Law In Sport Podcast

Brendan Schwab has spent his career helping, and leading, players and sports organisation to be better prepared to face the challenges they face. In this episode, Brendan reflects on his career to date and provides a fascinating insight into sport, law, industrial relations, human rights and leadership. In this interview Brendan talks about: How and why he started working in sport. The biggest challenge to players when he first started representing players and helped establish the Professional Footballers Australia. His journey to become Executive Director of the World Players Association. His biggest influences in professional and personally. What he considers to be biggest achievement of his career. The future of Player Unions in the coming years. Advice to anyone inspired to be involved helping players. Referenced by Brendan in the interview: Jim Collins book Good to Great The Uluru Statement Fro The Hear: https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/#:~:text=The%20Uluru%20Statement%20from%20the%20Heart,-The%20Uluru%20Statement&text=It%20asks%20Australians%20to%20walk,treaty%20making%20and%20truth%2Dtelling. Bobby Kennedy - day of affirmation speech: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/robert-f-kennedy/robert-f-kennedy-speeches/day-of-affirmation-address-university-of-capetown-capetown-south-africa-june-6-1966 Biography Brendan is Australian chief executive officer, lawyer and non-executive director working across the labour movement, human rights, sports, and business, internationally and domestically. An architect of the global and Australian player association movements as a co-founder of the World Players Association, FIFPRO Asia / Oceania, the Australian Athletes’ Alliance (AAA) and Professional Footballers Australia (PFA). He has represented and worked with the strongest player associations in the world in sports such as football, rugby, rugby league, cricket, Australian rules, American football, hockey, basketball, and baseball as well as multiple teams and athletes, including Australia’s Socceroos and Matildas. Throughout a 30-year career, he has also played an important role in the transformation of Australian football built on the creation of a new governing body, new professional leagues, collective bargaining, engagement with Asia, and gender equality. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawl…rts-law-podcast Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2…knQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Massimo Coccia is founding partner of Coccia De Angelis & Associati law firm. He holds a J.D. degree cum laude from the Law School of the University of Rome Sapienza (1981) and a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the University of Michigan Law School (1984), which he attended with a Fulbright fellowship. It is universally recognized that Mr. Coccia has an extensive experience of, and is an authority in, sports law and in commercial arbitration at international and national level, both as an arbitrator and as a counsel. He has been involved in almost 400 arbitration proceedings (mostly international). He also has been frequently involved in regulatory matters such as antitrust and energy, as well as in entertainment law issues. He is frequently retained as legal advisor or counsel by international and national federations, leagues, clubs, teams, agents and athletes of various sports. Within football, in particular, Mr. Coccia was appointed as the Interim Vice-Commissioner of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in 2006-2007, in the wake of a match-fixing scandal and authored important reforms of the rules and governance of FIGC. Since 1995, Massimo Coccia has been an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), where he is regarded as one of the most experienced arbitrators, having sat in about 300 cases and drafted many prominent awards, having also been a CAS arbitrator at the Olympic Games of Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 and London 2012. Massimo Coccia is also a tenured law professor, teaching International Law at the Tuscia University of Viterbo as well as European Competition Law at the University of Rome Sapienza. Massimo also frequently teaches in graduate courses and seminars on international and national sports law. He has published extensively on issues of sports law, international arbitration, international trade law and EU law, and is often invited to speak at symposia on those subjects. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawl…rts-law-podcast Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2…knQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

In July 2022, after a delay due the pandemic, the CAF Executive Committee adopted a new regulatory framework for the CAF Club Licensing System and Stadiums framework. The new regulations are the first major reform of CAF's club licensing system and stadiums since first introduced in 2012, which include regulations on men's club licensing, women's club licensing and stadium regulations. We are joined by the following speakers: Farai Razano, Attorney, Razano Attorneys Brian Wesaala, Founder & Project Leader, Football Foundation for Africa Abdallah Shehata, Attorney at Law, Sportiva Law Muhammad Sidat, Head of Professional Football, Confederation of African Football Cynthia Mumbo, Founder & CEO, Sports Connect Africa Khayran Noor, Program Director, LawInSport Sean Cottrell, CEO, LawInSport In this podcast, our expert panel of speakers discuss: The major changes and reforms adopted How CAF plans to manage and oversee the implementation of the regulations Do clubs have the resources to comply with the regulations? The impact on African football Implementation strategies to be adopted by clubs We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Our guest for this show is Paolo Lombardi, founder of Lombardi Associates. He has had an illustrious career in football and law. In this show Paolo talks about his time at the start of the FIFA's legal department, meeting Diego Maradona in a disciplinary case, starting a sports law firm and more. Paolo Is the founder and managing director of Lombardi Associates, a boutique sports regulatory firm which acts for a range of football stakeholder clients including clubs, players, coaches, intermediaries, associations, leagues and investors, also providing external advice to law firms. Paolo currently assists a significant number of clubs in the Italian Serie A, as well as providing advice to Lega Serie A and a number of clubs in Scotland and England, and internationally. The area of focus being transfers, dispute resolution, breach of contract, training compensation and solidarity mechanism, registration of minors and more. In addition, he also assists clubs with both UEFA and national licensing issues, including proceedings before CAS. Paolo has been involved in a number of cases which have shaped the jurisprudence of CAS. Lombardi Associates has now been in active in the market for over 10 years. Prior to Lombardi Associates, Paolo worked at FIFA joining the FIFA Players’ Status Department in 2002, becoming Deputy Head in 2006. He was responsible for players’ agents and involved in landmark cases, including Mexes, Webster, Mutu. In 2007 he was appointed Head of FIFA Disciplinary and Governance, overseeing disciplinary and governance matters both in-house and at various FIFA tournaments such as the Beijing Olympics and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was involved in the drafting and regular updating of all FIFA regulations relevant to his positions.  Paolo is as Specialist Arbitrator for Sport Resolutions. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawl…rts-law-podcast Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2…knQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Professor Kenneth Shropshire is a pioneer in the development of the sports law sector. He has had a distinguished career in sport, business and law over the last 40 years as a professor, business consultant, author, and lawyer. He has experience in a wide range of sports related issues such as race and discrimination issues, leading a global sporting event, stadium and arena construction and financing, the relocation of franchises, the transition of athletes from the playing field into business to focusing on diversity in sports. He is the author of one of the foundational books focused on race and sports and another book on sports agents. He is also the co-author of one of the leading books on sport business used by business schools as well as one of the leading undergraduate sports law texts. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

As a $300 billion industry, it is hard to overlook the contribution equine sports law makes to the sports sector and the global economy. In this episode you will hear from leading specialists in equine law about the breadth of interesting, and at time unique, legal issues that arise for owners, trainers, riders and horses. Luc Schelstraete & Piotr Wawrzyniak are lawyers at Schelstraete Equine Lawyers. Schelstraete Equine Lawyers is an international law firm specialized in (Equine) Sports Law and is a leading force in this field. In addition, Schelstraete Equine Lawyers is founder and part of the international Alliance Group ‘European-US-Asian Equine Lawyers’, a trendsetting alliance of the world’s best Equine Law Firms. Luc has developed the equine legal business as a niche and today he operates as the Managing Partner of the Firm. He practices as legal counsel of  many international highly ranked multinational equine entrepreneurs, trainers, equine authorities, national federations and top athletes.  Piotr leads the firm’s business section and represents clients in sports law related matters (including arbitration before the FEI Tribunal and CAS). He focuses on advising and negotiating commercial contracts, often with a cross-border element. For info on the upcoming Equine Law Conference please see here. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Caroline McGrory is the Chief Legal Officer for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. She started off her career in private practice before moving in house to IMG (the global sports marketing agency) in 2000. She then moved back into private practice to become the inaugural Head of the Sports Group at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP (then Charles Russell). After this, Caroline joined what was then B.A.R (British American Racing) as Legal Director and as a member of the senior management team. Caroline was part of the Management team who undertook a buy out of the team from Honda in 2009 to create Brawn GP which went on to win both the Constructors’ and Drivers’ World Championships in that year (whilst she was a shareholder and director of the team). The team was purchased by Daimler in 2010 and competes as the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. Caroline’s role at Mercedes expanded beyond a pure legal role when she became the Director of Legal and Commercial Affairs. She however continued to manage all legal aspects of the successful operation of a Formula One team, including negotiating drivers’ contracts, sponsorship and regulatory matters. In December 2016 Caroline took the leap into football to undertake a new challenge, having been in Formula One for 13 years, when she joined Leicester City Football Club as their first General Counsel before moving on to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the podcast Caroline discusses: 2:09 - Why she got into law and transitioning into an in-house role 11:22 - The lessons and skills she learnt working in private practice 14:17 - Having a mentality of always wanting to improve 15:05 - How she manages people and teams 19:23 - Her time at Mercedes F1 team and what she took from the experience 21:45 - Being a working mum in a high performance environment 22:21 - Leadership skills she values 33:44 - Working at Leicester City FC 40:21 - How the working structure in football differs to F1 44:54 - Her role at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games 57:10 - The importance of volunteering in the legal space 1:04:09 - The important characteristics she looks for in colleagues 1:10:11 - Her advice to private practice lawyers when pitching for work We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Daan Buylaert & Sven Demeulemeester are founders and Partners of ATFIELD, a collaborations between of full service law firm Altius and the tax law firm Tiberghien, which provides a single point of contact for sports sector. Their clients include football clubs inside and outside of Belgian, investors in acquiring clubs, players, cyclists and cycle teams, Olympic athletes and sports federations. Recently, Daan & Sven advised Kevin de Bruyne during his latest contract renewal with Manchester City, a deal that made headlines because of the player's decision to negotiate the contract without an agent and to use data analytics in order to seek a wage raise. In this interview Daan and Sven talk about: 1:59 - The type of work that Atfield do 5:05 - The key developments of sports law & football in Belgium; 9:32 - The background to the approach taken to advising Kevin De Bruyne on his contract renewal 15:24 - Pros and cons of a player having a professional team vs football agent 24:05 - How can players ensure the team they have around them is working in their best interest? 26:43 - Thoughts on the upcoming changes to FIFA's agents regulations and what they hope to see be incorporated 31:54 - Advice for football agents given the changing legal, regulatory and commercial landscape 34:24 - The importance of data for professionals working in football Sven is a labour and social security lawyer who specialises in sports. He is a partner at ALTIUS and advises on all aspects of employment, sports litigation and arbitration. He has almost 20 years of experience and as a trusted advisor to many different stakeholders, he is well versed in the day-to-day issues that many in the sports sector struggle with. Sven is a member of the International Football Association (AIAF) and he is also the former director of a professional football club. He lectures and publishes on FIFA regulations, working with intermediaries, (business) transfers, civil liability for sports injuries, cross border employment contracts and much more. He is ranked in Chambers, praised by Legal500 for his expertise in sports law and recognized as a Global Leader in Sports by Who’s Who Legal. Daan is a partner at Tiberghien and heads the Sports & Tax department. As a tax lawyer, he focuses on Belgian and cross-border tax issues for both Belgian resident and non-resident athletes. Daan assists some of the biggest sportsmen/women and their families with their ongoing international affairs and end-of-career planning. He has particular expertise in coordinating an athlete’s relocation every step of the way and providing tax advice on the taxation of income received from clubs, sponsoring bodies and promotors. Daan also frequently advises clubs on all matters relating to Belgian and international tax law.   We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.    The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), CEO of LawInSport and is co-hosted by Manan Agrawal (@Manan1Agrawal), Editor at LawInSport.    For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/   Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events/upcoming-events/conference/114-annual-conference-understand-the-rules-of-the-game-2021 LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements   Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: 1.     Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport 2.     iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 3.     Most Android podcast apps. 4.     Spotify

In 2020, Azeem Rafiq publicly spoke about the alleged racism faced at him while he played for the Yorkshire Country Cricket Club (YCCC) between 2008-2014 and 2016-2018. Eventually, YCCC launched its own investigation and Rafiq also appeared before a UK Parliamentary Committee to elaborate on his allegations against the club.  In November 2021, two partners at DLA Piper of South Asian descent sat down to discuss their own personal and professional reflections of the recent Azeem Rafiq testimony, together with practical guidance on how to create inclusive workplaces. We sat down with Sohail Ali and Gurpreet Duhra to talk through more around their personal experiences of discrimination in both sport and in law in the UK along with their professional experience for both athletes and sports organisations on dealing with discrimination.  Sohail Ali is a partner at DLA Piper and is also a LawInSport Editorial Board Member. He is a litigation and arbitration lawyer who advises a wide range of corporate clients, including sports bodies and organisations. He's also a steering member of the firm’s race and ethnicity network, Mosaic, and co-leads the firm's client engagement on diversity and inclusion. Gurpreet Duhra, is also a partner at DLA Piper. His practice includes a broad range of work, including workplace restructuring, senior executive issues, investigations of diversity and inclusion, collective employment issues and employment disputes more broadly. He has experience of protecting businesses against unlawful competition and misuse of confidential information by employees.  We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did, and if you would like to watch the video of our conversation with Sohail and Gurpreet or read the transcript, please go to www.lawinsport.com If you have any related questions or feedback, then please don’t hesitate to contact us. If you would like to write for LawInSport on any particular topics, please do get in contact and email us at editor@lawinsport.com.

