Jody MacDonald

Jody is a solicitor and Partner in the Sports Group at Charles Russell Speechlys. His clients include governing bodies, leagues, event owners, athletes, sponsors and related businesses and he advises on a wide range of commercial matters, including: media rights, sports data, sponsorship, major events, technology and digital services and...

Ashley Blake

Ashley is Managing Partner of TSC Legal and General Counsel at The Sports Consultancy. Ashley’s work includes advising sports and major event clients in relation to a wide range of commercial and operational matters including, event bidding and hosting, event creation, sponsorship, governance and the production and exploitation of media...

Catherine Beloff

Catherine was appointed as the BHA’s Director of Legal and Governance and Company Secretary in September 2016. Catherine is responsible for all aspects of the BHA’s general legal counsel, company secretariat, corporate governance and data protection. Prior to joining the BHA, Catherine was a senior member of the DLA Piper...

Morris Bentata

Morris co-founded Level, a sports, media and entertainment law boutique in 2017. His practice focuses on the business of sport, in particular the structuring and exploitation of commercial rights programmes. Clients include national and international governing bodies, teams, agencies, broadcasters, sponsors and individual sportsmen and women. The Legal 500 describes...

Nick De Marco

Nick De Marco QC is a barrister specialising in sports law at Blackstone Chambers in London. He is ranked as one of the leading sports lawyers in the UK and the foremost practitioner in football disputes. He acts for football clubs, confederations, federations, players, and agents in commercial and regulatory disputes...