The Law In Sport Podcast

Brent Nowicki is the Managing Counsel and Head of the Anti-Doping Division, Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS/CAS). Brent speaks to LawInSport's founder and CEO, Sean Cottrell, about the structures, procedures and developments of the CAS Anti-Doping Division and what this means for governing bodies of sport. The host is Sean Cottrell, LawInSport's Founder and CEO. Episode #92 of LawInSport Podca...

Our guest today is Dr J Simon Rofe, Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies, CISD (SOAS) & author of Sport and Diplomacy: Games within Games (Key Studies in Diplomacy) outlines how the framework of sports diplomacy can help sports leaders come to better decision during and post the COVID-19 crisis. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The...

Paul Darling OBE QC has a wide experience of commercial and construction disputes and regulatory issues in the sports and gambling world. He was awarded the Officer of the British Empire in recognition of his services to sport safety and horse racing. In this podcast Paul gives his perspective on the evolution of the betting industry and the changing attitudes towards betting in the UK, and partic...

Our special guest today is Andrew Cooke, General Counsel at the Global esports Brand, Fnatic. He is the former General Counsel and Head of Strategy for Flash Entertainment in Abu Dhabi where he supported in delivering live events to more than 8 million people, from sponsorship activations through to global football tournaments. In this interview Andrew discusses the history of Fnatic, the exciting...

Gareth Farrelly, a former international football player, lawyer and arbitrator. As a professional football player he represented the Republic of Ireland and played for Premier League sides Aston Villa, Everton and Bolton. Post retirement he retrained as a lawyer, is a member of the Football Association’s Judicial Panel. a member of Sports Resolutions’ independent Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators...

Described “one of the leading lawyers of his generation”, Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he retired in October 2016. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from April 2010 until October 2012. Over his career Lord Dyson has been involved in many high profile sports cases,...

In this interview, Jonathan Taylor QC, chair of WADA's Independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) & Co-Head of Sport at Bird & Bird provides a detailed explanation CRC’s recommendations, that were endorsed by the WADA Executive Committee on the 9 December 2019, to declare the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code for a Period of Four years. A trans...

Jake Marsh, Head of Integrity at Stats Perform and Jonny Gray, Senior Partner at Control Risks join Sean Cottrell to discuss how data, integrity systems and risk specialists, used by FTSE100 companies, are helping sport to tackle issues that come with working in a global sector. This is a podcast for anyone who wants to better understand the current legal issues and developments from the world of...

Cassandra Heilbronn is the Regulation Legal Manager - Sports & Entertainment, The Royal Commission for AlUla. In this podcast Cassandra talks about her career in private practice in Australia working with sports clubs, leagues and players and her new role in Saudi Arabia. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott),...

On this show our guest is Adam Lovatt, Head of Legal & Business Affairs, OTRO. In this interview he talks about his journey from wanting to be a sports journalist to becoming a construction lawyer who transitioned to work within some of the world's largest sports media agencies. He gives his perspective on networking and how private practice lawyers can work better with in-house counsel. We thorou...

Daniel Geey (@FootballLaw), Partner in the Sheridans Sport, Entertainment & eSports Team and author of Done Deal a book that "lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern football". Daniel talks about his approach to: - career & business development in sports - balancing life work & family life as a partner in a law firm - how he approached writing Done Deal & more The host is Sean Cottrell (@spc...

In this interview Takuya Yamazaki, one of the leading Japanese sports lawyer, CAS Arbitrator, and LawInSport Editorial Board members discusses his work on inclusion & diversity at Tokyo 2020 Games, football development Asia and his role as a mentoring on the LawInSport Mentoring Scheme. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and ana...

David Lampitt is the Managing Director Group Operations at Sportradar AG. In this interview David talks about his broad ranging career in sport, his role at Sportradar, the growth of the business and future trends in sport data/media. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For mor...

Jeffrey L. Kessler is the Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn and one most prominent lawyers in the USA regularly engaged in high-profile sports litigation. The interview was recorded at the Sport Resolutions Conference on 2 May 2019. He has acted for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), the National Basketball Players Association, the Arena Football League (AFL) Players Association, the Nat...

Rob Koehler, former World Anti-Doping Agency Director of Education and Deputy Director General, and Director General of Global Athlete. In this episode Rob talks about his perspective of the role athletes can play in the positive development of world sport. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com htt...

In this two-part interview Stephen Ridgway talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career having initially started out in a commercial role IMG before deciding to qualify as a lawyer & later joining Sky Sports as their Head of Legal before moving onto be Vice President, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports. In Part One, Stephen talks about his unusual career path. In Part Two,...

In this two-part interview Stephen Ridgway talks to LawInSport CEO, Sean Cottrell, about his career having initially started out in a commercial role IMG before deciding to qualify as a lawyer & later joining Sky Sports as their Head of Legal before moving onto be Vice President, Head of Legal & Business Affairs at beIN Sports. In Part One, Stephen talks about his unusual career path. In Part Two,...

On 8 February 2019, LawInSport in partnership with the Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland hosted a one-day conference in Dublin (see https://www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events/past-events/conference/73-sports-law-ireland-conference-2019) For a ground-breaking conference in Ireland, the expert panels discussed current issues in the world of eSports, media rights, sports betting, and MMA and at...

In this episode Nick De Marco QC, Blackstone Chambers, describes his unusual and inspiring journey into law and how he become one of the world's leading sports lawyers. In this interview Nick provides insights into how he has grown his sports practice and particularly his football practice. He provides insights into his favourite and most unusual cases as well and providing his perspective on how...

Isobel (Izzy) Carnwath, Trustee of Safe MMA and Director of Brand & Communications at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation. In this podcast Izzy explains the work of Safe MMA, the first and only voluntary medical organisation set up for the public benefit of protecting the health and safety of mixed martial arts competitors in the UK & Ireland. *There were some technical issues with aud...

In this podcast Brendan Schwab, Executive Director of the World Players Association talks about the case of Hakeem al-Araibi, a Bahraini footballer player with refugee status in Australia, who was arrested on arrival in Thailand for a vacation, and is being held there pending deportation to Bahrain. In this interview Brendan provides: 1)details of the case; 2)outlines the response from football co...

In this episode Kevin Carpenter discusses his career as well as the international developments in sports integrity & governance. Kevin is the Principal of Captivate Legal & Sports Solution, and Special Counsel for Sports Integrity at leading global sports technology and data company Genius Sports. Kevin specialises in integrity, regulatory, governance and disciplinary matters. His expertise and kn...

In this podcast Sean Cottrell, LawInSport CEO, interviews Günter Younger the Director of Intelligence and Investigations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) about his role, the work of his department, working with whistleblowers and the challenges of running investigations in international sport and anti-doping. Mr. Younger was previously Head of the Cybercrime Division at the Bavarian Landesk...

In this interview Sean Cottrell interviews Julian Mihov, Business Development Director Southeast Europe at PwC. Julian has more than 20 years of experience both in the Big 4 companies environment and in the professional sport business. Throughout his career he has served as tax, legal and business advisor to a number of sport federations, football clubs and professional athletes, as well as has ac...

On this show our guests are Richard Millington and David Murray from Shoosmiths. Richard is an experienced lawyer who provides counsel on strategic projects across the retail, technology, entertainment and sports sectors. As well advising on some of the sporting world’s biggest deals his experience includes negotiating cross border joint ventures, developing and executing litigation strategies in...