Ricardo de Buen Rodríguez is the founding and Managing Partner of the Law Firm DE BUEN LAW in Mexico City. He is also a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport since 2002 and was part of the ad Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport during the Olympic Games London 2012.   He is a professor at different Universities in Mexico, and visiting professor lecturing Sports Law in Law Schools abroad such as ISDE in Madrid and St. Johns in New York, a member of the Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México, and coordinator of its Sports Law Section. He is also a LawInSport Editorial Board members. In this interview, Ricardo talks to Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO about: 2:10 - His view on the current state of sports law in Mexico 5:26 - The employment rights situation in Mexico 10:47 - His career and his journey in sports law 19:00 - How did he get involved with being an arbitrator and being an arbitrator for CAS 21:45 - The political landscape in Mexican sports 30:14 - Getting his first cases as a CAS arbitrator 32:20 - The Paola Pliego fencing case he worked on 42:03 - His most interesting case an an arbitrator 45:32 - Highlight of his career to date 48:33 - Advice to aspiring arbitrators/sports lawyers We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Mark Kurtenbach represents private and public companies and private equity and venture capital investors in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, securities offerings, joint ventures, strategic relationships, and general corporate matters. He is a partner at Hogan Lovells in their Denver office. His practice spans a variety of industries, including sports and entertainment, media, telecommunications, technology, travel, hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, and business advisory and financial services Mark has recently advised MLS team, Inter Miami on the recapitalisation buyout of majority owners which you can read about here. In this interview, Mark talks to Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO and Chris Bond, LawInSport Editorial Director, about: 1:42 - The US sports investment landscape, finance structures and why limited liability partnerships are used to invest in sport. 5:41 - How are funds being developed to invest in sports based assets? (listeners may be more familiar with longer term / evergreen funds) 10:00 - The unique features of investing in professional teams 12:21 - Why funds take a minority investment without any influence in US major league teams. 13:49 - The rules on controlling interests in major league teams 18:14 - How investment strategies are adapted for teams in open and closed leagues 20:23 - What are some of the challenges and some of the benefits that come along with private equity investment? 25:14 - How can leagues balance competing the desire of private investment to see a return on their investment and the long term success of the league? 30:03 - Is it fun being a private equity lawyer working in sport? 32:05 - What are the hot properties from an investment fund perspective and what are they looking for in their deals? 38:11 - Which sports are furthest ahead? 40:00 - Do you see the funds looking at multi-sport ownership particularly internationally, being the model going forward? We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Reyes Bellver is the Founder and Attorney-at-Law at Bellver Sports – Legal boutique (Madrid, Spain). She started her legal career at EY, but since 2009 she has been working in Sports Law and focused on football issues, defense of players, coaches and clubs before the dispute resolution bodies of FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as well as in advising intermediaries and other sports agents. From 2020, she is an external consultant for FIFA´s Professional Football department. Bellver won a Miki Roqué Prize “Peace Through Sport” in 2017 for her associative work with a focus on gender issues and the defense of equality in sports. She is the co-founder and President of a Platform called: Leadership Woman Football, created in 2018 to promote the leadership and the visibility of women in football, embracing all the fields and areas of sports, Bellver is committed to gender equality and diversity in football. In this podcast Reyes talks about her career path into sports law, co-founding Leadership Women's Football and dealing with work-life balance. In this podcast Reyes talks about her career path into sports law, co-founding Leadership Women's Football and dealing with work-life balance. Topics: How she got into sports law How she built her own legal practice Why she started Leadership Women Football (LWF) The legal issues that interest her the most at the moment The most interesting case she has worked on How she approaches juggling work commitments and family life? As someone who is driving change in the sector, what is the one thing she would change in sports law if she could We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Ben is the Senior Director, Legal at International Tennis Integrity Agency. He is a barrister and solicitor with 12+ years’ experience at top-tier firm and in-house, previously leading World Rugby’s Integrity Unit and now heading the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s new legal department. Ben has a significant amount of experienced in sports law, with experience across corruption, betting, anti-doping, governance, discipline and athlete education in particular. He has worked on various committees and projects with the IOC, WADA, UN and INTERPOL on matters of anti-doping and corruption in sport. In this podcast Ben talks about his extensive career working in-house in sport, shares insights into his role and the work of the ITIA. He also discusses the trends and developments he is seeing with regards to matters of sports integrity. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

In August 2021, Stats Perform partnered with data-ethics brand Signify to launch an AI and data learning project with the aim of detecting and monitoring online abuse aimed at athletes, organisations, sporting bodies and more. Stats Perfrom CEO Carl Mergele branded the partnership as a headline project for Stats Perform, and stated: “Sports integrity needs to be expanded to include online abuse, given its impact on competing athletes and organisations.” In this podcast Sean talks to Stats Perform Senior Integrity Manager Nick Iliffe and Signify CEO Jonathan Hirshler to discuss the aim of their partnership, tackling online abuse and what we all can do to stop discrimination in sport. If you enjoyed this podcast please check out our upcoming Annual Conference here which will include a panel on 'creating a more unified approach to addressing discrimination in sport'. Topics: 1:52 - How and why did the relationship between Stats Perform & Signify come about 12:15 - Do sports organisations have the money to tackle these problems? 14:26 - Report for the PFA report on online abuse 19:13 - Addressing the different aspects of the game 24:04 - Should organisations have a policy to deal with profiling and report on abuse cases like they do with ambushing marketing? 32:55 - How do they Stats Perform & Signify when there is potential harm? 35:40 - How do they equip individuals with the tools to combat the issues? 37:47 - Is a collaborative approach necessary in sport to combat discrimination? 40:07 - What action would they like to see happen in combating discrimination? 45:15 - The importance of data and having the right processes in place 48:02 - Adding economic value to harm from online abuse to help persuade executives to take more action 53:39 - What is currently the biggest barrier to solving these issues? 58:01 - Should players being involved in any solution? 1:01:43 - How can we celebrating those who want/are doing great work in this are? 1:07:40 - The need for younger people to be educated We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Oliver Hunt is a founding partner of Onside Law. Before establishing Onside Law, Oliver worked in-house at IMG and has since gone onto to advertise some of the world’s top professional athletes, particularly in golf and football. He has acted for Sir Nick Faldo for over 20 years, as well as for Rory McIlroy on his ground-breaking Nike deal in 2012 and advising Ryder Cup Europe on the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 Ryder Cups. Oliver forms part of Eden Hazard’s management team and played a significant role in his move to Real Madrid in 2019 and he helps manage Matt Fitzpatrick, and other clients include Jadon Sancho, Tommy Fleetwood, Red Bull Racing and Leeds United. In this podcast Oliver talks about his career path into sports law, starting a sports law practise from scratch and how to build long last relationships with clients. Topics: 2:50 - His journey into the industry first interaction with sports law 6:20 - His time at IMG 8:20 - Establishing Onside Law 16:25 - The challenges of growing a business 19:00 - Discussing a lawyer's role within a player transfer 24:30 - His management of Eden Hazard and the advantages of having a management team over an agent 31:00 - His opinion on agents regulations 37:10 - His thoughts on what makes a good agent 39:08 - NFT's and the new money that has entered the sports industry 44:50 - What characteristics he looks for in colleagues 47:30 - How to build relationships with clients We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

As part of our AMA series earlier in the year, we recorded a session with Daniel Geey (Partner, Sheridans) and Cynthia Mumbo (Founder & CEO, Sports Connect Africa) on how to develop your sports and legal network. This session was designed to help people develop the human skills (Simon Sinek), which are often mistakenly referred to as "soft skills". The topics which were covered were: What are the basics of networking Approaching networking in a natural and organic way to build meaningful relationship that lasts over time; Networking remotely via Email  Social networking Online Events In-person networking at events Social events Conferences Seminars Finding the right community Contacting someone you think is unreachable such as executives, thought leaders, athletes, etc  Breaking through perceived and real closed communities Networking with other lawyers Networking with sports professionals and athletes/players Things to do and not to do We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events LawInSport Recruitment Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud iTunes Spotify

In this two-part series, Andrew L. Lee of counsel and a litigation and business attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP talks about his 20 years of experience in the sports, media, and entertainment industries, both in-house and as an outside advisor. Andy began his legal career working at a prestigious New York City law firm and was a member of its distinguished Sports Law Practice. Subsequently, he served as General Counsel for the National Football League's New York Jets as well as the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee. Andy is also the founder of ALL Counsel P.C. In part 1, Andy discusses how he become the first General Counsel of the New York Jets, the projects he worked on and lessons learned from working for an NFL team. He describes his journey back into private practice, the challenges of scaling sports and entertainment practice and his reasons for joining Foley & Lardner. In part 2, Andy discusses future trends in sports law including NFTs, sports media, new entrants to the sports competition organisers space and more. Andy is based in the New York office of Foley & Lardner LLP where he is a member of the firm's Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice and is a member of, and Special Advisor to, the Sports & Entertainment Industry Team, with an emphasis on providing counsel to senior-level executives at high-profile companies. Andy has extensive experience both as a litigator and a corporate transactional attorney, having handled complex litigation and business deals involving media rights, sponsorships, naming rights, intellectual property, licensing and internet-related issues, music licensing, business formation, acquisitions and restructurings, business divorces, human resources, nonprofit corporation formation and operations, employment issues, antitrust, real estate, corporate compliance, and finance-related issues, among others. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

In this two-part series, Andrew L. Lee of counsel and a litigation and business attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP talks about his 20 years of experience in the sports, media, and entertainment industries, both in-house and as an outside advisor. Andy began his legal career working at a prestigious New York City law firm and was a member of its distinguished Sports Law Practice. Subsequently, he served as General Counsel for the National Football League's New York Jets as well as the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee. Andy is also the founder of ALL Counsel P.C. In part 1, Andy discusses how he become the first General Counsel of the New York Jets, the projects he worked on and lessons learned from working for an NFL team. He describes his journey back into private practice, the challenges of scaling sports and entertainment practice and his reasons for joining Foley & Lardner. In part 2, Andy discusses future trends in sports law including NFTs, sports media, new entrants to the sports competition organisers space and more. Andy is based in the New York office of Foley & Lardner LLP where he is a member of the firm's Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice and is a member of, and Special Advisor to, the Sports & Entertainment Industry Team, with an emphasis on providing counsel to senior-level executives at high-profile companies. He has extensive experience both as a litigator and a corporate transactional attorney, having handled complex litigation and business deals involving media rights, sponsorships, naming rights, intellectual property, licensing and internet-related issues, music licensing, business formation, acquisitions and restructurings, business divorces, human resources, nonprofit corporation formation and operations, employment issues, antitrust, real estate, corporate compliance, and finance-related issues, among others. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

