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onside law appoints a new Partner

2013-04-19T00:00:00+01:00

onside law appoints a new Partner

onside law advises Rory McIlroy on deal with Omega

2013-04-15T00:00:00+01:00

Following our advice on his deals with Nike, Bose and Santander onside law advised Rory McIlroy on his new brand ambassador contract with Omega.

onside law client, Alan Pardew has renewed his management contract at Newcastle.

2012-10-08T00:00:00+01:00

Onside law has advised Alan Pardew on his well publicised eight year renewal as manager of Newcastle United.

onside law advises on Kaneria and Westfield cricket corruption cases

2012-07-09T00:00:00+01:00

Onside Law, led by partner Chris Walsh and supported by trainee Sophie Thompson, recently advised the ECB on its successful prosecutions.

onside law advised ECB

2012-05-21T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the England and Wales Cricket Board on its three-year deal with Opta

onside law advised Participate Sport

2012-05-11T00:00:00+01:00

Onside Law advised Participate Sport on the private equity funding required for the acquisition, and the acquisition itself, of Human Race Partnership.

onside law successfully defends life ban at CAS

2012-04-03T00:00:00+01:00

<i>onside law<i> have succesfully represented the governing bodies of tennis in defending their imposition of a life time ban from tennis on Daniel Kollerer.

onside law announce line-up for the 2012 Sports Law Conference

2012-02-02T00:00:00+01:00

onside law are pleased to announce the Sports Law Conference will be taking place on 7 February 2012 at Stamford Bridge. Following a presentation on the important developments from the preceding 12 months, a panel of experts from the sports industry will consider the key legal and business issues in five separate panel sessions on: Regulatory and other challenges facing Sports Governing Bodies The London Olympics Broadcasting and Media Player Power Acquisition of Sports Events To view the conference line-up and book a place at this exclusive event click here.

onside law client Mark Cavendish named BBC Sports Personality of the Year

2011-12-23T00:00:00+01:00

Congratulations to onside law client Mark Cavendish named BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011.

onside law advises ECB on tender for the hosting of international cricket

2011-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the ECB on the lengthy tender process it has run this year for the staging rights to international cricket and domestic cup finals in England and Wales for the 2013-2016 period, as well as negotiating and finalising all of the individual staging agreements between the ECB and each international venue.

onside law advises the England and Wales Cricket Board on Investec Test Match sponsorship deal

2011-12-01T00:00:00+01:00

onside law, advised the England and Wales Cricket Board on its recently announced sponsorship deal which sees Investec Bank become the new title sponsor of Test Match cricket in England and Wales for the next 10 years.

onside law advise Participate Sport on acquisition of cycling event

2011-11-24T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Participate Sport on the acquisition of the cycling event known as the “Wiggle Dragon Ride Wales”.

onside law advise Mark Cavendish on contract to join Team Sky

2011-10-11T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised world road race champion Mark Cavendish on his contract to join Team Sky for the start of next season. Cavendish, who earlier this year won the green jersey at the Tour de France before collecting the world road race title, is rated as one of the greatest-ever sprinters in the sport’s history.

onside law advises the French Tennis Federation on broadcast deal

2011-10-04T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the French Tennis Federation on the extension of its US broadcast deal with the Tennis Channel until 2022.

onside law client faces the Dragons

2011-09-26T00:00:00+01:00

onside law client, Shoot-it-Yourself, will be facing a fierce panel of investors on Dragons’ Den tonight at 9pm on BBC 2. onside law frequently advises entrepreneurial new ventures in relation to their corporate, commercial, employment and IP arrangements. Shoot-it-Yourself is a wedding videography company with a difference, for more information see: www.shoot-it-yourself.co.uk

onside law advise on British 10K London Run

2011-07-07T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised Participate Sport Limited, the creator, owner and operator of mass participation sporting events, on its recent joint venture with Union Jack Sports Limited.

onside law advises Tennis Integrity Unit on successful Match Fixing prosecution

2011-06-07T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the Tennis Integrity Unit (“TIU”) on their first match fixing prosecution. The TIU is a collaboration between the ATP, WTA, ITF and the Grand Slams tasked with monitoring, investigating and enforcing the Uniform Tennis Anti Corruption Program which applies to all those involved in professional tennis.

onside law advises Ryder Cup on its 2018 Host Nation Bid Process

2011-05-16T00:00:00+01:00

onside law have advised Ryder Cup Europe on the 2018 Host Nation Bid process. The culmination of Ryder Cup Europe’s first formal Bid process takes place on Tuesday 17 May 2011, when the winners will be announced following a compressive examination of Bids submitted by France, Germany, Holland, Portugal and Spain.

