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As one of the founding members of Lawrence Stephens’ Sports, Media and Entertainment team, Will is an experienced Solicitor who specialises in a mixture of non-contentious and contentious matters in sport. Will delivers commercial and pragmatic advice for his clients and pays significant attention to the wider sporting context in which his clients sit.

Will represents elite footballers, talent management and commercial agencies, drivers, golfers, sports brands, tech brands and various other stakeholders in sport and entertainment.

He has an extensive network of professional and ancillary contacts in sport and ensures that all his clients benefit from those within his network as part of their wider advisory team.

Will is from the North West of England and now lives in West London. A passionate football player, tennis player and golfer, Will loves playing and watching sport.

Experience highlights 

• Advising a leading commercial agency on its representation agreement and ancillary agreements with one of the world’s top 5 most expensive football players.
• Successfully defending former premier league defender at The FA Contractual Dispute Tribunal against his Club.
• Advising a golfer management agency on their player’s agreement with LIV Golf.
• Preparing sponsorship, consultancy, venue and other ancillary agreement for a PGAET Challenge Tour Tournament.
• Successfully bringing Rule K Arbitration action on behalf of a leading football agency against a former client for non-payment of agency fees.