This episode highlights the work Hogan Lovells & Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDIH) and other partners are doing to support the fantastic project, Para Sport Against Stigma, a four-year collaborative project that will include free-to-air (FTA) broadcasting of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to 49 Sub-Saharan African countries provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and led in partnership with the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDIH), Loughborough University London, and the University of Malawi, Chancellor College and which is funded by UK Aid. Speakers: Victoria Austin, CEO of the Global Disability Innovation Hub CIC & Co-Director of the WHO Official Collaborating Center on Assistive Technology at UCL. Yasmin Waljee OBE, International Pro Bono Partner at Hogan Lovells, is an international human rights lawyer. Yasmin is the Vice-Chair of Mosaic, the HRH Prince of Wales; she sits on the Advisory Panel to the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and is a member of the British Council's Society Advisory Group. Matthew Knowles, Counsel at Hogan Lovells is an international arbitration expert and represents clients in complex, high value, international disputes. Questions: How did this project start? What were challenges that had to be overcome as a team, legally and logistically? What the impact of his project means for para sport and people with disabilities around the world? What are the lessons learned from this project and what is next? For the first time, African viewers will watch the opening and closing ceremonies broadcast live on 24 August and 5 September 2021. Daily 52-minute highlights packages of African-centered content featuring the continent’s biggest Paralympic heroes and rising stars, will be provided in English, French, and Portuguese. The project also sits alongside, the IPC’s “I’mPossible” campaign to work with National Paralympic Committees of Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia to deliver education programmes to assist the countries in meeting their commitments under the Convention of the Rights of the Disabled. The Hogan Lovells team was involved in assisting Para Sport Against Stigma and GDIH pro bono with the broadcast contract and liaised with focus African NPCs to assist their para athletes to apply for and take up slots to compete in the Tokyo games. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), CEO of LawInSport.  For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events/upcoming-events/conference/114-annual-conference-understand-the-rules-of-the-game-2021 LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Alastair is an experienced litigation lawyer for LEVEL, who acts on behalf of sophisticated clients in all forms of dispute resolution, with a particular focus on sports law and arbitration. He has acted on a broad range of commercial disputes, advising clients on complex issues – from contractual matters to questions of public law – across multiple jurisdictions. He has experience in advisory work and has extensive knowledge of regulatory structures in football. He has written several articles for LawInSport with the latest being an analysis of the FA's past betting cases and has appeared as a speaker for LawInSport conferences including the Football Law Digital Conference 2021. In this interview Alastair talks to Sean Cottrell about: 2:04 – Why he decided to analyse these betting cases 5:15 – His rationale behind regulations covering bets across all football matches and not just those that involve the participant 6:59 – An explanation of categories 5 and 6 of betting cases 7:50 – Which were the most prominent categories out of the published cases in terms of quantity 11:03 – Other trends that he spotted during his analysis 14:05 – Participants having addiction problems 16:17 – Participants who were unaware of the regulations 19:45 – His views on there being no provisions in place for betting on draws 23:23 – Call for feedback on article and final thoughts on the FA's regulations Alastair has written an article with a more detailed analysis of the FA's betting cases which you can view on the LawInSport webiste. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), CEO of LawInSport.  For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events/upcoming-events/conference/114-annual-conference-understand-the-rules-of-the-game-2021 LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Mark Conrad is Associate Professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where he directs its sports business concentration. In addition to his full-time responsibilities at Fordham, Professor Conrad has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s master’s program in Sports Management where he teaches international and comparative sports law. Mark is also a member of LawInSport Editorial Board. In this interview Mark talks to Sean Cottrell about: 2:30 - What the NCAA v Alston case means now and in the coming years for US College sport 6:39 - Reflections on the why The NCAA took the appeal to the Supreme Court 8:26 - The significance of the concurring opinion of Justice Kavanaugh 17:34 - Name, image and likeness laws impact on player recruitment and competitive balance across colleges and leagues 24:05 - In light of the Alston decision, do college student athletes now have a better chance of unionisation, as in the case of Northwestern Football Team? 26:35 - How could the alignment between labour and owners, leagues, organisers lead to a successful financial model 31:42 - What could the next 6-12 months hold for college sports? We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), CEO of LawInSport.  For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events/upcoming-events/conference/114-annual-conference-understand-the-rules-of-the-game-2021 LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Will Deller is a Senior Associate in Bird & Bird's market-leading media, entertainment and sport team. As a junior associate Will also founded the firm's rapidly growing esports practice. He now advises some of the biggest names in sport on issues ranging from media rights, sponsorship and event staging, through to image rights, advertising and merchandising. Will clients include with game publishers, teams, agents and service providers on a similarly wide variety of issues, and has also lead Will to become increasingly involved in the games sector more broadly. In this podcast Will discusses: 3:30 - His journey into sports law and esports 7:30 - How has the role of lawyers changed in the esports industry? 15:58 - The desperate nature of the esports sector 19.44 - The similarities between regulatory and contactual issues in sports and esports 23.24 The biggest change in esports - the evolving esports calendar 24:50 - How the esports sector has started to commercialise 28.33 - Will traditional sport lose out as esports grows? 33.26 - What is the esports audience and how does fit into the game publishers business model? 43:24 How will esports develop in 10/20 years time? 47:28 - Could there be a Esports World Cup/Olympics? 50:16 - How to improve the technical barrier for audiences to understand esports? 52:30 - What are the future trends in esports? 57:00 - Advice for people looking to get into esports? We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Erika Montemor Ferreira is a Brazilian lawyer who specialized in Sports law. She has previously worked at UEFA as Legal Counsel where she dealt with Disciplinary and financial fair play matters. She is currently the head of FIFA Players’ Status Department, responsible for the resolution of contractual disputes, training compensation, international transfer related matters and protection of minors. In this podcast Erika talks about her career path in sports law, working in international federations such as UEFA and FIFA and how she manages her work/life balance following overcoming personal adversity. Topics: 2:05 - Journey into law, sport and football 7:42 - The skills required to be a lawyer and leaving your comfort zone 9:50 - First role at FIFA 16:10 - Dealing with the expectation of being a woman in sports law 26:40 - Adjusting to the transitional changes within FIFA 31:38 - Overcoming personal adversity and reflecting on what is important - including Improving work life balance 35:15 - A day in the working life and interesting projects at FIFA 40:10 - What she looks for when hiring new people 42:25 - How to approach manage a team and different personalities We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Nandan is Principal Lawyer at LawNK, based in Bangalore, India. His practice specialises in sports, technology and media laws, with clients ranging from international and national sports federations, to leagues, teams, sponsors and athletes. He is a recipient of the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan award from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports of India and is also a member of the Editorial Board at LawInSport. Nandan graduated with a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University, B.C.L. and Msc degrees from the University of Oxford (on a Rhodes Scholarship) and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.  He acts as Managing Trustee of GoSports Foundation, a non-profit that provides scholarships and support to junior Indian athletes. In this podcast Nandan talks about his career path in Indian sports law and gives advice to those wanting to break into the market Topics: 3:20 – His background and what made him get into law 10:48 – His career path and how he ended up setting up his own law firm 22:22 –Where does he see potential growth in Indian Sports Law and what potential opportunities are there for aspiring sports lawyers 24:11 – His take on the commercialisation of the IPL 28:52 – Advice for international colleagues trying to break into the Indian sports law market 36:01 – How data and tech is influencing Indian sport law 42:55 – Overcoming adversity in Indian sports law sector 45:18 – LawNK’s conferences and why he runs them 50:30 – Having a meaningful impact in the world through sports law We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Catherine Ordway, PhD, Sport Integrity Research Lead, Professor at University of Canberra (Sports Management) and Author of Restoring Trust in Sport and Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, having developed and lectured in Sports Integrity and Investigations, in the Sports Law program since 2014. She has developed and taught a number of other sports management and sports law subjects at the Masters and undergraduate level at institutions including: La Trobe University, the University of Canberra and the University of New South Wales Catherine was an Australian squad member in the Olympic sport of handball, competed for the Australian Capital Territory in rugby union, and fenced at intervarsity. Catherine is a lawyer and has a Graduate Diploma in Investigations Management (Policing). Catherine acted for the Australian Olympic Committee in a legal capacity in the lead up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Catherine has extensive experience in international anti-doping administration and has consulted on projects including the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Bid, the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games Bid, and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has served on numerous ethics and anti-doping committees in Australia and internationally, and currently supports the: International Cricket Council, SportAccord and the West Indies Cricket Board. Chair of Anti-Doping Tribunal at World Curling Chair of World Badmington Vetting Panel the Australian Sports Commission Clearinghouse. Catherine received an Edna Ryan Award in 2016 for her long-term commitment to promoting women in sport.. She is also a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, having developed and lectured in Sports Integrity and Investigations, in the Sports Law program since 2014. She has developed and taught a number of other sports management and sports law subjects at the Masters and undergraduate level at institutions including: La Trobe University, the University of Canberra and the University of New South Wales In this podcast Catherine talks about her new book, Restoring Trust in Sport: Corruption Cases and Solutions and what she learnt about whilst researching for the book. Here are the links to purchase Catherine's book - https://www.routledge.com/Restoring-Trust-in-Sport-Corruption-Cases-and-Solutions/Ordway/p/book/9780367473068 https://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Trust-Sport-Corruption-Solutions/dp/0367473062 Topics: 2:51 – Her new book, Restoring Trust in Sport: Corruption Cases and Solutions 4:40 – What stood out to her the most when writing her book 6:36 – Good examples of education players in sport on legal and regulatory issues 10:13 – The battle for leadership to address education and safeguarding of players/athletes 13:39 – Her opinion of athletes and social media - Naomi Osaka withdrawing from French Open 15:22 – Finding the balance between athletes as assets to their sport and as human beings 17:56 – Having compassion for leaders in sport 23:55 – The political and social issues with the creating and deploying the WADA Code 28:58 – Moving from private practice/in-house to academia 31:43 – The opportunity for greater collaboration between private practice, in-house and academia We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott.

Alex Kelham is an an experienced commercial and IP lawyer and is the Head of Lewis Silkin's Sports Business Group. Although Alex has particular expertise in the sports sector, Alex also advises brands, marketing agencies and other IP rich businesses on a range of commercial, brand and marketing issues. Alex's sport clients include federations, teams, events, athletes and venues. Alex assists them in the management, exploitation and protection of their commercial rights and advises on all aspects of hosting events, and also works with brands and agencies on a range of sports marketing and commercial matters, ranging from sponsorship, talent agreements and TV production, to social media and brand protection. Alex previously worked at the 2012 London Olympic games and is also a board member for British Swimming. In this podcast Alex shares her journey into sports law and gives advice to those aspiring to work in the sector. Alex speaks to LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell. 1:51 - Her journey into law 3:32 - Her swimming career 5:50 - When did she start working with sports clients 8:12 - Being involved in the 2012 London Olympic Games 11:22 - Her take on the Tokyo Olympics and the issues surrounding the Games 13:41 - Her life after the Olympics; transitioning back into private practice 16:50 - Becoming Head of Sport at Lewis Silkin 17:38 - How to raise your profile whilst keeping your ego in check 21:52 - What work she finds the most interesting 26:51 - What she pays attention to outside of her work 29:30 - Politics in sport - will this be necessary for younger lawyers to learn about 33:34 - What characteristics she looks for in colleagues 39:55 - Her and the team's plans for the future We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services. LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Alan Darfi is the Chief Executive Officer at the Herefordshire Football Association. Previously he held roles in private practice and sports organisation including positions as Director at Rugby League European Federation, Director of Projects and Legal at The Rugby Football League and various roles at The Football Association (England FA). He also an Ad-Hoc Hearing Body Member for the International Paralympic Committee, Arbitrator at Sport Resolutions and is on The Football Association (National Anti-Discrimination Chairman's Panel, then National County Football Association Discipline Panel). In this podcast Alan shares his unusual pathway into sport and describes how and why he moved from The FA, into private practice to qualify as a lawyer, before moving back into in-house roles and then finally moving to his present role as the CEO of the Herefordshire FA. Timings: 1:45 - His journey into sports law 8:59 - How to sell your self to your current and future employers 26:45 - Changing his career direction 29:09 - Decision making and how to be reactive when choosing your career path 36:47 - His role at Herefordshire FA and the structure of the Association 41:51 - Transferable skills in law and how best to apply them 46:31 - How to identify what you truly want to do with your career and balancing work and family life with a young family 53:50 - How to develop your career as an aspiring sports lawyer 1:00:42 - Aspirations for women's football in England We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment:  LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.

