CVC Capital Partners Fund VII has completed a significant strategic partnership investment in Guinness PRO14. The partnership commitment will allow both PRO14 Rugby and the Irish, Italian, Scottish & Welsh rugby unions to continue to invest in the sport, both professional and amateur, to ach...

Douglas Harmer, Partner at Oakwell Sports Advisory, gives his expert opinion alongside John Shea, Senior Associate at Lewis Silkin and John Mehrzad QC of Littleton Chambers about the legal remedies available to clubs who may be adversely affected by the range of decisions that could be taken to c...

First Class counties are facing a total combined revenue loss of £85m. This is due to lost income from matchdays, conferences, and events. Despite the £61m emergency interim support launched by the ECB, there will still be a shortfall of over £20m in the county system. As a result, many of the...

esports has always been an interesting investment opportunity because of its diverse growing audience - everything that traditional sports properties are desperate to become - young, global and digital. Covid-19 has increased the disparity between the two. As traditional sports have faltered wit...

Oakwell Partner Doug Harmer was recently interviewed by Tracy Holmes on the popular sports podcast 'The Ticket'. Doug discussed some of the challenges facing sport due to Covid-19. Despite the economic uncertainty due to Covid-19, Doug is "overwhelmingly optimistic about sports" in the long-t...

Sportcal has written about the findings of Oakwell’s latest research report – which analyses the financial impact and disruption Covid-19 is likely to have on the EFL. Our research shows the current crisis will increase the pressure on an already unsustainable business model, and suggests that a ...