Sports

Fountain Court is rapidly earning a reputation as a go-to chambers for its expertise in this dynamic field. Our barristers are trusted by clubs, players, managers, agents, commercial and media partners, governing bodies and professional associations across a broad range of sports including football, rugby, cycling, boxing and motor racing.

Fountain Court’s sports experience covers commercial and financial disputes; employment-related cases including in relation to contractual disputes and discrimination; regulatory and disciplinary matters; and independent reviews and investigations, including in relation to safeguarding, governance and anti-doping.

As a leading commercial set, we can draw upon our extensive experience across a range of areas including contractual law, employment, public law, competition, tax, insolvency, disciplinary/regulatory and civil fraud, and our outstanding advocacy and advisory expertise, to provide a full service offering to our clients in this space, across both litigation and domestic and international arbitration.

Members of Fountain Court hold, or have previously held, formal appointments within the sports law arena including the Football Association, the League Managers Association, the Rugby Players Association, the British Paralympic Association, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Sport Resolutions and the British Association of Sport and Law.

Our work includes cases relating to:

• Administrative & Public Law
• Civil Fraud
• Commercial Crime
• Commercial Disputes
• Company, Restructuring & Insolvency
• Competition
• Construction
• Employment
• International Arbitration
• Media & Entertainment
• Professional Discipline
• Tax

In March 2024, Fountain Court was proud to host its inaugural sports law reception, an evening of drinks, canapes and networking with peers from the sports law industry. We were delighted to have a number of our clients and names from the industry also speak about the market and Fountain Court’s increased profile in the area of sports law. A short video of the event can be found below.