Worldwide company legislation agency gunnercooke is launching a specialist sport division, headed up by former Chief Government of Millwall Soccer Membership and Director of the English Soccer League, Steve Kavanagh.
gunnercookeSport will present a full-service providing to sports activities golf equipment and gamers throughout all ranges and phases of their journey, together with authorized recommendation, operations experience and sports activities administration. The group’s expertise spans skilled sporting organisations together with FIFA, NFL, tennis, cricket, rugby, crusing, boxing and athletics.
The providing will cowl a broad vary of areas resembling contract negotiations, sponsorship and picture rights, regulatory compliance, employment points, enterprise evaluate and interim help, private finance and tax, switch and mortgage offers, actual property and facility administration, and mergers and acquisitions.
Steve has 25 years’ C-Suite expertise in soccer, having served as CEO and Finance Director throughout all ranges {of professional} league soccer in England, together with the Premier League. His intensive expertise consists of roles as a member of the FA Council, The Skilled Sport Board (PGB), The Skilled Sport Discussion board (PGF), and Vice Chairman of The FA Cup Committee. He has labored for golf equipment together with Charlton Athletic, Millwall and Southend United.
Steve has additionally served on the EFL Board, represented Championship golf equipment through the Fan-Led Evaluate, and performed a key position within the creation of soccer’s first impartial regulator. He has additionally managed high-profile disputes together with property negotiations, participant contracts and industrial litigation. He’s now an skilled member for Sport Resolutions.
Steve will spearhead the agency’s consolidate launch into the sports activities trade, compiling its present experience throughout follow areas together with competitors legislation, employment, company, new world applied sciences resembling blockchain and crypto, and actual property. The group consists of attorneys, consultants, accountants and enterprise coaches who can provide help to skilled golf equipment, athletes, and help companies all through the complete lifecycle of their careers.
Steve commented: “I’m excited to be becoming a member of gunnercooke for this distinctive alternative. The group have expertise working with a few of the greatest sports activities golf equipment and organisations and I’m trying ahead to bringing them collectively to create a specialist full-service providing that’s fully distinctive to the market.”
Darryl Cooke, Founding father of gunnercooke, added: “With the regulatory atmosphere evolving, there may be extra strain on golf equipment, gamers and the sports activities group to do the precise factor. They want recommendation and steerage from trusted advisors and we’ve got developed gunnercookeSport to satisfy this want. Steve is the right candidate to steer the division, having a large breadth of expertise in sports activities enterprise administration, that means he really understands the trade’s wants. I imagine he’ll assist carry a uniqueness to gunnercooke and our sports activities work and we’re thrilled to welcome him to the group.”
gunnercooke is a full-service legislation agency working as a payment share mannequin, with 15 places of work throughout Europe and the US. The group includes 600 attorneys performing for over 40,000 purchasers.
