The authors would like to thank Nazish Mirza, Articling Student, for her assistance in preparing this legal update.
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Governance reform amidst a pandemic: the unenviable task facing World Rugby’s re-elected chairman, Sir Bill Beaumont
May 19, 2020
Posted in Rugby Bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency Governance, anti-bribery and corruption
Sir Bill Beaumont has won the race to be re-elected World Rugby’s chairman for another four years, seeing off a spirited challenge from his vice-chairman, Agustín Pichot.
Scottish football’s response to COVID-19 highlights the conundrum facing European football
May 14, 2020
Posted in Football Corporate M&A and securities
With the exception of Belarus, league football across Europe came to a halt in mid-March due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Keeping possession: ownership trends in English Premier League Football
This report explores the change from British to foreign ownership, as well as analysing the different types of owners we now see in the EPL.
Australia’s National Sports Tribunal: a study in cycling
May 04, 2020
Posted in Dispute resolution, litigation and investigations Regulations Governance, anti-bribery and corruption
Authors: Jamie Truong and Ross Watkins. On 19 March 2020, the National Sports Tribunal (NST) was established by the National Sports Tribunal Act 2019 (the Act).
Update on the gender discrimination lawsuit by US women’s national soccer team
April 29, 2020
Posted in Dispute resolution, litigation and investigations Football
This blog post provides an update on the progress of the litigation, focusing on recent developments in the USSF’s legal arguments.
Why is June 30 suddenly the key date in European football?
April 28, 2020
Posted in Football Employment, labor and pensions
As football governing bodies across Europe attempt to formulate plans on how to complete the remainder of the 2019/20 season, one date is central to all of these discussions: June 30 2020.
COVID-19: frustrating a sporting nation
Sport around the world has become collateral damage of another world health crisis. In Australia as an exponential number of people are self-isolating due to coronavirus their enjoyment of sport is compromised
A tech guy with a jumper: how an NBA player plans to transform his contract into a tokenized investment vehicle
The authors would like to thank Josh Hoffman, Articling Student, for his assistance in preparing this legal update.
Sick Days: the impact of a global pandemic on sports related contracts
April 01, 2020
Posted in Bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency Dispute resolution, litigation and investigations
The authors would like to thank Alexandra David and Brandon Schupp, Articling Students, for their assistance in preparing this legal update.
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