The general editors are Adam Lewis QC of Blackstone Chambers and Jonathan Taylor, Partner at Bird and Bird Solicitors.
The book is written by a team of contributors who are a mix of in-house lawyers from professional bodies as well as private practitioners and academics, all of whom are well known, recognised experts in their field.
Adam Lewis QC is a Barrister specialising in public law, EC law and sports law at Blackstone Chambers, London. He regularly advises national and international sports governing bodies, clubs, individual players and commercial partners, and appears on their behalf before the courts and regulatory authorities. Together with Jon Taylor, he edits the text book Sport: Law and Practice, currently in its 2nd edition, 2008, with the 3rd edition under preparation.
Jonathan is one of the worlds leading sports lawyers, advising nationally and internationally on cutting-edge commercial, regulatory and contentious issues across all major sports.
Jonathan is the co-head of Bird & Birds Sport Group. Jonathan advises a wide range of sports bodies (including international and national governing bodies, public agencies, event organisers, leagues, clubs, and their commercial partners and agents) on commercial matters (including the exploitation of broadcasting and sponsorship rights), contentious matters (including challenges to regulatory decisions, rights protection programmes, and commercial disputes), and regulatory and disciplinary issues (including in particular match-sanctioning, match-fixing and doping issues).
Jonathan is an experienced advocate, appearing regularly before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, as well as a range of internal sports tribunals.
He sits as an arbitrator in sports disputes (as chairman of the International Baseball Federations Anti-Doping Panel, under FA Rule K, and under the auspices of Sport Resolutions), and is also a member of the British Horseracing Authoritys Ethics Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agencys Working Group on Legal Matters.
Jonathan has UK and US law degrees, and originally qualified and practised as a commercial lawyer in New York, before moving back to the UK in the late 1990s to focus exclusively on the sports sector.
Alongside his practice, Jonathan is co-editor (with Adam Lewis QC) of the leading sports law text, Sport: Law and Practice (2nd Edn 2008), and was director of studies in sports law at Kings College, London from 2000 to 2007.