onside law advises the ECB on key commercial deals

2011-05-11T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the England and Wales Cricket Board on its recently announced deals with Maximuscle and Clydesdale Bank. Maximuscle continue as the Official Nutrition Supplier to the ECB and England cricket teams until the end of 2013 and Clydesdale Bank have become the new official partner of the ECB’s Cricket Factory Roadshow, thereby supplementing their existing title sponsorship of the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic competition. The ECB Cricket Factory Roadshow visits more than 50 high-profile events during the year and is designed to give children between the ages of 4 and 18 a positive and fun experience that will encourage them to take up cricket.

onside law advise LTA on standard representation agreement

2011-04-18T00:00:00+01:00

onside law recently advised The Lawn Tennis Association on a standard representation agreement to be used by players (and their parents) as a starting point for contractual discussions with an agent.

onside law advise on football club's equity investment structure

2011-04-12T00:00:00+01:00

onside law recently advised the renewable energy company Ecotricity, as the majority shareholder in Blue Square Premier football club Forest Green Rovers, on constitutional changes allowing for equity investment to be more easily and readily made into the club. More details are available on the BBC Sport Website.

onside law advise on sponsor logos in 3-D

2011-04-01T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Three-D-Signs Limited on its completion of the acquisition of Three-D-Signs International from the original patent owners of the 3D sign technology.

onside law advise Southampton FC on major sponsorship deal

2011-03-21T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised Southampton FC on a three year sponsorship deal with IT firm, aap3 to become the Club’s main sponsor. The partnership will start from the beginning of the 2011-12 season and run until June 2014. In addition to appearing on the front of both the home and away first team shirt, the deal will also see the aap3 logo and branding at St Mary’s Stadium, as well as on the Club’s website and official match programme.

onside law advises on-screen clients

2011-02-21T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has been working behind the scenes advising Heston Blumenthal on legal matters for recent television appearances. Heston recently appeared on the Graham Norton Show demonstrating the amazing ice cream machine from his new restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental.

onside law advise Ladbrokes Mobile on World Snooker sponsorship deal

2011-01-05T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised Ladbrokes Mobile on a commercial deal with World snooker to become a sponsor of The Masters tournament.

onside law advise on Winter Deaflympics 2011

2010-12-17T00:00:00+01:00

onside law are advising the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf on the legal aspects of the Winter Deaflympics to be held in Slovakia in February 2011.

onside law advise National Express in England Commonwealth Games Partnership

2010-12-13T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised National Express as it sealed a new long-term partnership with the England Commonwealth Games team in the run up to Glasgow 2014.

onside law sports law conference

2010-11-24T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has teamed up with Management Forum again to host their annual sports law conference at Chelsea Football Club on 2 February 2011. Expert panels will discuss the major sports law issues from the preceding 12 months focusing on football, betting and integrity, technology and individual sports/Olympics. Fore more details and to book your place please click here.

onside law defends ECB’s overseas player regulations

2010-11-23T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised the ECB in its successful defence of an appeal, brought by Middlesex County Cricket Club and New Zealand international Iain O’Brien, against the ECB’s decision to reject an application for Mr O’Brien’s registration as a “Qualified Cricketer” for Middlesex for the 2011 season.

onside law advise ECB on PCB Chairman's controversial remarks

2010-10-04T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the ECB in relation to various matters arising from the Pakistan team’s tour, including its position in the face of the controversial remarks made by PCB Chairman, Ijaz Butt, following the Brit Oval ODI in September.

onside law advises Srixon on sales strategy activation

2010-09-17T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the leading golf brand, Srixon, on the activation of its revised sales strategy through the introduction of more direct sales channels in Spain and Italy, in conjunction with those of Cleveland Golf.

onside law advises on multi-million pound Singapore SportsHub Deal

2010-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

onside law Partner Jamie Singer has advised the Singapore SportsHub Consortium on aspects of the largest sports facilities infrastructure PPP project in the world. The deal was led by Norton Rose, with onside law advising on the sports marketing aspects of the deal in particular the appointment of World Sport Group to exploit the Sport Hub's commercial rights.

onside law advise the TIU

2010-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

onside law acted on behalf of the Tennis Integrity Unit on their successful prosecution of Austrian tennis player Daniel Koellerer and his manager Manfred Nareyka for infringements under the Uniform Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme relating to the facilitating of betting.

onside law advise on Maclagan exit

2010-08-27T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Miles Maclagan on the termination of his coaching services agreement with Andy Murray.

onside law and the Criminal Court

2010-08-23T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Premier Model’s Managing Director Carole White on the aftermath of her testimony to the special criminal court in the Hague. Ms White appeared as a witness for the prosecution of Charles Taylor helping to establish that Taylor had smuggled blood diamonds out of Liberia.

