paolo Lombardi - E136
Law In Sport Podcast - December 02, 2022 15:38 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOur guest for this show is Paolo Lombardi, founder of Lombardi Associates. He has had an illustrious career in football and law. In this show Paolo talks about his time at the start of the FIFA's legal department, meeting Diego Maradona in a disciplinary case, starting a sports law firm and more....
A Pioneer In Sports Law - Pro. Kenneth Shropshire
Law In Sport Podcast - November 18, 2022 13:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsProfessor Kenneth Shropshire is a pioneer in the development of the sports law sector. He has had a distinguished career in sport, business and law over the last 40 years as a professor, business consultant, author, and lawyer. He has experience in a wide range of sports related issues such as r...
An insight into a $300 billion industry - Equine sports law, Luc Schelstraete & Piotr Wawrzyniak
Law In Sport Podcast - October 24, 2022 14:49 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs a $300 billion industry, it is hard to overlook the contribution equine sports law makes to the sports sector and the global economy. In this episode you will hear from leading specialists in equine law about the breadth of interesting, and at time unique, legal issues that arise for owners, t...
The changing corporate structures of Brazilian football clubs: José Francisco Manssur & Tiago Gomes
Law In Sport Podcast - July 18, 2022 15:29 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis podcast focuses on a new law in Brazil that is encouraging investment in Brazilian football. The new allows for clubs, to incorporate and receive investment while maintaining control of its identify. It is an innovative new approach. In this episode we speak to the drafter of law José Franc...
Boxing, MMA & Helping Others: Mohit Pasricha, Mackrell Solicitors - E132
Law In Sport Podcast - July 05, 2022 15:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMohit Pasricha is a Partner and Head of the Sports & Entertainment Team at Mackrell.Solicitors. He advising and representing a variety of sporting clients within the industry. He provides comprehensive advice on commercial and intellectual property matters in sport. His clients, among which incl...
Bobby Sharma, Special Adviser, Foley & Lardner LLP, trends in the global Esports industry - E131
Law In Sport Podcast - March 14, 2022 16:12 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBobby Sharma is a special adviser to the Sports & Entertainment Group at Foley & Lardner LLP. He has nearly 20 years of sports, media, and entertainment industry experience. Bobby is founding partner of Electronic Sports Group (ESG), a market-leading esports advisory firm which helps investment...
Caroline McGrory Finished
Law In Sport Podcast - March 08, 2022 10:47 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCaroline McGrory is the Chief Legal Officer for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. She started off her career in private practice before moving in house to IMG (the global sports marketing... In this podcast Sean Cottrell, CEO and founder of LawInSport, interviews leading sports lawyers, bu...
Caroline McGrory, Chief Legal Officer, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - E130
Law In Sport Podcast - March 08, 2022 10:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCaroline McGrory is the Chief Legal Officer for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. She started off her career in private practice before moving in house to IMG (the global sports marketing agency) in 2000. She then moved back into private practice to become the inaugural Head of the Sports G...
Representing Kevin De Bruyne & FIFA Agent Regs - Daan Buylaert & Sven Demeulemeester - E129
Law In Sport Podcast - February 22, 2022 13:14 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDaan Buylaert & Sven Demeulemeester are founders and Partners of ATFIELD, a collaborations between of full service law firm Altius and the tax law firm Tiberghien, which provides a single point of contact for sports sector. Their clients include football clubs inside and outside of Belgian, inv...
In Conversation With Sohail Ali & Gurpreet Duhra On Discrimination In Cricket And Law - E128
Law In Sport Podcast - February 04, 2022 17:39 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn 2020, Azeem Rafiq publicly spoke about the alleged racism faced at him while he played for the Yorkshire Country Cricket Club (YCCC) between 2008-2014 and 2016-2018. Eventually, YCCC launched its own investigation and Rafiq also appeared before a UK Parliamentary Committee to elaborate on his ...
Ricardo De Buen, Founding and Managing Partner, DE BUEN LAW - E127
Law In Sport Podcast - January 14, 2022 13:38 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsRicardo de Buen Rodríguez is the founding and Managing Partner of the Law Firm DE BUEN LAW in Mexico City. He is also a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport since 2002 and was part of the ad Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport during the Olympic Games London 2012. He is a...
Mark Kurtenbach, Partner, Hogan Lovells - E126
Law In Sport Podcast - December 20, 2021 15:24 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMark Kurtenbach represents private and public companies and private equity and venture capital investors in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, securities offerings, joint ventures, strategic relationships, and general corporate matters. He is a partner at Hogan Lovells in their...
Reyes Bellver, Founder, Bellver Sports Law- E125
Law In Sport Podcast - December 13, 2021 16:03 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsReyes Bellver is the Founder and Attorney-at-Law at Bellver Sports – Legal boutique (Madrid, Spain). She started her legal career at EY, but since 2009 she has been working in Sports Law and focused on football issues, defense of players, coaches and clubs before the dispute resolution bodies of ...
