Jamie is a founding partner of Onside Law. He qualified into the Commercial department at Clifford Chance and joined IMG in 2000. He was principal legal advisor to IMG's tennis, sponsorship and models divisions until Onside Law’s launch in 2005.
He is superb; he has a wealth of experience and his counsel on sensitive issues is invaluable.
-
Location
London
-
Skills
Commercial, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution
-
Previous Clubs
Clifford Chance, IMG
-
Specialisms
Sponsorship, Talent Management, Media & Broadcasting, Sporting Regulations
Jamie has been advising on high profile commercial, intellectual property, governance and regulatory matters across the sports and entertainment industries for over 20 years. His commercial practice includes sponsorship, media rights, licensing, hosting, image rights and talent management. His regulatory practice focuses, in particular, on integrity and match fixing cases often appearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
Clients include World Rugby, AC Milan, West Ham, the International Tennis Integrity Agency, BeIn Sports, Premier Models, the LTA, ECB and RFU as well as many high-profile individuals.
He regularly speaks at conferences, writes articles and appears on television as a sports law expert. All of the leading independent legal directories recommend him as a leading sports law practitioner, in which he is described as:
“Providing an amazingly efficient, straightforward service.” (Legal 500)
“He is superb; he has a wealth of experience and his counsel on sensitive issues is invaluable.” (Chambers)
“He is an impressive practitioner with experience advising clients that range from sports teams to broadcasters in a wide range of dispute, intellectual property and commercial matters.” (Who’s Who Legal)
He Co Authored the Sponsorship and Commercial Rights chapter of the textbook “Football and the Law” edited by Nick de Marco QC, is a Guest Lecturer on the Sports Law Masters at ISDE in Barcelona and on De Montfort University’s Sports Law Diploma. He is also the global editor of Chambers Sports Law Review.
Jamie is a “very” former tennis coach and a current, but impatient, coach of the under 10s at Barnes Rugby Club.