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Jason Smith

Director of Sports Business and Legal Affairs

Jason Smith

Jason is the Director of Sports Business and Legal Affairs in our Commercial team.

Jason is a highly experienced commercial lawyer who advises on all areas of sport law with a focus on commercial rights and event organisation.

He has acted for sports clients including international federations, national governing bodies, event organisers, sponsors, broadcasters, merchandising licensees, marketing agencies and individual athletes and their agents.

Jason has 25 years’ experience in his field and he carried out extensive work on agreements for the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. This included advising on sponsorship agreements for Adidas, Lloyds, Thomas Cook, Nielsen Media and Banco Bradesco.

He is a member of the International Centre for the Study of Sport in Switzerland, lectures and provides workshops on the internationally known FIFA International Masters Degree in Management, Law and the Humanities of Sport.

In addition, he has written extensively for various sporting industry publications and given presentations in London, Egypt and the UAE.

Jason joined us in 2006 and is based in our Manchester office.