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Will is a Senior Associate within Lawrence Stephens’ Sports and Entertainment team. He is an experienced solicitor specialising in a mixture of non-contentious and contentious matters in sport. He delivers commercial and pragmatic advice for his clients and pays significant attention to the wider sporting context in which his clients sit. He represents elite footballers, talent management and commercial agencies, drivers, golfers, sports brands, tech brands and various other stakeholders in sport and entertainment. He prides himself on truly understanding his clients and their brand (personal or commercial) in order to give accurate and pragmatic advice. He works hard to deliver positive outcomes for his clients on complex and unique legal matters and relish working with the best athletes, entertainers and brands. He has an extensive network of professional and ancillary contacts in sport and ensure that all his clients benefit from those within his network as part of their wider advisory team. He has also been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Pro Bono service. A legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the service provides pro bono legal advice and assistance to athletes and individuals of limited financial means.

Jake is a Senior Associate in the Sports & Entertainment team at Lawrence Stephens. He acts for clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He acts on high-profile matters within sport and his calm, direct and focused approach coupled with his strong commercial background and experience working with key stakeholders across the global sporting industry enables him to communicate and distill complex legal matters into practical advice in an engaging, accessible and actionable way. he specialises in advising clients on commercial, image rights, employment, complex regulatory and cross-border matters in addition to acting for clients in disputes before The Football Association (FA), FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Given the international nature of his work, he frequently collaborate with colleagues from a variety of different countries, jurisdictions and backgrounds. He is passionate about ensuring that costs are not a barrier to receiving top legal advice and access to justice and he regularly provides pro bono assistance to young athletes and entrepreneurs. Additionally, he has been a member of the American Bar Association’s Military Pro Bono Project since qualifying as a lawyer and have been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Pro Bono Service.

Mohit is Head of Sports & Entertainment at Lawrence Stephens, advising and representing a variety of sporting and entertainment clients within the industry. Within Sport, he regularly act for clients on a wide range of issues from player transfers, boxing promotional agreements, commercial opportunities (including image rights and endorsement agreements) to regulatory, brand protection and dispute matters. Within Entertainment, he advises music artists, actors, celebrities and influencers in relation to their commercial and endorsement agreements, ambassador agreements and global brand protection matters. His passion and determination go beyond the ordinary, making him much more than just a ‘lawyer’ to his clients. He is a trusted advisor to his clients, breaking barriers to connect and truly understand their objectives both ‘on-field’ and ‘off-field’. To complement his approach, he has developed a wide range other advisors, perfectly tailored to fulfilling his clients’ needs. Among them are first-class sports tax advisors and financial experts, essential to securing his clients’ success. As part of our commitment to champion equality of opportunity and access to justice, the firm has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University Campus of Football Business (UCFB). The UCFB is a college of the University of East London, a higher education institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate university degrees and executive education in the football and wider sports industries. As part of this initiative, Mo Pasricha and the wider Sports and Entertainment team will assist UCFB in the ongoing development and day-to-day running of a Sports Law Clinic at the Wembley and Etihad Stadiums on a pro bono basis and share practical knowledge from Lawrence Stephen’s sports lawyers on the application of sports law in the field of football, boxing, golf, motor racing and basketball. This three-year agreement formalises an ongoing relationship that began in 2019; the team has already provided pro bono advice to over 150 athletes, players and coaches who have attended courses at UCFB. Mohit and his team have also been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Pro Bono service. A legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the service provides pro bono legal advice and assistance to athletes and individuals of limited financial means.

Angelique Richardson

Angelique is a Senior Associate in the Sports & Entertainment team at Lawrence Stephens. As a former elite athlete competing in synchronised swimming and fin-swimming, she is able to bring a unique perspective to her practice and her athlete clients. She represents a number of professional athletes on a wide range of matters including high-profile boxing promotional agreements, anti-doping disputes, and multi-million pound arbitrations. For both athletes and talent in the entertainment and media space, she provides commercial and holistic advice in relation to reputation management, strategy and career development. As one of the UK's leading sports lawyers, she is now a trusted advisor to a number of notable sports and entertainment clients. She has also been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Pro Bono service. A legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the service provides pro bono legal advice and assistance to athletes and individuals of limited financial means.