Chris is a partner with over 20 years of specialist experience in contentious, commercial and governance matters in the domestic and international sport sector. He joined Onside Law in 2007, having qualified and spent several years with leading City firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
An absolutely outstanding practitioner.
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Location
London
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Practice Area
Dispute Resolution, Regulatory, Commercial and IP
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Previous Clubs
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Specialisms
Sports Disciplinary & Regulatory, Commercial Litigation & Arbitration, Governance, Sponsorship, Major Events
Chris’ long-term clients include the England and Wales Cricket Board and a number of other national and international governing bodies, rights-holders, clubs, sports agencies, broadcasters, sponsors, investors and sportspeople across all the major sports.
In addition to his thriving commercial and governance practice, Chris heads up our Dispute Resolution and Sports Regulatory Team and has significant experience of advising clients on cutting edge and high-profile disputes and sports regulatory cases, as well as sports regulation more generally. Chris regularly represents clients in proceedings before the English courts, in arbitrations (including before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Sport Resolutions UK) and mediations, and before other quasi-judicial sports bodies and tribunals.
Chris is ranked in the “Hall of Fame” for Sport by Legal 500 and recommended as a leading sports lawyer in all of the independent legal directories, in which he is described by commentators as “a brilliant solicitor”, “an excellent all-rounder” and “a go-to lawyer, clever, realistic, wonderful with clients.”
He is a Specialist Member on the Sport Resolutions Panel of Arbitrators, sits on the Governance Committee for The Ruth Strauss Foundation and regularly speaks at sports industry events.
Chris is a former professional cricketer, whose one remaining (and some would say delusional) sporting ambition is a single figure golf handicap.