You need lawyers with detailed industry knowledge, deep local connections, and the international connectivity within the Meritas group of worldwide law firms to meet your local and cross-border legal needs.
Whether you’re a sporting organization or an individual, skilfully navigating sports-related legal issues demands guidance from lawyers with demonstrated expertise.
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As a multi-billion-dollar global industry, today’s sports industry involves a multitude of exposures, complex transactions and reputational risks for clubs, associations and individual athletes.
The sheer size and economic importance of the industry has driven the rapid rise in sports law. Our sports lawyers provide you diverse practices and experience, each possessing an in-depth understanding of the challenges you face in your industry. This affords us the knowledge to establish, operate and protect both emerging and well-known businesses, clubs, associations and individuals in all sports.
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Our lawyers are not only expert legal advisers — they are imbedded in various sports markets within Australia, offering expertise with back grounds in elite rugby, cricket, baseball (both in Australia and the USA), Olympic softball, swimming, Olympic volleyball, soccer, rowing, motor sports and equestrian (to name a few). Bennett & Philp is also active in supporting high-performance women’s sports and is currently sponsoring the Tasmanian Softball Women’s High-Performance Program which is coached by our Lachlan Thorburn and comprised of a number of Queensland based athletes. Bennett & Philp can assist clubs, associations and individuals for all of their needs in the following areas:
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