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To get the best results, you need effective training, sound tactics and faultless execution. Success in life can be a marathon, not a sprint, and

it is important to be ready for all the twists and turns. If you want to cross the finish line first in every race, you’ll need a legal team to offer

the best preparation, strategy and protection for lasting success.

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REPUTATION

BUILDING ON YOUR BRAND

WEALTH PLANNING

FAMILY

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Horse powerCONTRACTSAny successful strategy needs to include clear, strong and beneficial professional contracts, between

competitors, teams, managers, agents and advisers, so that you can be sure to go the distance.REPUTATIONAs a sporting career builds, so too does reputation. Professional and personal reputation needs to be

enhanced, managed and protected.BUILDING ON YOUR BRANDA strong reputation, and perhaps a trade mark or two, results in opportunity for endorsements and commercial

deals. Ensuring those agreements are properly drafted provides an alternative source of revenue from your

competitive career.WEALTH PLANNINGOnce you’re ahead, making sure you don’t lose your advantage requires careful planning and implementation. Advice on wills, trust structures and tax will help to keep you ahead of the pack.FAMILYYou also need to be prepared should any unexpected challenges arise in your personal life. Cohabitation

agreements, prenuptials, divorce and children are important and you have to ensure the best interests of

you and your family are preserved.ASSETSYour investments need securing and we can ensure that you know how to structure and protect your portfolio

of assets – whether financial investments, artwork or real estate.DISPUTESDespite the very best planning, rarely does the sporting career run perfectly smoothly. You need a tough,

no-nonsense enforcer to deal quickly with clashes over contracts and relationships so you can focus on

your performance.DISCIPLINARYCompetitive sport involves judgment calls and the boundaries are sometimes blurred. You need clear and

practical advice to protect your position and someone who will fight for you if the rules have been broken or

a drug test result is positive.CRIMEThings can go badly wrong. If you have a brush with the law, we can be there with emergency advice around

the clock.

INJURYSport can be bruising and you need the right action should an injury impact on your career. We can work with

you to ensure that if you are watching from the stands, you have structures in place to stop you losing out.LEGACYYour sporting career is about more than visits to the winner’s enclosure. The peak could be over within a

few years so you must have a long-term outlook and focus on life after sport. Advice on business ventures,

personal investments and other commercial agreements means that your personal and professional

success does not stop at the finish line.

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