Ross Brown

Ross is particularly known for his regulatory dispute experience through acting for governing bodies, sports teams and individuals across various areas including anti-corruption, anti-doping, disciplinary, safeguarding, investigations and selection disputes. Ross regularly acts as lead advocate for his clients in their disputes.

“A real rising star in the sports law world” (Legal500).

Ross has strong experience in acting for:

• Jannik Sinner, the multiple grand slam winning tennis player, in his high-profile anti-doping proceedings, including the appeal of the World Anti-Doping Agency to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

• World Rugby on over 20 anti-doping proceedings, including successfully defending appeals at the CAS.

• The England and Wales Cricket Board/Cricket Regulator in relation to its regulatory investigations involving racism in cricket, its anti-doping caseload before the National Anti-Doping Panel, safeguarding proceedings before the National Safeguarding Panel and various disciplinary proceedings.

• The International Tennis Integrity Agency in over 70 proceedings under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, including successfully before CAS on several occasions.

• INEOS Grenadiers in relation to several anti-doping matters arising out of investigations of UK Anti-Doping and the General Medical Council as well as successfully defending UCI disciplinary proceedings involving one of its riders.

• Various governing bodies, clubs and individuals in proceedings before the National Safeguarding Panel and related safeguarding investigations, including the Sheldon Report into allegations of child abuse in football.

• The British Horseracing Authority regarding an independent investigation into the buying and selling practices of bloodstock.

• Two Olympic athletes in their appeal of their non-selection for the Olympic Games.

Ross is also a qualified solicitor advocate and sits on the Sport Resolutions National Panel, the Sport Resolutions pro bono panel and the England Boxing National Disciplinary Panel. Ross has written the chapter on anti-doping and anti-corruption in the first textbook focussing on legal issues in tennis, “Professional Tennis and Transnational Law”.

Ross once thought he’d scored an identical goal to Zidane’s famous Champions League final goal only for the opposing school’s B team goalkeeper to tip it round the post.