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I am an associate in the Sports & Entertainment team at Lawrence Stephens and act for a number of clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters.

As a former athlete competing in synchronised swimming and fin swimming as well as a qualified synchronised swimming coach, I am able to bring a unique perspective to my practice. Having spent five years dealing with high-profile, multi-million pound litigation at my previous firm, I am level-headed, tenacious and now a trusted advisor to a number of notable sporting clients in a range of sports including boxing, basketball and football.

Expertise includes:

• Advising professional athletes on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters
• Disputes, litigation and arbitration within sport
• Anti-doping
• Reputation management
• Holistic management, strategy and career development.

I have also been appointed to  the Sport Resolutions Pro Bono service. A legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the service provides pro bono legal advice and assistance to athletes and individuals of limited financial means.

Experience highlights 

• Acting for Chris Eubank Jr in respect of his bout and re-match against Liam Smith
• Acting for Josh Warrington in respect of his bout with Leigh Wood
• Acting for Joe Fournier in respect of his appeal to the PBA in relation to the use of an illegal elbow by opponent KSI. Secured a “No Contest” decision
• Acting for a British boxer in respect of contentious anti-doping proceedings, where we secured a rare finding of 'non-intentional' doping - the decision by the National Anti-Doping Panel decision can be found here
• Acting for a martial arts coach in relation to disciplinary safeguarding proceedings
• Advising a HNWI in respect of the purchase of a minority stake in a Premier League football club
• Advising the administrators of Derby County Football Club on all aspects of the club’s expedited appeal against the sanction imposed by the English Football League