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Anderson Strathern is one of the few legal firms in Scotland with a dedicated Sports Law Unit. We understand the pressures and the issues that face individual athletes, sports clubs and organisations. |
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This Edinburgh firm continues to attract recommendations of peers and clients alike, bringing together a combination of "sporting enthusiasm and a comfort with the law". John Kerr is praised as "knowing this business inside and out".
- Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2002/2003. |
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Under the leadership of John Kerr, a corporate lawyer who specialises in sports law, we provide a flexible service to those in the sport sector. The unit brings together the broad range of legal expertise and experience available across the firm.
Anderson Strathern can advise on the purchase of new facilities, representation at disciplinary hearings and court cases, club/association constitutions, trademark exploitation, contracts and tax issues, employment disputes and claims arising from injuries. We are also experienced in managing book deals, merchandising contracts, sponsorship agreements and the protection of personal image rights as well as issues related to charitable status.
We deal with a wide range of sporting disciplines including football, rugby, golf, boxing, athletics, tennis, cycling, ice skating, lacrosse, fencing, skiing and water-skiing. Our clients include individual sports men and women, sports clubs and National Governing Bodies. We also act for angling bodies and horse racing stables and with a strong Rural client base assist many in this aspect of Sports law.
We also act for commercial entrepreneurs in the sports sector and companies sponsoring sporting events. The knowledge gained from our involvement in sports management and governance can be crucial in maximising achievement for business involved with sport and sportsmen and women.
We act for sportscotland which exposes our Sports team to a wide variety of leading edge issues affecting sport, as well as advising on aspects of administering sports lottery funding in Scotland.
For more information contact John Kerr |
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