Paul Fletcher - Sports Lawyer - European Commercial law firm, Specialst in Commercial law and Sports law

Before co-forming IPS Law, Paul spent a number of years working for a top European Commercial law firm, where he specialised in Commercial law and Sports law.

Paul advises Premiership football clubs, a number of high profile international Premiership footballers and leading sports and media agents. Paul specialises in sponsorship and endorsement deals, intellectual property contracts and sports dispute resolution.

Paul’s notable recent experience includes:

Advising Premiership football clubs on intellectual property rights contracts, player transfers and contract renegotiations, delivering benefit to both sporting individuals and the clubs for which they play;
Advising Phil "The Power" Taylor in relation to several major endorsement deals and a dispute with the manufacturer of merchandising products;
Advising Andy "the Viking" Fordham in relation to a dispute with his former manager;
Advising Andy "the Viking" Fordham in relation to a BBC documentary;
Advising a Rugby League player in relation to a dispute with his club;
Advising a leading Premiership football club in relation to its media agreements (including mobile phone content agreements, foreign website development agreements, website sales and advertising agreements, on demand TV agreements and International Block Programming Agreements);
Advising a leading Premiership club in relation to its broadcasting agreements and regulatory requirements;
Advising a leading Premiership club in relation to its shirt sponsorship deal and many other commercial partner deals;
Advising ex-Premiership footballers in relation to disputes with their insurers following career ending injuries;
Advising a number of football agents in relation to disputes over unpaid fees;
Advising ex-Premiership footballers in relation to disputes with their insurers following career ending injuries;

Paul has also provided legal analysis on football related issues for Sky Sports News and Granada Reports, and has contributed articles to World Sports Law Reports, Sport Business and various other publications.