Josep Vandellos is the Founder/Partner, Vandellos Sports Law with extensive experience in international sports law. During the last ten years, his practice has entirely focused on representing athletes, clubs, national associations, agents and coaches in front of the different dispute resolution bodies and the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (Switzerland). He also advises his clients on a regular basis in contract drafting and negotiations (i.a. employment contracts, agency agreements, transfer agreements). Josep is the Academic Director of the ISDE-FC Barcelona Global Master in Sports Management and Legal Skills (on-line edition), and sits as a member of the Editorial Board of Lawinsport and other specialized publications. In April 2018 he was appointed as arbitrator to the Sport Resolutions’ Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators (Sport Resolutions UK) In this podcast Josep shares his journey into sports law and gives advice to those aspiring to work in the sector Josep speaks to LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell. 3:24 - His journey into sports law 16:24 - Building relationships/networking in sports law 23:13 - Advising on FIFA regulation on coaches 36:26 - How he stays up-to-date with the latest legal developments in sports law 40:00 - The characteristics of a good sports lawyer 44:58 - Advise for those starting out in sports law 52:20 - Boundaries for accepting cases 54:08 - Managing work/life balance We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Daniel Stuk is a Senior Legal Counsel with Tennis Australia, who successfully ran the 2021 Australian Open during a global pandemic. Daniel speaks of the logistical and legal challenges he faced in running a sporting event with spectators during the Covid-19 crisis; and, the personal and professional lessons learned from this experience. Topics 1:01 - Role at Tennis Australia 3:15 - The complications of running a sporting event during the Covid-19 pandemic 5:56 - Managing athletes at the event 8:11 - Legal issues that arose 11:40 - Lessons his organisation learnt from the experience 14:19 - Collaboration between stakeholders and the importance of building relationships 17:40 - Technical requirements to bring spectators back 25:59 - What does the future hold for Tennis Australia 27:06 - How to stay motivated both professionally and personally We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zNCAlkXxL2XEfypDApye8?si=nViULnknQeSAKSdXKUL2kA

Norman Wain is General Counsel, Chief of Business Affairs at USA Track & Field which is the national governing body for the sport of track and field, long distance running, and race walking in the United States, since July 2010. His responsibilities include overseeing the USATF legal department (negotiating all contracts, managing corporate governance, handling anti-doping matters, overseeing litigation, managing the Athlete Representative program, etc). He is also currently a member of World Athletics' Governance Commission since 2020. In this podcast Norman shares his journey into sports law and the various roles and responsibilities of a General Counsel with a sports organisation. Norman speaks to LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell. 2:24 - Structure of USA Track & Field 9:10 - Creation of the LawInSport Advisory Board and the importance of in-house counsels perspective 12:22 - Journey into sports law through media law 23:00 - The evolving American sports landscape and how this has impacted on the role of in-house lawyers and the required skillset 28:13 - The different areas and type of work an in-house lawyer deals with on a daily basis 31:38 - The decision making process of instructs external counsel (lawyers) 36:20 - How Safe Sport is developing in USA and the challenges this brings 42:55 - How to manage working with a board of executives 48:00 - Managing work/life balance 56:16 - Dealing with the challenges of COVID-19 and working from home 59:19 - Looking to the future for USA Track & Field We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott.

This episode is a recording of the LawInSport webinar with 11 legal and commercial experts analysing the legal fallout from the attempted breakaway European Super League. Despite most of the clubs pulling out of the initiative, the issues covered by our expert spearer will continue to be relevant over the coming weeks and months. The session attracted over 1,000 registered attendees with 650+ tuning into the live session with over 100 questions asked.  Sean Cottrell, CEO of LawInSport, host the discussion with experts Country Focus: Alexander Engelhard, Sports Lawyer, ARNECKE SIBETH DABELSTEIN (Germany) Reyes Bellver, Founder/Attorney, Reyes Bellver (Spain) Stefania Genesis, Sports Lawyer, Livida Sport (England) Stella Riberti, Sports Lawyer, Studio Legale Withers (Italy) Patricia Moyersoen, Sports Lawyer, Moyersoen Avocats (France) Legal Focus: Graham Shear, Partner and Co-Leader, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Commercial Disputes Practice (Commercial, Finance & Disputes) Katarina Pijetlovic, Reader in Sports Law, The Manchester Metropolitan University. Author: EU Sports Law and Breakaway Leagues in Football (Competition Law) Sean Jones QC, Arbitrator & Barrister, 11KBW (Employment Law) John Mehrzad QC, Barrister & Head of Sports Group, Littleton Chambers (Dispute Resolution, Restraint of Trade, Employment) David Murray, Consultant and Former Head of Sports Rights at the BBC (Media Rights) Christopher Anderson, Former General Counsel, Super League (Rugby), Former Legal Consultant, Man Utd, and Former Head of Legal, Everton (Commercial, Regulatory & Governance) If you enjoyed the podcast, please don't forget to check out our upcoming Football Law Conference from 20th-26th May 2021 which will continue the discussion around the European Super League. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/careers/recruitment-services LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.

Achta Mahamat Saleh is the Director of Legal Affairs & Compliance Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF). Achta has an impressive and inspiring journey into sports law. Having completed her Masters in Law in International Trade/Business Law from the University of Bordeaux in 2006 before securing a role as Legal Counsel at FIFA (2008-2010). Following a return to Chad she became a member of Chad's Constitutional Council for a period of one year (2017-2018). After which she returned to football in her role as Director of Legal Affairs & Compliance at CAF. In this podcast Achta shares her journey into sports law and dealing with the cultural differences, challenges and opportunity in African sports law. Achta speaks to LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell. 1:06 - Role at CAF 3:17 - Journey into sports law and arriving at CAF 8:12 - The importance of building meaningful relationships 10:20 - The qualities that can make you stand out from your peers 14:46 - Being a female lawyer in Africa - dealing with the challenges and cultural differences 38:12 - Establishing the legal department in CAF 45:10 - The importance of daily routines and tips on refocusing in work 50:00 - The exciting parts of the role 56:00 - Aspirations and opportunities for African football and sports 59:09 - The state of women's football in Africa 1:03:42 - Dealing with the challenges of COVID-19 1:06:49 - Prioritising work and time management 1:09:28 - Approach to managing a team We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment:  LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.

Marianne Clayton and Maria Segura are specialist State aid lawyers and experts who represent sports organisations on State aid cases. Both have worked in senior positions at the Competition and State Aid Directorate of the EFTA Surveillance Authority (Maria - Former Deputy Director, Marianne - Former Senior Officer). In this interview Marianne and Maria talk to Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO and Chris Bond, LawInSport Editorial Director, about: 1:44 - What State aid law is and how it applies to the sports sector and if its legal principals apply elsewhere or are they unique to the EU 9:11 - How proactive can sports clubs be when it comes to state aid and should they question state aid rules 12:28 - An overview of the Valencia and Elche cases 18:58 - An overview of the Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Club Atlético Osasuna cases 22:43 - The effect State aid has on trading between member states 26:05 - How Covid-19 has effected State aid Mariane and Maria have written two articles with a more detailed analysis on state here: https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/a-guide-to-how-state-aid-law-works-in-the-eu-sports-sector https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/a-guide-to-how-state-aid-law-works-in-the-eu-sports-sector We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.  For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Aahna Mehrotra is the founder and principal lawyer at AM Sports Law & Management Co. She serves as the Chairperson on the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel and is a member of the Arbitrational Tribunal constituted by Football Delhi. Aahna played cricket for the India Under-19 women’s team and several other sports at the state level. Aahna is also a member of the LawInSport Editorial Board. In this podcast Aahna shares her journey into sports law and overcoming prejudices as an India women working in sports and talks about her favourite matters and cases. Aahna speaks to LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell. 03:12 - How did she get into law & sports law 07:05 - Getting into the sports law market in India 22:40 - What was it like being an Indian women working in the international and domestic sports law market 24:40 - The advantages and disadvantages of working in a developing sports law country 29:20 - What advice would she give to aspiring sports lawyers 37:57 - What deal/work is she most proud of 43:02 - What key developments in the sports law market is she currently watching 49:45 - How does she stay on top of the latest developments in sports law We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment:  LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.

Álvaro Gómez de la Vega Jiménez is the sports legal manager at RCD Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D. Álvaro speaks to LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell, about: 1:42 - Getting into football and sports law 8:25 - Being prepared for transitioning into football 9:46 - Dealing with legal issues for a club with a small legal budget 11:30 - Lessons from working at Malaga CF 14:32 - The structure of Espanyol's legal team and the role of Sports Legal Manager 17:58 - Change in the football landscape 20:53 - The challenge of developing women's football in Spain 23:53 - Salary cap for players in Spain 27:33 - The corruption case involving Racing Santander and the financial oversight of clubs - see article - https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/when-football-administrators-end-up-in-prison-the-ongoing-case-of-racing-de-santander-s-former-managers 31:07 - Ideal characteristics of outside counsel who advise for football clubs 41:11 - The importance of being informed and the continuing professional development 44:25 - The future of lawyers in football We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment:  LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.

For this second LawInSport Sports Law News Roundtable our guests discuss the legal implications of the reported potential litigation from retired rugby players against the governing bodies in England & Wales; and, compare the similarities and differences between this situation and the NFL case and the potential legal issues the case presents. Our guests are: - Jack Anderson (@sportslawMELB), Professor and Director of Sports Law Studies at the University of Melbourne  - Mark James (@prof_mark_james), Professor of Sports Law at Manchester Metropolitan University   - Tim O'Connor (@timoconnorbl), Barrister at the Irish Bar Host Sean Cottrell, CEO of LawInSport @spcott 1:41 - How does a reported rugby case differ from the NFL and NCAA American football cases? 12:48 - What are the potential legal arguments that could be brought by the players; who will be bringing the case and who will be brought against? 17:45 - Is there a distinction between the regulation of injuries in competitive matches and training? 19:30 - How the scientific research may be interpreted and used in litigation? 27:00 - How does the culture of a sport play a part in historical cases? 33:19 - What impact could a successful litigation have on sport worldwide? 38:42 - What are the possible outcomes for the rugby governing bodies and player unions - Is it likely that the money set aside by unions for player development will grow and will former and current players get the right medical cover? 47:20 - What could this case mean for other sports? We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.

For the 100th podcast, the tables are turned on LawInSport's Founder, CEO and podcast host, Sean Cottrell, as he is interviewed by Gabriella Lowe about the 10 year anniversary of LawInSport and looks back over what LawInSport has achieved since its conception. 1:04 - Some highlights of LawInSpot over the last 10 years 7:52 - Why he first set up LawInSport 16:44 - What the early days of LawInSport were like and the difficulties faced at the start 22:20 - What were the challenges in growing the website to the size it is today 25:43 - What he is most proud of when it comes to LawInSport 31:15 - What next for LawInSport We hope you thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com [www.lawinsport.com/](https://www.lawinsport.com/) Upcoming Events: [www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-even…orts-law-events) LawInSport Recruitment: [www.lawinsport.com/jobs](https://w…nsport.com/jobs) LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: [www.lawinsport.com/announcements](…m/announcements) Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott.

