Our sports law team advises clients on a wide range of sports-related legal disciplines including sponsorship, endorsement, insurance, individual and team contracts, disciplinary matters, intellectual property and restraint of trade issues. Our experts have also appeared before specialist sports tribunals on behalf of sports people.
Participants in the sports sector in New Zealand have a range of requirements, with which we can assist, including:
management and governance
marketing and commercialisation of intellectual property rights in New Zealand and overseas
sponsorship and endorsements
restraint of trade issues; balancing the interests of clubs and sports persons
interpretation of the laws pertaining to particular sports codes (on both national and international levels)
compensation matters and tax
transfer issues
liability of employers for their employees
express and implied terms in a contract of employment, and rights and duties arising out of such a contract
advice on disciplinary issues
health and safety requirements
We currently act for, or have had experience in acting for clients from a wide variety of sporting disciplines including:
rugby
racing
rowing
sailing
tennis
Our specialist lawyers are active in professional organisations and are experienced in providing strategic advice and delivering presentations on sports law issues. They are involved as members or advisers in a number of associations and working groups nationally.
