Onside Law’s Sophie Wilkinson appointed as Partner

Sophie specialises in commercial law in the sport and media sectors and has also been instrumental in developing the firm’s data protection, intellectual property and major event hosting practices. She also works closely with Onside Law Switzerland, advising the FIA and FIFA amongst other Swiss clients. Jamie Singer, one of the firm’s founding partners, said “We are delighted to welcome Sophie into the partnership at Onside Law. Sophie has been an integral member of the commercial and IP team for a number of years now. Her calm, thorough and practical approach has won plaudits from across our client base and we are delighted that she now has the platform to develop her practice further.” Sophie said, “I am delighted with my promotion to Partner and very much look forward to stepping up into my new role. I am excited by the opportunity to further strengthen our intellectual property, data protection and event hosting practices and to continue working closely with our fantastic team to advise on some of the most interesting and high profile matters in sport and media. This is a very exciting time to be joining the partnership and despite the recent challenges of COVID-19, we are in a great position to maintain our status as one of the leading sports and media law firms in Europe.”