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Our strength lies in our deep understanding of the sports industry, from both legal and commercial perspectives. This allows us give the best advice to our clients, whether they are individual sports personalities, sponsors, teams, rights owners or governing bodies.
As part of our desire to create opportunities for learning about sports law practice, our…
Our firm was invited to deliver a lecture at the Sports Law Masterclass of Discovery…
On January 20, 2020, the National Industrial Court (Akure Division) delivered two judgments in favour…
Sportlicitors Completes Virtual Internship
As part of our desire to create opportunities for learning about sports law practice, our firm provided a virtual internship for law students from May 18 to June 5, 2020, The internship focused on football employment contracts and what constitutes…
Football Contracts – Some Common Errors Often Made by Football Club Owners in Nigeria
Introduction In the course of practice, I have been privileged to examine football employment contracts and representative contracts of parties. There some common errors I have generally noticed in some of such contracts, which this article seeks to address. The…
Sportlicitors Represented At The Maiden Sports Law Masterclass of Discovery Sports
Our firm was invited to deliver a lecture at the Sports Law Masterclass of Discovery Sports which took place in Lagos State yesterday. We were represented by 'Tosin Akinyemi who spoke on the competence of civil courts in respect of…
Successful Recovery Of The Overdue Payables of Ex-Sunshine Queens Players
On January 20, 2020, the National Industrial Court (Akure Division) delivered two judgments in favour of our Clients who formerly played for Sunshine Queens Football Club. The players were being owed some salaries and match bonuses under their employment contract…
