At a recent event organised by Charles Russell Speechlys, together with the Arab Lawyers Association, an expert panel drawn from the sports, legal and investment community, featuring Keir Gordon, Kelly Simmons OBE, Louise Savage and Michael Broughton, debated what was the optimum model for team, individual, men’s and women’s sport. The debate took place against a backdrop of unprecedented disruption across the sports sector, with the landscape rapidly transforming. This transformation is driven by a range of factors. Not least, an upsurge in overseas investment in clubs and events, the prospect of increasing government intervention, a growing number of competition law challenges, alongside an urgent push for new regulatory models and sustainable commercial structures.

These developments h

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