Sports law

On 27 August 2024, the NFL announced that it would permit Private Equity (PE) investors to invest in its teams, having been the last of the major sports leagues in the US to prohibit its involvement.

The landscape of Australian sport has experienced a successful period in the wake of the challenging COVID-19 pandemic, spurred on by a series of record broadcasting deals fuelled by increasing viewership for both domestic and international sporting events.

The 2026 World Cup's North American hosts should generate benefits across the construction, entertainment and tourism industries.

Between 2021 – 2023, a number of high profile inquiries examined the conduct, and culture of different sports, including football, gymnastics and cricket.

In an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill), the UK Government is set to introduce a new failure to prevent fraud offence. Like the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the UKBA) more than a decade earlier, this new offence is likely to bring about significant changes to corporate criminal liability in the fraud space and will significantly affect the compliance and regulatory landscape for large sports organisations.

Antitrust and professional football do not often appear in the same lineup, but it is worth considering a formation that includes both.

For World Cup 2026, FIFA is integrating a multi-step human rights due diligence process, which was a prerequisite for cities interested in becoming Host Cities.

History of the Current World Cup and its Current Impact

In recent years, private equity (PE) investment in sport has enjoyed a renaissance, with Cricket Australia considering a number of PE bids and the shareholders in the controlling body for the All Blacks, New Zealand Rugby (NZR), approving a $180m investment in the commercial arm of NZR

The New York State Appellate Division, Third Department, struck down most of a law that authorized interactive fantasy sports (“IFS”) at certain locations in New York, dealing a setback to companies like FanDuel and DraftKings.