Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Sport

Dalton is a consultant specialising in all aspects of the commercial exploitation of rights in the sports industry, ranging from sponsorship, endorsements, licensing, broadcasting, ticketing and hospitality through to the digital and new media aspects of such rights.

He advises rights holders, sports governing bodies, teams, sportspersons, sponsors, brands and other commercial entities on the exploitation of their rights in a sporting context. Dalton has specialist knowledge of the legal and commercial aspects involved in hosting major sports and other events, having been (i) the Head of Legal: Commercial for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games; (ii) the general counsel for the Invictus Games (the Games for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women spearheaded by Prince Harry); and also (iii) the general counsel to and a board member of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant company.

Dalton was previously a sports law partner and head of the sponsorship group at Harbottle & Lewis. He was also the director of business development at the British Olympic Association.

Dalton is the founder and director of a sports rights management company which advises rights holders on the commercial exploitation of their rights.

Trained Sonnenbergs, Cape Town; qualified 1997; Solicitor, tax department Freshfields 1997-2000; Associate then Senior Associate Harbottle & Lewis 2000-05; Partner 2005; Head of Legal: Commercial London Organising Committee of Olympic Games 2007-12; Harbottle & Lewis 2013 to date. Current directorships: Dalton Sports Ltd; DMS Sports Consulting Ltd, The Platinum Jubilee Pageant Limited.

English, Afrikaans

He is a member of BASL and ESA.

Paul Roos Gymnasium, South Africa; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (1989 B Comm; 1991 LLB); Cambridge University (1993 LLM); Oxford University (1996 BCL)

Tennis, All England Lawn Tennis Club