Taylor KC, Jonathan
Jonathan Taylor KC is co-head of Bird & Bird's International Sports Group. He has been ranked as a leading sports law practitioner for many years by both Chambers and Partners UK (2023: 'Star individual') and The Legal 500 (2023: 'Hall of Fame'), and advises nationally and internationally on cutting-edge commercial, regulatory, and contentious issues across all major sports. He was the chair of WADA's independent Compliance Review Committee from 2016-2020 and of the IBU External Review Commission from 2018-2020, as well as conducting both the Governance Review and the Bury FC Review for the English Football League in 2019. He is currently chair of the Advisory Council of the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit in the US, and of WADA's Working Group on Contaminants, as well as a member of the Anti-Doping Monitoring Committee of the Bahrain Athletics Association, and he sits as an arbitrator for Sport Resolutions (UK). He has appeared regularly before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and other sports tribunals, including appearing for the international federation in landmark cases such as Puerta v International Tennis Federation; International Cricket Council v Butt, Amir & Asif; Russian Olympic Committee v International Paralympic Committee; and Caster Semenya v IAAF.
Lewis KC, Adam
Adam Lewis KC is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers. He is recognised as the leading expert on sports law at the Bar, and is ranked as the only Star Individual in this area by Chambers UK 2023. His sports law work covers the full range from the legality of governing bodies' rules and actions to disciplinary and drugs-related work, and from player/club disputes to the commercial exploitation of sport through broadcasting, sponsorship and merchandising. He has acted in many of the leading sports cases before the English courts, domestic arbitral tribunals, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and he sits as an arbitrator in sports cases.
Segan KC, James
James Segan KC, barrister at Blackstone Chambers, is recognised as a leading junior in a total of seven practice areas, including sports law. He has acted in a number of leading disciplinary, doping and commercial cases in the sporting sector, including the RFU v Viagogo litigation which was decided by the UK Supreme Court.
De Marco KC, Nick
Nick De Marco KC of Blackstone Chambers is ranked as one of the leading Sports law barristers and the foremost practitioner in football disputes. He acts for football clubs, federations, players, and agents in commercial and regulatory disputes before FIFA, CAS and various domestic forums. He has appeared in most recent high-profile cases in football in the UK and has a significant international sports practice. In cricket, boxing and sailing he acts for the regulator, and, in other sports, sits as an arbitrator. He writes and lectures on sports law.
Adam Lewis KC is a barrister specialising in public law, EC law and sports law at Blackstone Chambers, London. He regularly advises national and international sports governing bodies, clubs, individual players and commercial partners, and appears on their behalf before the courts and regulatory authorities.
Jonathan Taylor, a partner and head of the Sport Group at Bird & Bird, has practised exclusively in the sports sector for 20 years, advising a broad range of clients nationally and internationally on commercial matters, contentious matters, and regulatory and disciplinary issues across all major sports.
Nick De Marco, barrister at Blackstone Chambers, is recognised as a leading junior across all areas of sports law. He has advised and acted for sports governing bodies, clubs and athletes in commercial claims, disciplinary, doping and anti-corruption cases, claims concerning footballers' and agents' contracts, sports' sponsorship cases, and employment claims. He acted for the ECB against cricketer Danish Kaneria in the spot fixing cases.
James Segan, barrister at Blackstone Chambers, is recognised as a leading junior in a total of seven practice areas, including sports law. He has acted in a number of leading disciplinary, doping and commercial cases in the sporting sector, including the RFU v Viagogo litigation which was decided by the UK Supreme Court.
