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Sam Purkiss

Sam is a sports and entertainment industry lawyer advising on commercial and regulatory matters. He has experience across a range of sports with a focus on cricket, motorsport and football, advising on team, player and participant issues, commercial rights and brand management. He has particular expertise advising on complex and high value sponsorship and endorsement contracts, acting regularly for both rights holders and sponsors, and is a Board Director of the European Sponsorship Association. He also advises clients within the publishing industry and other creative industries in relation to the exploitation of intellectual property, including authors, publishers, media and technology platforms, brand owners and licensees. · Harbottle & Lewis LLP

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About

Sam Purkiss is a sports and entertainment industry lawyer at Harbottle & Lewis LLP advising on commercial and regulatory matters, with experience across a range of sports including cricket, motorsport and football. He has particular expertise in high-value sponsorship and endorsement contracts, advises rights holders and sponsors, and also works with clients in publishing and other creative industries on the exploitation of intellectual property; he is a Board Director of the European Sponsorship Association.

Practice areas

SportsEntertainmentIntellectual PropertyMedia & PublishingCommercialRegulatory

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Expertise

CricketMotorsportFootballSponsorship & EndorsementTeam, player and participant issuesBrand ManagementPublishingMedia & Technology PlatformsAuthors, publishers and licenseesLicensing