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Sports

Bray & Krais supports sports industry professionals in their pursuit of excellence.

We advise professional sportsmen and women, agents and regulatory bodies on a wide body of sports industry work, especially professional football.

Our professional expertise is coupled with real-world experience, allowing us a unique perspective from which to advise our clients.   We provide expert advice on the commercial exploitation of our clients’ name and likeness rights and help enhance the value of their rights during and after their professional sports career.

INSIGHTS

Ed Sheeran wins second Copyright Case over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ dispute less than 2 weeks after first trial win

Yesterday evening, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton issued a reversal on his own ruling and dismissed a second case brought by Structured Asset Sales, an entity owned by David Pullman, whic...

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Bray & Krais’ client Ed Sheeran wins U.S. “Thinking Out Loud” copyright dispute.

A jury in a New York District Court today found Ed Sheeran not guilty of infringing ‘Let’s Get It On’ written by Ed Townsend and Marvin Gaye, after hearing testimony from both sides ov...

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Faber Music acquires Manners McDade

We are happy to share the news of the successful sale of Manners McDade‘s music composer agency and publishing company to Faber Music. Acting for the sellers, we are proud to have pl...

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