onside law advises ECB on “neutral matches”

2010-07-16T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has recently advised the England and Wales Cricket Board on contractual arrangements relating to the landmark “neutral” matches between Australia and Pakistan.

onside law client, Justin Rose, wins again

2010-07-05T00:00:00+01:00

onside law client, Justin Rose has won his second PGA Tour event in a month, winning the AT&T National in Pennsylvania.

onside law advise on "blood diamonds" case

2010-07-02T00:00:00+01:00

onside law have been advising Carole White on her witness statements to the International Criminal Court in the Hague regarding the prosecution of the ex President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

onside law client, McDowell, wins US Open

2010-06-21T00:00:00+01:00

onside law client, Graeme McDowell, became Europe's first US Open champion for 40 years when he clinched his maiden Major title in impressive fashion at Pebble Beach California.

onside law client Roy Hodgson voted Manager of the Year

2010-05-19T00:00:00+01:00

onside law client Roy Hodgson has been voted manager of the year by a record margin. Hodgson received the award from the League Managers Association after a poll of coaches, including managers from the top four leagues in England.

onside law advises at the top of the food chain

2010-04-28T00:00:00+01:00

Danish Restaurateur and onside law client, Rene Redzepi has taken first place with his restaurant, Noma being named the best in the World. Long standing client Heston Blumenthal, and his restaurant the Fat Duck, are a not too shabby third place in the rankings. Their 5th consecutive year in the Top 3 restaurants in the World.

onside law advises ECB on NatWest title sponsorship deal

2010-04-27T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has recently advised the England and Wales Cricket Board in relation to the renewal of its title sponsorship deal with NatWest for One Day International and International Twenty20 cricket.

onside law advises Steve Coppell in appointment at Bristol City

2010-04-26T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised Steve Coppell in his appointment as Bristol City’s new manager. The former Reading manager will replace Gary Johnson, who left the club after five years in charge in March.

onside law looking to recruit new lawyer

2010-04-12T00:00:00+01:00

onside law now has an exciting opportunity for a 3-4 PQE lawyer with at least two years post qualification corporate/commercial experience gained in a leading City firm.

onside law advises Sven-Göran Eriksson on role as Ivory Coast Manager

2010-03-29T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advises Sven-Göran Eriksson on his appointment as manager of the Ivory Coast.

onside law advises on groundbreaking ad campaign

2010-03-29T00:00:00+01:00

onside law client, Heston Blumenthal has joined forces with Waitrose to become the “face” of a new advertising and promotional campaign.

onside law advises on ECB’s successful defence of player appeals

2010-03-09T00:00:00+01:00

onside law have recently advised the ECB in its successful defence of appeals brought by Northamptonshire CCC and Lancashire CCC against the ECB’s rejection of governing body endorsement applications for their ongoing employment of Johann Van Der Wath, Riki Wessels and Francois Du Plessis respectively.

onside law advises Sven-Göran Eriksson on departure from Notts County

2010-02-17T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advises Sven-Göran Eriksson on all aspects of his departure from Notts County Football Club.

onside law at the Winter Olympics

2010-02-16T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Paddy Power on its deal to become the Snow Leopard, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong’s Principal Sponsor.

onside law advises on major Premier League deals

2010-02-12T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised both Fulham manager, Roy Hodgson, on his new deal with the Club and Patrick Vieira on his contract with Manchester City FC.

onside law sports law conference

2010-02-04T00:00:00+01:00

View the presentations from the onside law sports law conference...

onside law advises the ECB in the IPL auction

2010-01-19T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised the ECB to secure the participation of 8 English players in the IPL auction held today.

onside law advises the new Team Sky Cycling team

2010-01-18T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Scott Sunderland on his appointment as Sporting Director of the new Team Sky Cycling team.

onside law: conference line-up announced

2009-12-21T00:00:00+01:00

Onside law is pleased to announce the annual international sports law conference: “A Year in Sports Law”. The conference will consider and discuss the key issues in sport and in particular sports law from the last 12 months.

onside law highly ranked in Chambers Directory

2009-12-07T00:00:00+01:00

onside law is highly ranked in the Chambers Directory for the fifth year running. The latest 2010 Chambers comments on ‘clients’ delight in the group’s direct approach’. The ‘ full-service sports practice… across the raft of corporate, commercial, IP, employment, regulatory and dispute resolution matters’ ‘offers highly commercial advice, excellent value for money and 24-7 contact’, the Directory says.

onside law advises the ECB in Twenty20 competition deal

2009-10-16T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the ECB in relation to its four year deal with Friends Provident for the title sponsorship of the new domestic Twenty20 competition.

onside law in the media

2009-10-16T00:00:00+01:00

onside law Partner Oli Hunt, has had a busy month in the media, having been interviewed on the BBC 10 o’clock News in connection with the Chelsea F.C transfer ban and having been quoted in the Daily Telegraph on the FIA Presidential election (click here to read the article). onside law was also featured in The Lawyer’s firm profile (click here to read the article).

onside law - Want to join the team?