Stephen O'Flaherty (@OFlahertySJP) is a Managing Associate and immigration specialist on the movement of players and coaches in the sports industry at Lewis Silkin. He works in the sport, fashion & entertainment and technology sectors In this interview Stephen talks to Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO & Founder, about how Brexit will effect the transfer of players to the Premier League and English Football League and the new entry requirements for overseas players. Stephen has writing an article with more detailed analysis here: https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/a-guide-to-the-new-immigration-rules-for-players-coming-to-the-premier-league-and-efl We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

LawInSport · Sarah Solémalé, Senior Governance Services Manage, FIFA   Sarah Solémalé is the Senior Governance Service Manager at FIFA. Sarah speaks to LawInSport’s founder and CEO, Sean Cottrell, about: - transitioning from art to law; - interviewing and securing a legal role at FIFA; - the differences between the roles and responsibilities of a lawyer in the legal and governance departments at FIFA; - the importance "soft skills" and diplomacy; - the future of sports in Africa and embracing the power of sport; advice on help developing sports in underdeveloped sports markets; - how lawyers can better engage with governments and civil servants; the area of law outside of governance that interest Sarah the most;  - how do you decipher what is important information to focus on and the value of peer-to-peer learning; and, - the importance of good mental health, particularly during the pandemic. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment:  LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast LawInSport Founder and CEO, Sean Cottrell gives advice on how to become a sports lawyer and the nuances of the advice provided in his popular article 'Top 10 tips to become a sports lawyer' https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/features/item/top-10-tips-on-how-to-become-a-sports-lawyer-2-0. Sean is joined by his colleague Gabriella Lowe who recently graduates from UCFB with a Bachelor's degree in Football Business & Finance. We hope you thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com [https://www.lawinsport.com/](https://www.lawinsport.com/) Upcoming Events: [https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events](https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events) LawInSport Recruitment: [https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs](https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs) LawInSport Annual Conference: [https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference](https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference) LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: [https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements](https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements) Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: 1. Soundcloud: [https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport](https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport) 2. iTunes: [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2) 3. Most Android podcast apps. 4. Spotify

Andrew Steele, Olympic Athlete and Head of Product at DNAFit/Prenetics International, who are conducting the COVID-19 testing for The Premier League amongst other organisation, and their lawyer, Stephen Taylor Heath, Head of Sports Law at JMW Solicitors. Andrew and Stephen talk to Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO & Founder about the challenges and logistical and legal issues faced conducting the COVID-19 testing as well as look to what the future of sport may look like if and when fans return. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.   The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.

This the first episode of LawInSport Sports Law News RoundTable podcast brings together experts to discuss current legal events in sport. Our guest for this episode are Danielle Sharkey (Associate at Charles Russell Speechlys), Steven Bainbridge (Partner and head of sports & events management at Al Tamimi & Co.) and Nandan Kamath (Principal lawyer at LawNK) who speak to Sean Cottrell (CEO of LawInSport) about the issues that sport is having with COVID-19. These issues include: Moving sports events to new locations Operating team events in a COVID bubble Adjusting to new commercial and broadcasting demands The potential integrity risks arising from COIVD Financial vulnerability of sports organisations. Our guest also discusses the panel’s opinions on how sports organisations may change how they view their relationship and contribution from the sports betting industry. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.  The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. Twitter Handles for the guests - Danielle Sharkey - @dsharkeyshark Nandan Kamath - @nandankamath

Our guest today is Ricky Volante. Ricky is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the PCL (The Professional Collegiate League) which is the first professional collegiate sports league. He is also the Founder of The Volante Law Firm, a boutique firm focused on sports, entertainment, and corporate law. In this interview Ricky speaks to LawInSport's founder and CEO, Sean Cottrell, about the entrepreneurial issues that come with setting up a professional sports league such as venue management, merchandising rights, media rights and employment contracts. Ricky also talks about the importance of funding athletes education without limitations that follow in the current NCAA model athletes and how the PCL Foundation plan to address this. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.       The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.    For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/   Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements   Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Our guest today is Ricky Volante. Ricky is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the PCL (The Professional Collegiate League) which is the first professional collegiate sports league. He is also the Founder of The Volante Law Firm, a boutique firm focused on sports, entertainment, and corporate law. In this interview Ricky speaks to LawInSport's founder and CEO, Sean Cottrell, about the entrepreneurial issues that come with setting up a professional sports league such as venue management, merchandising rights, media rights and employment contracts. Ricky also talks about the importance of funding athletes education without limitations that follow in the current NCAA model athletes and how the PCL Foundation plan to address this. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same.       The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport.    For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/   Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements   Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

This is a recording of a webinar hosted following the horrific execution of champion Iranian wrestler, Navid Afkari. This tragic event pulls into sharp focus the role of sport in promoting peace and protecting athletes around the world. Speakers Rob Koehler, Director General, Global Athlete Brendan Schwab, Executive Director, World Players Association Sally Roberts, Founder and CEO, Wrestle Like A Girl Host: Sean Cottrell, Founder and CEO, LawInSport

Takuya Yamazki is one of Japan's leading sports lawyers. In this interview Takuya describes difficulties the COVID-19 pandemic has on the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. He puts forward a compelling argument that this is the time to rethink exclusive centralised business model of the Olympics, Paralympics, and sport more generally, and move to an more inclusive decentralised model for sport. Takuya Yamazki is a Japanese Attorney-at-Law, is the founder and Managing Partner of Field-R Law Offices, a niche sports and entertainment legal practice based in Tokyo. Takuya has vast legal and business experience in sports both in Japan and internationally. He is was a member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and I the Chairman of FIFPro Division Asia/Oceania. We hope you enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com [https://www.lawinsport.com/](https://www.lawinsport.com/) Upcoming Events: [https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events](https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events) LawInSport Recruitment: [https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs](https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs) LawInSport Annual Conference: [https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference](https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference) LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: [https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements](https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements) Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: 1. Soundcloud: [https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport](https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport) 2. iTunes: [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2) 3. Most Android podcast apps. 4. Spotify

Brent Nowicki is the Managing Counsel and Head of the Anti-Doping Division, Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS/CAS). Brent speaks to LawInSport's founder and CEO, Sean Cottrell, about the structures, procedures and developments of the CAS Anti-Doping Division and what this means for governing bodies of sport. The host is Sean Cottrell, LawInSport's Founder and CEO. Episode #92 of LawInSport Podcast which is available most podcast apps including iTunes, SoundCloud and Spotify. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Our guest today is Dr J Simon Rofe, Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies, CISD (SOAS) & author of Sport and Diplomacy: Games within Games (Key Studies in Diplomacy) outlines how the framework of sports diplomacy can help sports leaders come to better decision during and post the COVID-19 crisis. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law... LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-con... LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/l... Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Paul Darling OBE QC has a wide experience of commercial and construction disputes and regulatory issues in the sports and gambling world. He was awarded the Officer of the British Empire in recognition of his services to sport safety and horse racing. In this podcast Paul gives his perspective on the evolution of the betting industry and the changing attitudes towards betting in the UK, and particularly sports betting. Paul shares his views on the business practices in the gambling sectors, the state of research and the understanding of addiction gambling, the use of technology and its impact on responsible gambling as well what he would like to see happen to create a productive and effective in light of the review of the UK's Gambling Act 2005. Paul has help positions as: * Chairman of the Sports Ground Safety Authority, the body sent up to prevent a repetition of Hillsborough, * Member of the board of the Tote and of the Horse Race Betting Levy Board * Chairman of the Association of British Bookmakers , the trade association which represented most betting of shops in the UK, which has since become the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC). We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Our special guest today is Andrew Cooke, General Counsel at the Global esports Brand, Fnatic. He is the former General Counsel and Head of Strategy for Flash Entertainment in Abu Dhabi where he supported in delivering live events to more than 8 million people, from sponsorship activations through to global football tournaments. In this interview Andrew discusses the history of Fnatic, the exciting partnership with UNICEF, managing risk in a fast growth business in the esports sector, duty of care in esports, esports media rights, the role of in-house lawyers and lawyers having meaningful purposes in their work. Andrew has a genuine passion about learning and development for lawyers as you will tell from the interview. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Gareth Farrelly, a former international football player, lawyer and arbitrator. As a professional football player he represented the Republic of Ireland and played for Premier League sides Aston Villa, Everton and Bolton. Post retirement he retrained as a lawyer, is a member of the Football Association’s Judicial Panel. a member of Sports Resolutions’ independent Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators. In 2019 he was appointed as a Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitrator. Gareth, also sits as a Premier League Match Delegate helping review and supporting Premier League referees. In this podcast Gareth shares his story, it is emotive, powerful and inspiring. It involves seeking high performance in and outside of sport, fighting life threaten illness, finding out people you trusted as a player have did not have your best interests at heart. It is ultimately about how he has taken all his experience and is now trying to help former players and athletes avoid following the same fate he faced at the end of his career. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Described “one of the leading lawyers of his generation”, Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he retired in October 2016. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from April 2010 until October 2012. Over his career Lord Dyson has been involved in many high profile sports cases, some resulting in the establishment of the Premier League and the introduction of all-seater football stadiums in the UK. More recently he has adjudicated the Peter Beardsley racism case for The FA and the Saracens Salary Cap case for Premiership Rugby. In this interview Lord Dyson givens a detailed insight into his career and shares his thoughts on the state of sports dispute resolution as well what it takes to achieve a magnificent career in law. He recently published his memoir ‘John Dyson - A Judge's Journey’, which I recommend reading. It is available at all good bookstores and online. All the proceeds going to charity. Lord Dyson biography Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he retired in October 2016. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from April 2010 until October 2012. He was a Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2001 until 2010 (and Deputy Head of Civil Justice from 2003 until 2006). He was a Judge of the High Court of England and Wales from 1993 until 2001, and the Judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court from 1998 until 2001. He was a Recorder from 1986 until 1993. Lord Dyson was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1968 and was awarded a Harmsworth Scholarship. He was Treasurer of the Inn in 2017. From 1968, he practised in Keating Chambers and was appointed QC in 1982. In 1986 he accepted an invitation by 39 Essex Chambers to become Head of Chambers, a position he held until 1993 when he was appointed to the High Court. Since retiring from the Bench he has been accepting appointments as an arbitrator and mediator in both domestic and international arbitrations. He has lectured extensively on a wide range of subjects in the UK and abroad, including in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, US, Australia and New Zealand. He has given lectures to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on mediation and arbitration. He gave the Mustill lecture in 2013 on Arbitration and the Brussels 1 Reform. He has participated in legal exchanges with judges and lawyers from other jurisdictions, such as US, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa, Israel, France and judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union and has contributed papers on these occasions. He is an Honorary Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is a Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, London and University College, London. He has honorary doctorates from University College, London and the Universities of Leeds and Essex. He is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Sport Resolutions Arbitration Panel, The Football Association’s Judicial Panel, LCIA and ICC. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

In this interview, Jonathan Taylor QC, chair of WADA's Independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) & Co-Head of Sport at Bird & Bird provides a detailed explanation CRC’s recommendations, that were endorsed by the WADA Executive Committee on the 9 December 2019, to declare the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code for a Period of Four years. A transcript of the podcast is available on LawInSport. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Jake Marsh, Head of Integrity at Stats Perform and Jonny Gray, Senior Partner at Control Risks join Sean Cottrell to discuss how data, integrity systems and risk specialists, used by FTSE100 companies, are helping sport to tackle issues that come with working in a global sector. This is a podcast for anyone who wants to better understand the current legal issues and developments from the world of sport, and find out about the personalities behind these developments. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Cassandra Heilbronn is the Regulation Legal Manager - Sports & Entertainment, The Royal Commission for AlUla. In this podcast Cassandra talks about her career in private practice in Australia working with sports clubs, leagues and players and her new role in Saudi Arabia. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

On this show our guest is Adam Lovatt, Head of Legal & Business Affairs, OTRO. In this interview he talks about his journey from wanting to be a sports journalist to becoming a construction lawyer who transitioned to work within some of the world's largest sports media agencies. He gives his perspective on networking and how private practice lawyers can work better with in-house counsel. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport (@LawInSport). For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

