Richard Davies, Senior Associate
Richard specialises in commercial contracts in the sports and technology sectors.
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Richard specialises in commercial contracts, with a particular focus on the sports and technology. Richard has particular expertise in sponsorship, personal endorsements, media rights, e-commerce and digital content. He has experience drafting and negotiating agreements for a range of businesses including start-ups, major UK PLCs, athletes and sports organisations.Richard is admitted to practise in England and Wales.
Experience
- Advising a betting and gaming company in relation to shirt sponsorship arrangements with Premier League football clubs
- Advising Premier League footballers on personal endorsement contracts
- Advising an online content platform on the exploitation of FA Premier League and UEFA Champions League digital content rights
- Advising a major betting and gaming company on various commercial arrangements relating to its online offering.
- Advising rights holders on media rights deals relating to distribution of sports content via TV, bookmakers and online platforms
- Advising a leading UK PLC on major commercial projects, including brand protection and data exploitation issues
- Advising marketing agencies on exploitation and protection of IP rights in digital content
- Acting for a music major in drafting and negotiating complex licencing and distribution arrangements for digital music right
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Richard Davies and Rahim Hirji write for the American Bar Association on tattoos, athletes and image rights
LeBron James. Zlatan Ibrahimović. Mike Tyson. What is the common factor?
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Richard Davies quoted by eprivateclient on tattoos and their licensing for high profile private clients
Private clients and advisers have many things to think about but one thing that’s unlikely to make the list is tattoos.
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Tattoos, athletes and image rights
Campaigns featuring athletes often include visible tattoos and a number of recent legal cases demonstrate the issues that may arise.
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Live events, venues and COVID passports – UK government issues updated guidance
Daniel McDonagh
The EPL's Fantasy Nightmare
Naomi Nettleton
Landed Estates and Historic Properties: Staging outdoor events - part 2
The second part of our series on the various elements to consider when staging outdoor events
Nick White
The Score: How are traditional sports and esports converging as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?
The team discuss ways in which traditional sports and esports are converging during the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Better late than never for Premier League clubs during COVID-19 disruption
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The value of Simone Biles – an update on athlete endorsements, the Olympics and Rule 40
the USOPC released updated guidance for its athletes regarding personal endorsements and marketing during the Tokyo 2020 games.
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Megan Rapinoe and athlete activism
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Beware the yellow vests - cancellation of sporting events and rights holder - broadcaster disputes
Broadcaster disputes
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Beware the yellow vests: cancellation of sporting events and rights holder - broadcaster disputes
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New waves in the battle against piracy of sports rights
Recent developments continue to demonstrate the ups and downs in the ongoing fight against piracy of sports content.
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Premier League shuts down unauthorised streaming platform
The Premier League has announced that Ace TV had been forced into liquidation after agreeing to pay damages for infringing copyright.
Richard Davies
125,000,000 reasons for Ben Stokes (and other sports stars) to focus on morality clauses
An overview of the typical ‘morality clauses’ which brands seek to include in endorsement deals.
Richard Davies
Uber data breach highlights notification obligations and GDPR impact
The incident provides a useful reminder of the current laws and imminent changes relating to data breaches.
Richard Davies
A question of Governance in Sport
Regulatory and commercial drivers will ensure that governance continues to be a major focus for the sports sector in 2018.
Richard Davies
Uber data breach highlights notification obligations and GDPR impact
On 21 November 2017, it was reported that Uber had suffered a hack resulting in the unauthorised access of personal data.
Mark Howard
Charles Russell Speechlys team advises client IFS on mplsystems acquisition
Charles Russell Speechlys team advises applications company on dual acquisition of IT solutions company and implementation specialist.