2009-10-07T00:00:00+01:00

onside law are looking for a dynamic Office Administrator to assist the ever-growing team in the smooth running of the office.

onside law acts for A1GP on major IMG rights deal

2009-09-24T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised A1GP on its recently announced long-term deal with IMG Media under which IMG will market, distribute and sell the worldwide media rights to the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Series for the next 3 years.

onside Law advises on securitisation of Football Player Transfer Fees

2009-09-08T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised the Hero Global Football Fund on a pioneering investment structure for the provision of funding to Football League clubs in return for a percentage of the transfer fee proceeds generated by the club’s squad of players

onside law advises ECB on new sponsorships

2009-08-25T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised the England and Wales Cricket Board on both their appointment of Brit Insurance as the England Cricket team's new shirt sponsor and the renewal of NPower's title sponsorship of domestic Test cricket.

onside law advises on Betfair's innovative sponsorship deals

2009-08-25T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Betfair on innovative sponsorship deals with both Manchester United and Barcelona Football Club.

onside law advises Alan Pardew on Southampton FC appointment

2009-07-28T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised long standing client Alan Pardew on his appointment as the new manager of Southampton FC.

onside law advises England Under 21 star on move to Premier League

2009-07-16T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised Andrew Surman on his move from Southampton to Premier League new boys Wolverhampton Wanderers.

onside law clients excel in golf's second Major of 2009

2009-06-25T00:00:00+01:00

onside law clients, Ross Fisher (5th) and Henrik Stenson (9th), finished inside the top ten at the US Open Championship, golf’s second Major of 2009.

Sir Nick - golfing legend knighted

2009-06-18T00:00:00+01:00

Long standing onside law client, Nick Faldo, has added another title to his six majors — "Sir". Nick Faldo was given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to golf, the only athlete to be given one of Britain's highest honors on the monarch's birthday list in 2009.

onside law launches recruitment drive

2009-06-15T00:00:00+01:00

We are currently looking to expand our team by recruiting up to 2 mid-level associate lawyers. For further details, please download our job specification for a copy of our advertisement, as posted in The Lawyer. The deadline for applications is 15 July 2009.

HSBC's - Who is your greatest Wimbledon Champion?

2009-06-08T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised HSBC in relation to their Wimbledon Champions Campaign to promote their official sponsorship of the Wimbledon Championships.

High Court win in Golf Case

2009-06-08T00:00:00+01:00

onside law has advised a golfer in a successful six figure High Court action for breach of a sponsorship contract.

Justin Rose at the Masters and Anfield glory

2009-06-08T00:00:00+01:00

Various onside law clients had a busy Spring with Justin Rose tying 20th in the Masters at Augusta and Branislav Ivanovic scoring twice at Anfield in Chelsea's Champions League quarter final victory over Liverpool.

onside law acts on ECB official partner deals

2009-06-08T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised the ECB in relation to a series of recently announced "official partner" deals, including those with Marston's, The Times and Buxtons and LV= on its sponsorship of County Championship cricket. We have also advised the ECB on a range of commercial and contractual issues relating to the hugely successful World Twenty20 Cup which saw Pakistan and England win the men’s and women’s events respectively.

Polar Explorer launches book

2009-05-01T00:00:00+01:00

onside law client and polar explorer Tom Avery has launched his latest book "To the End of the Earth: the Race to Solve Polar Exploration's Greatest Mystery" which recounts the story of how Tom led three men, one woman and sixteen dogs to the North Pole in a world record time while attempting to prove who really was the first to reach the top of the world.

New Free Diving World Record for onside law client

2009-05-01T00:00:00+01:00

Congratulations to onside law client Sara Campbell who, on 2nd April, set a new free diving world record of 96 meters in the Bahamas. This is Sara's fourth world record and was set with a dive time of 3 minutes and 36 seconds.

onside law and the IPL Auction

2009-02-28T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised the ECB on all aspects of the release of centrally contracted England cricketers for the IPL Auction which took place in Goa, India and resulted in both Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen being sold for $1.55 Million.

Power Boat business acquisition

2009-02-01T00:00:00+01:00

onside law advised XSMG World on its acquisition of the XS power boat business. XSMG World will continue to design, manufacture and distribute the XSR48 superboats recently referred to as the Bugatti Veyron of the sea.