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...

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Hussein Fahmy

Hussein Fahmy is the Head of Legal and Commercial at Team Sky. Hussein started out in private practice at Herbert Smith. He moved to Sky to take up the position of Legal Counsel for their Sky Movies, Entertainment and Sky News channels advising principally on programme acquisition and output agreements...

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Polly Handford

Polly was a partner in a law firm based in Mayfair before moving in-house. She has been involved in sports law for a number of years. She previously worked for the Rugby Football Union as Deputy Head of Legal dealing with a wide range of legal and governance issues spanning...

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Oliver Holland

Oliver has over twelve years of experience negotiating and advising on key commercial deals within the sports industry, with a particular focus on sports media rights. Whether acquiring sports media rights from global sports organisations for Sky Sports or selling UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League media rights to...

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Catherine Forshaw

Catherine is a former England hockey goalkeeper with a passion for sport. Catherine is currently a Sports Law Solicitor at Brabners LLP having joined the firm following a secondment at The Football Association (‘The FA’). Catherine’s clients include footballers, athletes, agents, professional and grassroots clubs as well as National Governing Bodies. In...

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