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Dalton Odendaal

Dalton Odendaal

Work Department

Sport

Position

Dalton advises on all aspects of the commercial exploitation of rights in the sports industry, ranging from sponsorship, endorsements, licensing, broadcasting, ticketing and hospitality through to the digital/new media aspects of such rights.

He advises rights holders, sports governing bodies, teams, sportspersons, sponsors, brands and other commercial entities on the exploitation of their rights in a sporting context.

Dalton has specialist knowledge of all the legal aspects involved in hosting sports and entertainment events.

Career

Trained Sonnenbergs, Cape Town; qualified 1997; Solicitor, tax department Freshfields 1997-2000; Associate then Senior Associate Harbottle & Lewis 2000-05; Partner 2005; Head of Legal: Commercial London Organising Committee of Olympic Games 2007-12; Harbottle & Lewis 2013 to date. Current directorships: Dalton Sports Ltd; DMS Sports Consulting Ltd, The Platinum Jubilee Pageant Limited.

Languages

EnglishAfrikaans

Education

Paul Roos Gymnasium, South Africa; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (1989 B Comm; 1991 LLB); Cambridge University (1993 LLM); Oxford University (1996 BCL)

Leisure

Tennis, All England Lawn Tennis Club

Mentions

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • London

Sport