Jamie Singer > Onside Law LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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642A King’s Road
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SW6 2DU
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Jamie Singer
Work Department
Commercial, Intellectual Property, Governance and Regulatory
Position
Co-founding partner Jamie Singer has been advising on high profile commercial, intellectual property, governance and regulatory matters across the sports and entertainment industries for over 25 years.
His commercial practice includes sponsorship, media rights, licensing, hosting, image rights and talent management. His regulatory practice focuses, in particular, on integrity and match fixing cases. Highlights include advising:
- football clubs AC Milan, West Ham and Rangers on their top tier sponsorship contracts and commercial rights exploitation issues generally (including AC Milan’s front of shirt sponsorship with Emirates)
- governing bodies such as World Rugby, Six Nations, LTA, European Rugby and ECB on complex negotiations including South Africa’s participation in rugby’s Champions Cup and structuring of the new Nations Cup
- regulators such as the Grand Slam Board of tennis and the International Tennis Integrity Agency; and
- talent such as Jannik Sinner and Sir Andy Murray
All of the leading independent legal directories recommend him as a leading sports law practitioner, in which he is described as:
- “Providing an amazingly efficient, straightforward service.” (Legal 500)
- “He is superb; he has a wealth of experience and his counsel on sensitive issues is invaluable.” (Chambers)
- “He is an impressive practitioner with experience advising clients that range from sports teams to broadcasters in a wide range of dispute, intellectual property and commercial matters.” (Who’s Who Legal)
He Co Authored the Sponsorship and Commercial Rights chapter of the textbook “Football and the Law” edited by Nick de Marco QC.
Career
2005 – Present: Partner – Onside Law
2001 – 2005: In-house counsel – IMG
1996 – 2000: Associate – Clifford Chance
Languages
English
Memberships
British Association for Sport and Law
Education
1994 – 1996: College of Law, Guilford (CPE and LPC)
1991 – 1994: Nottingham University (Politics)
Personal
Guest Lecturer on the Sports Law Masters at ISDE in Barcelona
Guest lecturer on De Montfort University’s Sports Law Diploma
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
(Leading individuals)Sports boutique Onside Law LLP leverages its network of offices in London, Switzerland and Australia to advise clubs, players, managers, international federations and intermediaries on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Co-founder Oliver Hunt
, regularly supported by associate Robin Cumming, is a key port of call for elite golfers and footballers in need of assistance on commercial and business mandates, including sponsorship deals, media, and image rights. Hunt also assists football clubs and competition rights holders. Chris Walsh, supported by newly promoted partner Ross Brown, are key advisors for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), working with the organisation on a range of disciplinary proceedings and investigations. Brown – alongside Jamie Singer, James Tobias and Ben Hanglin – also support governing bodies in rugby and tennis on anti-doping and anti-corruption matters that reach the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The quartet also also works with clients in rugby on sponsorship and media rights arrangements. Co-founder and head of the corporate team Simon Thorp works with legal director Harriet Leach, who is a key adviser to a number of female sporting organisations. Specialist technology and digital media practitioner Adam Leadercramer supports on sponsorship deals. Data privacy and protection expert Sophie Wilkinson supports recently promoted partner Leon Farr on instructions from world governing bodies on the hosting and bidding arrangements for major events. Contentious instructions are chiefly handled by commercial litigator Stevie Loughrey.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
Sports law boutique Onside Law LLP is best known for advising sports-related talent on broadcast appearances, as well as rights holders and broadcasters on licensing arrangements that concern media rights, production and content distribution. James Tobias – who was promoted to partner in September 2022 – handles contractual arrangements relating to the licensing of sports media rights and the production and exploitation of original content. Founding partner Jamie Singer is further noted for his commercial practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Media: Film & TV London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)