Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Sports group

Bob has been a dedicated sports lawyer and head of the firm’s Sports Group for more than 20 years. He has significant expertise and experience in advising sports focussed clients on both commercial and regulatory issues.

Bob has particular experience in negotiating and providing advice on the terms of commercial sports agreements including sponsorship, participation, staging, promoter and venue agreements, and advising on sports regulatory and disciplinary issues. He advises a cross-section of sports-related clients on a comprehensive range of legal issues. Bob’s clients include governing bodies, national and international sports rights owners, sports marketing and management agencies and some of the leading international brands that regularly acquire sports marketing rights. His experience also includes advising a number of leading sportsmen on the exploitation and protection of both their commercial and playing rights. Bob is also well known for advising national and international player associations.

Trained Keene Marsland; qualified 1992; Assistant Keene Marsland 1992-93; Partner 1993-97; Senior Associate Harbottle & Lewis 1997-2000; Partner 2000 to date

Law Society; Bob is also Director of the European Sponsorship Association and is its legal adviser.

Hipperholme Grammar School, Halifax; Brunel University; College of Law, Chester.

Playing golf and tennis and watching all sports.