Bob Mitchell > Harbottle & Lewis LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Harbottle & Lewis LLP Offices
7 Savoy Court
LONDON
WC2R 0EX
England
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Bob Mitchell
Work Department
Sports group
Position
Bob has been a dedicated sports lawyer and head of the firm’s Sports Group for more than 20 years. He has significant expertise and experience in advising sports focussed clients on both commercial and regulatory issues.
Bob has particular experience in negotiating and providing advice on the terms of commercial sports agreements including sponsorship, participation, staging, promoter and venue agreements, and advising on sports regulatory and disciplinary issues. He advises a cross-section of sports-related clients on a comprehensive range of legal issues. Bob’s clients include governing bodies, national and international sports rights owners, sports marketing and management agencies and some of the leading international brands that regularly acquire sports marketing rights. His experience also includes advising a number of leading sportsmen on the exploitation and protection of both their commercial and playing rights. Bob is also well known for advising national and international player associations.
Career
- Trained Keene Marsland; qualified 1992;
- Assistant Keene Marsland 1992-93; Partner 1993-97;
- Senior Associate Harbottle & Lewis 1997-2000; Partner 2000 to date
Memberships
Law Society;
Bob is also Director of the European Sponsorship Association and is its legal adviser.
Education
- Hipperholme Grammar School, Halifax;
- Brunel University;
- College of Law, Chester.
Leisure
Playing golf and tennis and watching all sports.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
(Leading individuals)Harbottle & Lewis LLP‘s workload regularly covers sports marketing and sponsorship. regulatory disputes, disciplinary proceedings, and reputation management issues – namely advising sports bodies on how to protect their privacy and information rights. Team head Bob Mitchell, regularly working in conjunction with Mike Jones, focuses on the intersection between sports, technology and entertainment. Mitchell is also a key contact for cricketers playing at the national level, who are seeking advice in relation to commercial, employment and disciplinary matters. Alongside Mitchell, Sam Purkiss advises both sponsors and sports entities, while Michael Lister focuses on athlete contract, sponsorship and endorsement arrangements. Dalton Odendaal is a key name to note for work concerning the hosting and staging of major sporting events, including merchandising, ticketing, and ceremonies.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers