Meet Mohit
I am Head of Sports & Entertainment at Lawrence Stephens, advising and representing a variety of sporting and entertainment clients within the industry.
Within Sport, I regularly act for clients on a wide range of issues from player transfers, boxing promotional agreements, commercial opportunities (including image rights and endorsement agreements) to regulatory, brand protection and dispute matters.
Within Entertainment, I advise music artists, actors, celebrities and influencers in relation to their commercial and endorsement agreements, ambassador agreements and global brand protection matters.
My passion and determination go beyond the ordinary, making me much more than just a ‘lawyer’ to my clients. I am a key advisor to my clients, breaking barriers to connect and truly understand their objectives both ‘on-field’ and ‘off-field’. To complement my approach, I have an outstanding network of advisors, perfectly tailored to fulfilling my clients’ needs. Among them are first-class sports tax advisors and financial experts, essential to securing my clients’ success.
I am highly regarded by leading industry directories such as Chambers & Partners. Sources note that I am "the best contact we ever made in the sports industry and has helped us greatly in our expansion", always going "above and beyond" for my clients. "I can't speak highly enough of Mo and his team."
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
- Advised and led negotiations for a WBO World Champion on a multi-million-pound global ambassador and promotional agreement with one of the UK’s biggest boxing promoters
- Advised and assisted a high-profile England and Premier League player with various global corporate investments, endorsements agreements and family matters
- Negotiated a multi-million pound promotional agreement with the UK’s biggest boxing promoters for a British professional light-heavyweight boxer ranked number one in the world
- Advised and assisted a Premier League player with his multi-million-pound contract renewal with Arsenal FC
- Advised and led negotiations for a global FX company on their sponsorship deal with Haas F1
- Advised and assisted a high-profile professional boxer in respect of his dispute with a global boxing promoter
- Advised and assisted a Tokyo Silver Olympic medalist with his management agreement with 258 Management, his global endorsement deal with Adidas, his ambassador deal with Sky Sports and his record-breaking promotional agreement with one of the UK’s biggest boxing promoters
- Negotiated a global endorsement agreement with McDonalds for a professional boxer
- Advised and assisted Love Island winners and former contestants on their management agency agreements, image rights structuring, and brand commercial deals
- Advised and assisted a Premier League player with his negotiations with a large football agency
- Negotiated and advised a pre-scholar football player on his six-figure endorsement deal with Under Armour
- Assisted a world champion UFC fighter with his endorsement deal with a global male-grooming company
- Assisted and successfully advised a leading UK sports agency on its dispute against their former client, a professional footballer, before the FA at a Rule K hearing
- Advised and negotiated a global brand ambassador agreement with a high-profile Manchester United player on behalf of a global drinks brand
- Assisted and advised young players and their families on scholarship agreements, and their first professional contracts
- Founded the first Sports Law Clinic at Wembley Stadium working with the University Campus of Football Business which has provided pro-bono advice to over 100 agents, players, students and athletes