Daniel Geey (@FootballLaw), Partner in the Sheridans Sport, Entertainment & eSports Team and author of Done Deal a book that "lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern football". Daniel talks about his approach to: - career & business development in sports - balancing life work & family life as a partner in a law firm - how he approached writing Done Deal & more The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

In this interview Takuya Yamazaki, one of the leading Japanese sports lawyer, CAS Arbitrator, and LawInSport Editorial Board members discusses his work on inclusion & diversity at Tokyo 2020 Games, football development Asia and his role as a mentoring on the LawInSport Mentoring Scheme. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 Most Android podcast apps. Spotify

David Lampitt is the Managing Director Group Operations at Sportradar AG. In this interview David talks about his broad ranging career in sport, his role at Sportradar, the growth of the business and future trends in sport data/media. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

Jeffrey L. Kessler is the Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn and one most prominent lawyers in the USA regularly engaged in high-profile sports litigation. The interview was recorded at the Sport Resolutions Conference on 2 May 2019. He has acted for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), the National Basketball Players Association, the Arena Football League (AFL) Players Association, the National Hockey League Players Association, the Major League Baseball Players Association, the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), CAA Sports, Wasserman Media Group, SCP Worldwide, MVP Sports, the Women’s National Soccer Team, the NFL Coaches Association, Players, Inc., the Women’s Tennis Benefit Association, Excel Sports, and Adidas and more. https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/kessler-jeffrey-l.html#full-bio The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

Rob Koehler, former World Anti-Doping Agency Director of Education and Deputy Director General, and Director General of Global Athlete. In this episode Rob talks about his perspective of the role athletes can play in the positive development of world sport. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this two-part interview Stephen Ridgway talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career having initially started out in a commercial role IMG before deciding to qualify as a lawyer & later joining Sky Sports as their Head of Legal before moving onto be Vice President, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports. In Part One, Stephen talks about his unusual career path. In Part Two, Stephen provides a detail explanation of the piracy battle beIN Sports and beIN Media Group are undertaking against the Saudi based BeoutQ in the Middle East region(see here for more info https://beoutq.tv/) as well as explain why this should be a concern for sports media rights holders globally. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this two-part interview Stephen Ridgway talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career having initially started out in a commercial role IMG before deciding to qualify as a lawyer & later joining Sky Sports as their Head of Legal before moving onto be Vice President, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports. In Part One, Stephen talks about his unusual career path. In Part Two, Stephen provides a detail explanation of the piracy battle beIN Sports and beIN Media Group are undertaking against the Saudi based BeoutQ in the Middle East region(see here for more info https://beoutq.tv/) as well as explain why this should be a concern for sports media rights holders globally. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

On 8 February 2019, LawInSport in partnership with the Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland hosted a one-day conference in Dublin (see https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events/past-events/conference/73-sports-law-ireland-conference-2019) For a ground-breaking conference in Ireland, the expert panels discussed current issues in the world of eSports, media rights, sports betting, and MMA and athlete welfare. In this podcast, Sean Cottrell, CEO and Founder of LawInSport, speaks with the following panel chairs and attendees about their takeaways from the conference, the key topics that were discussed, and the importance of shared aims to upskill and better educate the international sports law community. Guests (in order): Louise Reilly, Barrister Paul McGarry SC, President of Irish Sports Law Bar Association Rob McTernaghan, Barrister Tim O'Connor, Barrister The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this episode Nick De Marco QC, Blackstone Chambers, describes his unusual and inspiring journey into law and how he become one of the world's leading sports lawyers. In this interview Nick provides insights into how he has grown his sports practice and particularly his football practice. He provides insights into his favourite and most unusual cases as well and providing his perspective on how the sports law has changed during his career. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

Isobel (Izzy) Carnwath, Trustee of Safe MMA and Director of Brand & Communications at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation. In this podcast Izzy explains the work of Safe MMA, the first and only voluntary medical organisation set up for the public benefit of protecting the health and safety of mixed martial arts competitors in the UK & Ireland. *There were some technical issues with audio equipment and therefore the sound quality does vary throughout the recording. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast Brendan Schwab, Executive Director of the World Players Association talks about the case of Hakeem al-Araibi, a Bahraini footballer player with refugee status in Australia, who was arrested on arrival in Thailand for a vacation, and is being held there pending deportation to Bahrain. In this interview Brendan provides: 1)details of the case; 2)outlines the response from football community; 3)identifies the parties in the football community who have so far been silent; and, 4)outlines the resolution he would like to see. After discussing Hakeem's case Brendan provides an insight into how he started working in the players association movement and gives advice for those who aspire to do the same. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this episode Kevin Carpenter discusses his career as well as the international developments in sports integrity & governance. Kevin is the Principal of Captivate Legal & Sports Solution, and Special Counsel for Sports Integrity at leading global sports technology and data company Genius Sports. Kevin specialises in integrity, regulatory, governance and disciplinary matters. His expertise and knowledge has led him to be engaged by major private and public bodies, including the IOC, FIFA, the Council of Europe, INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as well as making regular appearances internationally delivering presentations and commenting in the media on sports law issues. His research and papers are published across a variety of forums, including having a blog on LawInSport. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO, interviews Günter Younger the Director of Intelligence and Investigations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) about his role, the work of his department, working with whistleblowers and the challenges of running investigations in international sport and anti-doping. Mr. Younger was previously Head of the Cybercrime Division at the Bavarian Landeskriminalamt (BLKA) in Germany, which he created as the central point of contact for police, State departments and private companies in all cybercrime matters of Bavaria. While fulfilling this role, in 2015, Günter was seconded to WADA’s three-person Independent Commission that investigated and exposed widespread doping in Russian athletics. After graduating from Police Training School in Dachau and Kӧnigsbrunn in 1988, Mr. Younger joined the BLKA as an investigator. Over the years, Günter held numerous increasingly senior positions with a particular focus on international investigations; specifically, combating drug trafficking and organised crime. After completing postgraduate studies at the Police College of Public Administration in Fürstenfeldbruck and at the National Police Staff College in Münster, Mr. Younger served as Deputy Head of the Organised Crime Division of the BLKA. In 2006, he was deployed to Europol as an Analyst for Serious Organised Crime. In 2008, Mr. Younger was seconded to Interpol´s drug unit in Lyon/France where he was swiftly promoted to Team Leader/Coordinator. By the following year, he had assumed responsibility for the organization’s Drugs and Criminal Intelligence Unit (DCIU) and the newly created Anti-Doping section. Upon completion of his term at Interpol, in 2011, Mr. Younger returned to Germany to lead Bavaria’s Counterfeit Currency Unit before joining BLKA. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this interview Sean Cottrell interviews Julian Mihov, Business Development Director Southeast Europe at PwC. Julian has more than 20 years of experience both in the Big 4 companies environment and in the professional sport business. Throughout his career he has served as tax, legal and business advisor to a number of sport federations, football clubs and professional athletes, as well as has acted as tax advisor to large corporations regarding their involvement in sport as sponsors. In this interview Julian describes the development of the sports industry in Eastern Europe over the last 20 years and explains what this means for the sports sector and sports lawyers in this region. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

On this show our guests are Richard Millington and David Murray from Shoosmiths. Richard is an experienced lawyer who provides counsel on strategic projects across the retail, technology, entertainment and sports sectors. As well advising on some of the sporting world’s biggest deals his experience includes negotiating cross border joint ventures, developing and executing litigation strategies in multiple jurisdictions and working on key outsourcing, IP exploitation (including content/broadcast rights), sponsorship, distribution and agency arrangements. As Legal Manager for the Nike Football Business Units, General Counsel for Umbro and then VP International Counsel for Iconix Brand Group Inc he managed legal teams and budgets on a global level and worked with lawyers from the top US firms through to small boutiques. His experience of working at the front line in competitive global markets enables him to provide expert, results-orientated and responsive legal advice. David has more than 25 years' expertise in the broadcast media and spent 14 years as at the BBC where he was Head of Sports Rights, negotiating deals with a host of world-leading sports rights holders including the International Olympics Committee, UEFA, FIFA, Premier League, Formula 1, Six Nations, and Wimbledon. Four years ago he launched his own sports business consultancy, Fozmuz with his colleague Robert Foster. David is a highly skilled negotiator, having concluded hundreds of media deals with the biggest sports federations, and also teaches negotiation at the University of Salford, and through his own company, the Better People Organisation. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport . For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

Nick Fitzpatrick, Partner and Global Co-Chair, Media, Sport and Entertainment Sector at DLA Piper sits down with LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell, to discuss the finding of DLA’s ‘Global Media Sector Trends 2018 Report’ and the key developments in the sports media industry. The interview was recorded in May 2018. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell, founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this interview Peter Crowther, Managing Partner of Winston & Stawn LLP's London and Brussel offices, shares his views on how sport can learn from the corporate world in its approach to tackle corruption such as doping and misconduct of officials within sports organisations. The interview took place at the Sport Resolution 2018 Annual Conference in London. https://www.sportresolutions.co.uk/events/conferences/sport-resolutions-annual-conference-2018. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell, founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

Dr Kelsey Erickson (@kelslee777 ) is a Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University. Her primary research interest is the social psychology of doping in sport. Her PhD research was titled "Doping in Sport: a cross-national (US and UK) analysis of track and field athletes". In this podcast Dr Erickson talks about the psychology of doping and about her research on global whistleblowing programs in sport. Kelsey's principal research interest is doping in sport. Her doctoral studies were completed in January 2016 and were assisted by the financial support of the International Athletic Foundation (IAF). The program of study adopted a holistic approach to explore the lived experiences of track and field athletes; thus, documenting the relational aspects of doping for the first time. During her studies, Kelsey simultaneously worked on projects commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), as well as providing assistance on multiple research studies funded by various organisations (e.g. UK Anti-Doping Agency, UK Military of Defense). Research Interests With the financial support of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kelsey's current research is focused on designing, piloting and evaluating an anti-doping education program for student-athletes in the US, UK and Canada. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawin…id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this interview Prof. Jack Anderson discusses the development of sports law in Australia and analyses the legal issues that arose with Russian athletes competing at the Winter Olympics. If you are interested in sports law education, anti-doping and/or sports arbitration then this will be of interest to you. The host is Sean Cottrell, founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast Matt Drew, Executive Vice President Business Development and Former Director of Integrity & Security at Perform talks about his views on the future of the sports betting market and associated legal and regulated landscape in United States of America. This is ahead of the upcoming decision of the Supreme Court ruling on the New Jersey sports betting case. In this podcast Matt discuss issues around rights to data, media and betting distribution methods, integrity operations, how a future sports betting market in the US has an opportunity to develop an effective regulatory and licensing system. If you are interested in sports media, sports betting, integrity in sport and particularly match-fixing then this will be of interest to you. The host is Sean Cottrell, founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

Welcome to the LawInSport podcast! This is a podcast for anyone who wants to better to understand the current legal issues and developments from the world of sport, and find our about the personalities behind these developments. On this show our guest is Tony Cunningham, Senior Manager Education at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) who provides an insight into the newly released eLearning platform, ADeL (Anti-Doping eLearning), https://adel.wada-ama.org/ - which purpose is to serve as a central hub for all of WADA’s eLearning courses and resources. In this podcast Tony explains why and how ADeL was created and how it fits in the the global anti-doping framework. If you are interested in anti-doping and/or education in sport then this will be of interest to you. This interview specifically focuses on the following questions: [2:11] Where have you recently traveled to in your efforts to further grow global anti-doping education? [6:40] Can you please describe what the ADeL system is, and how it came about? [16:45] Can you speak about the role that translation plays in the ADel system and its benefits? [35:58] How could participating in the online educational course enhance in-person training? [37:42] What does the future hold, with ADeL now having been launched? What are the next steps for ADeL? [39:52] If listeners would like to input into this or would like to help, what is the best way for them to get in touch? We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell, founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