Ben Rutherford, Senior Director - Legal, ITIA E124
Law In Sport Podcast - November 26, 2021 18:56 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBen is the Senior Director, Legal at International Tennis Integrity Agency. He is a barrister and solicitor with 12+ years’ experience at top-tier firm and in-house, previously leading World Rugby’s Integrity Unit and now heading the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s new legal department. ...
Nick Iliffe, Senior Integrity Manager, Stats Perform & Jonathan Hirshler, CEO, Signify - E123
Law In Sport Podcast - November 22, 2021 16:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn August 2021, Stats Perform partnered with data-ethics brand Signify to launch an AI and data learning project with the aim of detecting and monitoring online abuse aimed at athletes, organisations, sporting bodies and more. Stats Perfrom CEO Carl Mergele branded the partnership as a headline ...
Oliver Hunt, Partner, Onside Law - E122
Law In Sport Podcast - October 22, 2021 15:03 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOliver Hunt is a founding partner of Onside Law. Before establishing Onside Law, Oliver worked in-house at IMG and has since gone onto to advertise some of the world’s top professional athletes, particularly in golf and football. He has acted for Sir Nick Faldo for over 20 years, as well as for R...
How To Approach Networking In The Sports Industry - Daniel Geey & Cynthia Mumbo - E121
Law In Sport Podcast - October 15, 2021 16:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs part of our AMA series earlier in the year, we recorded a session with Daniel Geey (Partner, Sheridans) and Cynthia Mumbo (Founder & CEO, Sports Connect Africa) on how to develop your sports and legal network. This session was designed to help people develop the human skills (Simon Sinek), w...
Andrew L Lee, Former GC, New York Jets & Of Counsel at Foley & Lardner LLP - Part 2 - E120
Law In Sport Podcast - October 01, 2021 16:52 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this two-part series, Andrew L. Lee of counsel and a litigation and business attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP talks about his 20 years of experience in the sports, media, and entertainment industries, both in-house and as an outside advisor. Andy began his legal career working at a prestigiou...
Andrew L Lee, Former GC, New York Jets & Of Counsel at Foley & Lardner LLP - Part 1 - E119
Law In Sport Podcast - October 01, 2021 16:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this two-part series, Andrew L. Lee of counsel and a litigation and business attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP talks about his 20 years of experience in the sports, media, and entertainment industries, both in-house and as an outside advisor. Andy began his legal career working at a prestigiou...
How lawyers are supporting Paralympic athletes - E118
Law In Sport Podcast - September 02, 2021 16:36 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode highlights the work Hogan Lovells & Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDIH) and other partners are doing to support the fantastic project, Para Sport Against Stigma, a four-year collaborative project that will include free-to-air (FTA) broadcasting of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ...
A Data Analysis of Outcomes in FA Betting Cases - Alastair Campbell, Partner, LEVEL - E117
Law In Sport Podcast - August 24, 2021 17:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAlastair is an experienced litigation lawyer for LEVEL, who acts on behalf of sophisticated clients in all forms of dispute resolution, with a particular focus on sports law and arbitration. He has acted on a broad range of commercial disputes, advising clients on complex issues – from contractua...
NCAA v Alston Analysis - Mark Conrad, Associate Prof. of Law and Ethics, Fordham University - E116
Law In Sport Podcast - August 16, 2021 15:58 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMark Conrad is Associate Professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where he directs its sports business concentration. In addition to his full-time responsibilities at Fordham, Professor Conrad has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s maste...
NCAA v Alston Analysis - Mark Conrad, Associate Prof. of Law and Ethics, Fordham University - E115
Law In Sport Podcast - August 16, 2021 15:58 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMark Conrad is Associate Professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where he directs its sports business concentration. In addition to his full-time... In this podcast Sean Cottrell, CEO and founder of LawInSport, interviews leading sports lawyers, business e...
Will Deller, Senior Associate, Bird & Bird - E115
Law In Sport Podcast - August 06, 2021 14:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWill Deller is a Senior Associate in Bird & Bird's market-leading media, entertainment and sport team. As a junior associate Will also founded the firm's rapidly growing esports practice. He now advises some of the biggest names in sport on issues ranging from media rights, sponsorship and event ...
Erika Montemor Ferreira, Head of Players’ Status, FIFA - E114
Law In Sport Podcast - July 25, 2021 10:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsErika Montemor Ferreira is a Brazilian lawyer who specialized in Sports law. She has previously worked at UEFA as Legal Counsel where she dealt with Disciplinary and financial fair play matters. She is currently the head of FIFA Players’ Status Department, responsible for the resolution of contr...
Nandan Kamath, Principal Lawyer, LawNK - E113
Law In Sport Podcast - July 16, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNandan is Principal Lawyer at LawNK, based in Bangalore, India. His practice specialises in sports, technology and media laws, with clients ranging from international and national sports federations, to leagues, teams, sponsors and athletes. He is a recipient of the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Pr...