England - Yorkshire And The Humber • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Established by Alistair McHenry after his departure from Walker Morris LLP in April 2022, the sports practice at Tyr focuses primarily on arbitration proceedings and regulatory matters. The firm acts for a variety of standout sporting clients, including Table Tennis England and the Welsh Rugby Union, in high-value contentious work spanning regulatory compliance, sports integrity and corporate disputes. The ‘excellent, highly experienced’ McHenry sits on a number of sports appeals and resolution panels, broadening the firm’s offering in the sports integrity space.
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‘A new sports law team headed by an excellent highly experienced solicitor, Alistair McHenry.’
‘Alistair McHenry is an excellent partner and specialist in sports law, with a very wide range of experience. He is hard-working, creative and will always go the extra mile for his clients.’
‘Friendly firm with good professional football-specific experience.’
‘Alastair McHenry provides proactive and positive support in respect of football-specific matters and is able to provide great advice in a clear and concise way.’
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Tyr's Sport practice is led by partner Alistair McHenry who joined Tyr in 2022. Alistair has extensive experience in all aspects of sports law with a particular focus on dispute resolution, contentious regulatory work and arbitrations. He has advised on a number of arbitrations at the very highest levels involving Premier League Clubs. He has acted for governing bodies, clubs, players, athletes and other sports professionals on a wide variety of issues.
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alistair McHenry