This is a podcast for anyone who wants to better understand the current legal issues and developments from the world of sport, and find out about the personalities behind these developments. On this show our guest is Takuya Yamazaki, a Partner and Head of Sport at the Japanese law firm Field-R, provides a fascinating insight into some of the key legal and cultural issues to be aware on in the lead up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and importantly highlights some of the challenges and opportunities this creates. This interview specifically addresses the following questions: [4:47] What do you see as the real opportunity, not only for Japanese professional services providers, athletes, and administrators, but also for the wider sports community in the build up to the Tokyo Games? [18:36] Can you give a quick overview of the development of the governing bodies, particularly around the Olympic movement? What the types of individuals are involved and what their outlooks are at the moment? [20:00] What is your strategy or what do you recommend being the strategy when dealing with people who see it differently? How do you get them to be on board? [29:40] If you were going to give any advice to international sports lawyers, going to, being in Japan, or looking to work with athletes going to Japan, is there any insight or advice you would give, or would you recommend taking a certain type of approach or something they should research in terms of regulations in advance of them going? We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell, founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this episode two founding members of the Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland Tim O'Connor and Robert McTernaghan talk about how the association was established and the topics of the inaugural conference on 23 February which included presentations on evidence-based changes to sports rules, concussion and anti-doping. Tim O'Connor BL (@timoconnorbl ) and Robert McTernaghan (@nisportslaw ) are both a practising barrister. Tim has a special interest in rugby and the law. He has published, spoken and blogged on concussion, liability, player eligibility issues and disciplinary challenges in rugby, as well as appearing for clients in rugby-related cases. Robert is a sports lawyer and sits as an arbitrator for the GAA and a part-time lecturer at the University of Ulster. The Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland is an all-Ireland association of barristers with specialist sports law knowledge and practices. It aims to increase awareness of sports law and support barristers in providing the most up-to-date advice to sports law clients. Conference Program Chair: The Hon. Mr Justice David Barniville Speakers: Dr. Ross Tucker, Science and Research Consultant, World Rugby: Evidence-based changes in sports rules Tim O’Connor BL: Irish sport and concussion liability Louise Reilly BL Developments in anti-doping law For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com https://www.lawinsport.com/ Upcoming Events: https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: https://www.lawinsport.com/jobs LawInSport Annual Conference: https://www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: https://www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-sports-law-podcast/id655761738?mt=2 or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast, Ricardo Oliveras Salva, Head of Sports Law and Corporate partner at ECIJA, speaks with Sean Cottrell, Founder and CEO at LawInSport, about his experience with working on international sporting events, FIFA World Cup bidding process, particularly the Spain Portugal bid, ISDE Barcelona's academic programs, key sports law issues in Spain, his transition into Corporate law and his path to becoming one of Spains top sports lawyers. For further insight into Ricardo's career, please also see: http://ecija.com/en/abogados/ricardo-oliveras/ Ricardo is the Head of Sports Law and Corporate partner at ECIJA. Attorney with extensive experience in business and sports law, began his career at KPMG Abogados in 1997. In the sports industry, Ricardo has been a corporate lawyer for organizers of international sporting events (America’s Cup Management -2004 to 2007 – Superleague Formula Motorsport Series -2008 to 2011 -) and has worked as a consultant on legal matters related to sports federations and national and international sports associations, right-holders/ promoters of sporting events, clubs, agencies/ agents and professional athletes in general companies and professionals operating in the field of sport, allowing him to have a broad knowledge on the operation of the sports industry in all its aspects. Among his recent collaborations, we highlight the advice to FIFA as legal counsel in Spain in the selection process of the host country to host the World Cup 2018. In the commercial field, Ricardo advises numerous national and international companies in the field of commercial contracts and corporate law, as well as several technology start-ups, occupying the position of director or secretary in several of their clients. PDG (general management program) from IESE business school. Master in Business Law from the ISDE (Institute of Law and Economics). Lecturer on the ‘LLM in International Sport’ ISDE. Member of the Spanish Association of Sports Law. Ricardo speaks Spanish, Catalan and English. He is recognized by the prestigious international ranking Best Lawyers amongst the best Sports law lawyers in the Spanish market. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast Brendan Schwab, Executive Director, World Players Association talks to LawInSport's CEO and founder, Sean Cottrell, about his work promoting and protecting the fundamental rights of players/athletes. This follows the World Players Association publication of the Universal Declaration of Player Rights, which is the first comprehensive articulation of athletes’ rights, sets a benchmark for international sporting organisations to meet their obligations to protect, respect and guarantee the fundamental rights of players. “The rule books of world sport impose thousands of pages of onerous obligations, but none clearly spell out the internationally recognised human rights of athletes,” said Brendan Schwab, Executive Director of the World Players Association. “The result is an unjust system of sports law that lacks legitimacy and fails to protect the very people who sit at the heart of sport. We are making it clear that athlete rights can no longer be ignored. They must be able to quickly access justice.” The implementation of the principles set out in the Declaration will introduce long overdue reforms to the governance of sport. Some examples include: Every player is entitled to equality of opportunity in the pursuit of sport without distinction of any kind and free of discrimination, harassment and violence. Every player has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. The rights of every child athlete must be protected. Every player has the right to share fairly in the economic activity and wealth of his or her sport which players have helped generate, underpinned by fair and just pay and working conditions. Every player has the right to organise and collectively bargain. Every player is entitled to have his or her name, image and performance protected. A player’s name, image and performance may only be commercially utilised with his or her consent, voluntarily given. Every player has the right to a private life, privacy and protection in relation to the collection, storage and transfer of personal data. Every player must be able to access an effective remedy when his or her human rights are not respected and upheld. This is particularly crucial given the highly skilled yet short term and precarious nature of the athletic career. The Declaration was developed over the last two years by the more than 100 player associations affiliated to World Players. It has also undergone a thorough review process by human and labour rights experts. It reflects generations of organised players’ experiences and incorporates recent feedback from thousands of players provided through wide-ranging surveys conducted by player associations. It is also firmly anchored in international human rights law and core International Labour Organisation standards. The World Players Association’s mission is to embed the fundamental human rights in world sport. Read the full press release here: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/world-players-association-launches-universal-declaration-player-rights ------ World Player Development Standard: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/sites/default/files/imce/paris_world_player_development_standard_7_sep_17.pdf For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast Ben Paterson, Integrity Operations Director at Genius Sports, Jake Marsh, Head of Integrity at Perform Group and Stephen Emberson, Intelligence and Integrity Analyst at The Football Association discuss the intricacies of Football DataCo's new "ground-breaking" integrity agreement with Genius Sports and Perform Group. Whilst the agreement is an expansion of Football DataCo’s existing integrity monitoring provision, launched in 2014 with Genius Sports. The Genius Sports and Perform partnership is the first time that two global leaders in sports data and technology have joined forces to collaboratively protect the integrity of sport against match-fixing. This new partnership will see all parties working together to develop a bespoke intelligence network, capitalising on Perform Group’s and Genius Sports’ extensive industry expertise and resources. This will facilitate the development of a unique intelligence database and analytical capability that will provide Football DataCo, the Leagues and the Football Association with greater visibility and protection against threats to their integrity of their competitions. This combined technology will monitor all odds movements across 14 different competitions in English and Scottish football. This includes not just the core Premier League, EFL, and Scottish Professional Football League matches but also the English and Scottish FA Cups and steps 1-4 in the English National League. Genius Sports and Perform Group will also work together to deliver a series of educational workshops aimed at arming players, officials and league and club executives with the knowledge to identify and avoid match-fixing’s growing threat. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast Kristen Worley, athlete and, equality and human right campaigner, talks about her personal journey campaigning for the equality and human rights to be recognised in sport. This journey led Kristen to take a landmark case to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario against the Cycling Canada, the Ontario Cycling Association and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The case challenged the "policies, guidelines, rules and processes surrounding XY female athletes, gender verification and therapeutic use of required hormones that are captured by anti-doping regulations." In this podcast Kristen talks about her early years, research relating to XY females, athlete licensing systems and the limitations of such systems when athletes try to access competent bodies to hear disputes relating to human rights issues. We recommend you read in more detail about her cases in the links below: Sport’s longest injustice scheduled for demolition by Andy Brown http://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/sports-longest-injustice-scheduled-demolition/ Worley’s case to proceed in Human Rights Tribunal by Andy Brown, http://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/worleys-case-to-proceed-in-human-rights-tribunal/ Athlete health and fair play: Kristen Worley case puts women’s sport policy in the dock by Daryl Adair https://theconversation.com/athlete-health-and-fair-play-kristen-worley-case-puts-womens-sport-policy-in-the-dock-81361 Kristen Worley - Citizens Of Sport Podcast with Jaimie Fuller, Chairman of SKINS https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/skins-podcast-channel/id1212400291?mt=2

In this interview Nan Sato provides an update on the most recent legal developments in Japanese sport. The issue of athlete rights under Japanese labor law is in the spotlight following a recent dispute between Japanese baseball player, Shun Yamaguch, and the baseball team Tokyo Giants. This case provides a working example of how labor disputes are resolved in the Japanese sport and legal systems. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

Nandan Kamath, Principal Lawyer at LawNK, and Manali Kulkarni, Executive Assistant at LawInSport, speak to Sean Cottrell, LawInSport Founder & CEO, about the recent, ground breaking the Sports Law & Policy Symposium 2017 held in Bangalore, India this year. This interview specifically highlights the overarching themes from the Symposium, such as the need to prioritize transparency and focus on developing good governance in Indian sport. For unique insight into the world of Indian sports law, this interview showcases excerpts from interview with Justice Mukul Mudgal, current head of the FIFA Governance Committee, and Abhinav Bindra, Olympian and former professional shooter, on their views regarding governance, regulation, and athlete rights in Indian sport. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

Takuya Yamazaki, Founder and Managing Partner at Field-R Law Offices and Chairman of Division -Asia/Oceania at FIFPro, talks to Sean Cottrell (CEO and founder of LawInSport) about contractual disputes in Asian sports law, and the challenges facing football player contracts in Asia. Takuya specifically provides an overview of the current key issues in Asian sports law, and contractual disputes that are prevalent in Asia at the moment. He also provides his thoughts on what football players should do if they are transferring to another club or ending their contracts. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast, Brett Clothier, the Head of the independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) speaks to Sean Cottrell, founder and CEO of LawInSport, providing an overview of the AIU's current structure, the AIU's future plans to improve integrity in athletics, as well as what his views on the biggest issue facing sport today in terms of integrity. Brett specifically addresses: - The importance of checks and balance and provides an exclusive snapshot into the AIU's current governance structure as well as his role in the AIU - What integrity means in terms of his own function at the AIU as the Head of the Unit - The need to incorporate technology as a fundamental building block when planning to improve investigative and educational functions - The possibility of other sports federations using the AIU's governance structure as a model going forward - His view on the biggest issue facing athletics and sport in general today in terms of integrity For further reading, please see the following on LawInSport: https://www.lawinsport.com/articles/item/rebuilding-trust-in-athletics-an-interview-with-brett-clothier-head-of-the-athletics-integrity-unit For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

Maacah Scott, Staff Counsel at Arizona Diamondbacks talks to Sean Cottrell (CEO and founder of LawInSport) about her varied role working in-house as a lawyer for a Major League Baseball (MLB). Maacah also says shares her personal story of how her determination, initiative and hard work helped to ensure she secured her dream job post qualification as a lawyer. There are lots of great points for those looking for in-house positions or trying to advance their careers within or outside their organisation. We hope you enjoy the podcast. You can follow LawInSport at @LawInSport or Sean Cottrell at @spcott on Twitter.

