Sports

For us, sporting success is as much about good coaching, sound preparation and intelligent strategy as it is about medals, trophies and beating the competition.

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The business of winning.

Our aim with the sporting clubs, professional sportsmen and women, international athletes and governing bodies we work with is to support you through the complex issues that can affect sporting success.

We advise and guide a range of prestigious sports clubs on high-profile cases, which has earned us international renown in the sector – particularly in rugby, football, golf and cricket.

Our technical expertise covers contentious and non-contentious cases. We’re legal advisors to Cardiff City FC, Pontypool Rugby, Glamorgan Cricket Club and Wales’s regional rugby teams. We’re appointed to the UK Anti-Doping and the Gambling Commission legal panels, and we have links to UK and international governing bodies.

Expertise

  • Structuring and negotiating commercial agreements
  • Transfer agreements and contracts
  • Player and club disputes
  • Sponsorship, image rights and intellectual property
  • Disciplinary hearings and regulatory issues
  • Media and reputation management
  • Sports immigration
  • Stadium and ticketing
  • Sporting premises

Meet the team

  • Céline Jones

    Partner

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    • Meet the team

    Our Sports team is led by Celine Jones, Partner.

    With a background in sports and connections with governing bodies, our Sports team has the specialist expertise and experience you need to get into a winning position.

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    Cardiff City Women turn semi-pro

    Our partnership with CCFC is long established.

    Our Employment and Immigration team first started working with CCFC over 10 years ago, in 2012. We have provided advice on a whole host of matters, those involving players and coaches as well as wider CCFC staff. Throughout our long-term partnership with CCFC, we have worked closely with Dawn Williamson, Head of Human Resources & Payroll at the Club as well as other key senior managers.

    Since working on the CCFCW contracts, we have continued to work with the Club, most recently assisting Sarah Nightingale (Player Care Manager at CCFC) with preparing documentation for Academy players that are hosted by local families.

    Discover how our Sports team and Employment experts assisted Cardiff City FC in becoming Wales’ first full women’s squad to sign semi-professional contracts.

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    • We have partnered with Capital People for our SHEF needs acting as our Competent Person since 2021. Their support continues to ensure our critical safety responsibilities are met.

      Tom Massie | Chief Operating Officer
      Phoenix Learning & Care Group

    • Gabriella has supported our Assets team with numerous legal queries. The level of service she provides is to a very high standard and ensures we are regularly kept in the loop.

      James Jenkins | Assets and Commercial Officer
      Valleys to Coast

    • India was seconded to us as a trainee solicitor and quickly became a valued member of the legal team providing effective support on a range of matters across all areas of the business. Her friendly and proactive nature meant that she quickly developed very effective relationships with key stakeholders across the business. We were very grateful for the support and work provided by India during her 4-month secondment.

      Nia Cooper | Chief Legal Officer
      Veezu

    • The support we were provided from James and Alex at Capital Law was concise supportive and their guidance was much appreciated. We gathered the evidence as requested and the team at Capital Law were supportive in consolidating what was required for our submission online. We appreciated their expertise in guiding us through the online portal to submit our Licence application and were delighted with the award of the Licence at our first application. It has been a pleasure working with the team.

      Boxxe Limited

    • I have been impressed with Toni throughout: she’s very competent, highly professional, understands the emotional impact of the legal process on clients and is easy to work with. She is a huge credit to your firm.

      Alan Turner

    • The debt finance team at Capital Law have been instrumental in helping us on many of our leveraged finance transactions, across our private funds. The team’s depth of knowledge, professionalism and commitment to client satisfaction are outstanding. Throughout our partnership, Capital Law have been more than just legal advisors, they are our trusted partners.

      Rebecca Sinclair | Senior Investment Manager
      WestBridge LLP

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