In this podcast, Bobby Hacker, former VP Business and Legal Affairs at FOX Sports speaks to Sean Cottrell, LawInSport's CEO, about his views on the media rights market, the interplay between social media and online streaming platforms with broadcasters, and his journey into sports law, specifically media rights. Bobby also provides an inside look into his own career. Bobby provides his unique viewpoint on the necessity to never portray doubt when approaching deals, the significance of teamwork, the importance of humility, and the value of maintaining perspective throughout one's career. Bobby specifically addresses the following: - His thoughts on the media rights market at the moment and the trends he is seeing - The role of live streaming platforms such as Amazon and their interplay with broadcasters - are they partners or a threat to broadcasters? - His journey into sports media rights - The biggest highlight of his career thus far For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

Paul Greene, the Founder of Global Sports Advocates, LLC and LawInSport Editorial Board member, speaks to Sean Cottrell, Founder and CEO at LawInSport, about the current trends and key issues of the international anti-doping movement. Paul specifically discusses: - The need for access to representation and scientific experts - The importance of global harmonisation and its potential impact on anti-doping hearings and decisions - Legal aid and the financial aid process, where it is applicable - The definition of a doper - Contaminated substances, specifically the issues arising from the lack of athlete awareness regarding these substances For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

Zane Shihab, partner at Kerman & Co LLP, and Manuela Macchi, partner at Keltie LLP, speak to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell and Editor, Chris Bond about the importance of trade mark registration in sport and take review the merits of Wimbledon's successful registration of the purple and green colour mark. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast Sean Cottrell, CEO of LawInSport hosts a discussion of the co-authors of the article 'The integrity framework that can save the ‘Game Act’ and serve as a model for U.S. sports betting legalization' Daniel L. Wallach, Kevin Carpenter Leigh Thompson. The article suggests enhancements to the proposed bill called the Gaming Accountability and Modernization Enhancement Act (the “GAME Act”) that would repeal the federal prohibition against state-sanctioned sports gambling (under PASPA - The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act), and allow states to legalize sports betting if appropriate consumer protections are in place. The authors of this article draw on integrity frameworks from Great Britain, Australia and Europe to provide workable and test solutions to the issues deriving from the legalisation of sports betting. The article can be viewed here on LawInSport: https://www.lawinsport.com/articles/item/the-integrity-framework-that-can-save-the-game-act-and-serve-as-a-model-for-u-s-sports-betting-legalization

In this podcast, Alex Slade, Head of Legal, Sport at BT, talks about his career trajectory and joining BT Sport prior to its launch in 2013. Alex specifically discusses how he became a lawyer within the sports & media sector, the importance of having passion for the industry one aims to work in, and gives advice for an aspiring media lawyer in the sports sector. Alex also provides unique insight into trends in sports media rights. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

In this podcast, LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, interviews sports lawyer and partner at Martens Lawyers, Christian Keidel on the issues surrounding the international transfer of minors, FIFA's recent change of practice regarding the transfer of minors, and specifically its impact on the case of minor player Nikolas Nartey. Christian discusses the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to overrule FIFA and allow the registration of minor player Nikolas Nartey, the role of Article 19 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, the obligations on the football clubs, as well as the requirement to obtain the subcommittee's approval and its interplay with transfer deadlines. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps.

In this interview Sean Cottrell interviews Jonathan Taylor, one of the world’s leading sports lawyers and asks him about his career and about a hot topics in sports law such as the Russian doping scandal and hyperandrogenism. Jonathan is co-head of Bird & Bird's Sport Group, based in London. He advises a wide range of sports bodies (including international and national governing bodies, public agencies, event organisers, leagues, clubs, and their commercial partners and agents) on commercial matters such as the exploitation of broadcasting and sponsorship rights, contentious matters including challenges to regulatory decisions, commercial disputes, and regulatory and disciplinary issues (including in particular match-sanctioning, match-fixing and doping issues). Jonathan is an experienced advocate, appearing regularly before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, as well as a range of internal sports tribunals. In recognition of his skills as an advocate, he was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2017. In 2016, Jonathan chaired the WADA Independent Observer team that served at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and in December 2016 he was appointed chair of WADA’s Compliance Review Committee. Jon sits as an arbitrator in sports disputes (as chairman of the International Baseball Federation’s Anti-Doping Panel, under FA Rule K, and as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of Sport Resolutions), and is also a member of the British Horseracing Authority’s Ethics Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Working Group on Legal Matters. Holding both UK and US law degrees, Jonathan originally qualified and practised as a commercial lawyer in New York, before moving back to the UK in 1997, since he has since focused exclusively on advising sports sector clients. Alongside his practice, Jonathan is co-editor (with Adam Lewis QC) of the leading UK sports law text, Sport: Law and Practice (3rd Edn 2014). He was a tutor at University College, Oxford (Tort Law and Administrative Law) in 1992/93 and Director of Studies in Sports Law at King's College, London from 2000 to 2007. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-podcasts/id655761738?mt=2

For this special podcast LawInSport has partnered with the Sport & Recreation Alliance for 'Alliance Learning Week' to produce a short talk that will discuss how sport and recreation organisations can create an inclusive culture, specifically for trans people. The podcast covers current legal guidance and features practical advice from the Amateur Swimming Association’s experience of the Transgender Nonconforming Swimming Group (TAGs) which provides exclusive use of a local community swimming pool, providing a safe environment for trans people. Speakers: Hannah Dobbin, Policy Adviser, Sport and Recreation Alliance Jamie Hooper, Health and Wellbeing Manager, ASA Lucy Faulkner, Equality Consultant Lydia Banjeree, Barrister, Littleton Chambers Moderated by Sean Cottrell, CEO, LawInSport The podcast also includes an interview with Roberta Francis who heads-up the TAGs initiative and is transgender. Roberta shares her personal experiences about organising TAGs initiatives and offers advice for transgender and non-conforming people to participate in sport and for sports organisations on how to be inclusive and welcoming to the Trans and Nonconforming community.

In this interview Michael Beloff QC, described by Legal 500 as the "The Godfather of Sports Law", talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career in sports law and shares his views on a range of sports law matters. This is a fascinating interview with one of the great minds in sports law. We have split the interview into two parts. Quick reference: 2.12 mins - How did you get into sports law? When you first starting working with sports clients was there such a thing as sports law? How has it developed over the years? 6.00 mins - Over the years, you've transitioned from representing sports clients to being an adjudicator for sports disciplinary disputes, including being and arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, can you speak about how you managed this transition? 11.32 - mins - How has that professionalism of sport changed the dynamic of disputes in sport and the skill set required to hear those disputes? 14.28- mins - What are the skills sets do you need to be a good adjudicator of sports disputes? 20.03 - mins - Even though they are often criticised do would you agree that one of the benefit of the World Anti-Doing Code and the Court of Arbitration for sport is that so many countries and sports agree to adhere to an agreed set of principles? Do you see this as a benefits to sports law? 21.44 -mins - Why did you appoint Sir Anthony Hooper, the former Court of Appeal judge, to conduct the IAAF Independent investigation? 25.14 - mins - Do you think the use of independent investigators by international federations and governing bodies will increase in the future? 27.00 - mins - Do you think other parties , such as sponsors, should contribute to anti-doping and anti-corruption programs? ---------------------- PART 2 - https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport/an-interview-with-michael-beloff-qc-described-as-one-of-the-godfathers-of-sports-law-part-2 2.00 mins - Do you think scope and appetitive for a collective of leading lawyers, former judges, to help governing bodies to investigate corruption in sport? 6.05 mins - Do you think that we assume that sports bodies know how to access legal experts to sit on panels or run these investigations? 9.08 mins - What do you think about the argument (Brendan Schwab, Uni World Athletes) - due to the structure of ICAS (International Council of Arbitration for Sport) there is not enough athlete representation? 10.20 mins - Do you think this concept of a "women's quota" should be applied to athlete as an athlete quota for panels? 12.34 mins - Given the number of cases you have been involved with can you give an example of the most interesting cases as an advocate or adjudicator? 18.02 mins - How do you see the role of lawyers developing in international sport? 20.38 mins - If there was one thing you would change or insist every sports governing body implemented into their rules what would it be? 22.14 mins - What is going to dictate the future of good governance of sport? 27.46 mins - How much of sport is about entertainment and how of it is about genuine competition? 29.39 mins - How important to do you think it is that the rules, regulations and disciplinary decisions of sports bodies should be publicly available?

In this interview Michael Beloff QC, described by Legal 500 as the "The Godfather of Sports Law", talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career in sports law and shares his views on a range of sports law matters. This is a fascinating interview with one of the great minds in sports law. We have split the interview into two parts. Quick reference Part 2: 2.00 mins - Do you think scope and appetitive for a collective of leading lawyers, former judges, to help governing bodies to investigate corruption in sport? 6.05 mins - Do you think that we assume that sports bodies know how to access legal experts to sit on panels or run these investigations? 9.08 mins - What do you think about the argument (Brendan Schwab, Uni World Athletes) - due to the structure of ICAS (International Council of Arbitration for Sport) there is not enough athlete representation? 10.20 mins - Do you think this concept of a "women's quota" should be applied to athlete as an athlete quota for panels? 12.34 mins - Given the number of cases you have been involved with can you give an example of the most interesting cases as an advocate or adjudicator? 18.02 mins - How do you see the role of lawyers developing in international sport? 20.38 mins - If there was one thing you would change or insist every sports governing body implemented into their rules what would it be? 22.14 mins - What is going to dictate the future of good governance of sport? 27.46 mins - How much of sport is about entertainment and how of it is about genuine competition? 29.39 mins - How important to do you think it is that the rules, regulations and disciplinary decisions of sports bodies should be publicly available? ----- Part 1 - https://soundcloud.com/lawinsport/an-interview-with-michael-beloff-qc-described-as-one-of-the-godfathers-of-sports-law-part-1 2.12 mins - How did you get into sports law? When you first starting working with sports clients was there such a thing as sports law? How has it developed over the years? 6.00 mins - Over the years, you've transitioned from representing sports clients to being an adjudicator for sports disciplinary disputes, including being and arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, can you speak about how you managed this transition? 11.32 - mins - How has that professionalism of sport changed the dynamic of disputes in sport and the skill set required to hear those disputes? 14.28- mins - What are the skills sets do you need to be a good adjudicator of sports disputes? 20.03 - mins - Even though they are often criticised do would you agree that one of the benefit of the World Anti-Doing Code and the Court of Arbitration for sport is that so many countries and sports agree to adhere to an agreed set of principles? Do you see this as a benefits to sports law? 21.44 -mins - Why did you appoint Sir Anthony Hooper, the former Court of Appeal judge, to conduct the IAAF Independent investigation? 25.14 - mins - Do you think the use of independent investigators by international federations and governing bodies will increase in the future? 27.00 - mins - Do you think other parties , such as sponsors, should contribute to anti-doping and anti-corruption programs?

Life after sport can be a hurdle for athletes. Many athletes disconnect from the sports world entirely, while others may feel a sort of identity loss. To ease into this transition, retiring from sport is something current athletes continue to prepare for. As a means to assist from current and former athletes with this planning, we decided to speak with a former Olympian and now lawyer about her transition into "life after sport" and what can be done to prepare for and manage it. This podcast will also be useful to aspiring lawyers to learn about how to search for future opportunities in sports law. In this podcast, LawInSport Founder & CEO, Sean Cottrell, speaks with Andréanne Morin, a former Olympian and now a corporate commercial lawyer about her transition from being an Olympic athlete to becoming a practising lawyer. Andréanne is also an officer for the Canadian Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission and a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Athletes' Commission. Andréanne provides insight into her career as a lawyer and why she decided to practice law in the first place. She also provides a look at life as a college athlete studying in the US and how that system works for Canadian and US college athletes. Andréanne explains her views on encouraging athlete involvement in sports boards and organisations. This podcast also looks at issues surrounding whether the "athlete voice" is genuinely heard in organisations or athletes commission. Andréanne notes her experiences as an athlete in organisations and whether she felt her constructive feedback was used to implement change. Lastly, Andréanne provides advice to current and former athletes by sharing how she stayed involved in sport, how to search for similar opportunities, and how she managed to balance life after sport along with her new career. For more podcasts, videos, articles, events and news focused sports law visit LawInSport.com or follow us on Twitter @LawInSport. You can follow the host Sean Cottrell on Twitter at @spcott. It can be listened to on Soundcloud, iTunes or most Android podcast apps. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawinsport-podcasts/id655761738?mt=2