Nick is an English solicitor and before coming to Jersey worked in several of Manchester’s premier law firms, dealing with a wide variety of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, MBOs and MBIs, corporate restructurings and flotations, as well as a variety of media/sports law matters. He also helped found and was a senior executive of a sports marketing company which was subsequently floated on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Hyde Marshall Associates was established in January 2005 to advise on a broad range of corporate and sports-related legal matters and to provide general non-legal advice and assistance to commercial organisations and personalities.

Particular examples of Nick’s sports and media experience are set out below.

In respect of corporate work (details of which are set out in Services), Nick has acted for vendors and purchasers in a variety of M&A transactions, including MBOs and MBIs, ranging from several hundred thousand pounds to multi-million pound deals. He has acted for companies and sponsors in a variety of listed public company transactions and provided assistance on a wide-range of commercial legal matters, including joint ventures, high value commercial agreements, such as distribution and software agreements, and senior executive employment arrangements.

Since coming to Jersey, as well as continuing to advise in the above areas, he has advised a number of trust companies on various matters and has advised on a variety of image rights arrangements for sports personalities.

His experience in sports work includes

• Advising Manchester United in respect of its licensing and merchandising activities.

• Advising Manchester United in respect of a number of sponsorship agreements including Umbro and Pepsi.

• Advising Manchester United in respect of various overseas tour arrangements.

• Advising Manchester United in connection with the establishment of franchises with overseas partners for its megastore shops.

• Advising MUTV in respect of certain rights acquisitions from the various footballing authorities.

• Acting for Eric Cantona in connection with his litigation concerning the exploitation of his name and image.

• Advising James Hickman, the world short course 200m butterfly champion, in connection with his sponsorship agreement with Speedo and also with an endorsement agreement.

• Advising Sheffield United Football Club in connection with its flotation.

• Advising Leicester City Football Club in connection with its flotation.

• Advising the FA Premier League on a variety of matters in conjunction with its in-house counsel.

• Advising Rio Ferdinand in connection with his endorsement agreement with Ben Sherman and his arrangements with The Sun newspaper.

• Advising Richard Johnson, the National Hunt jockey, in connection with his autobiography and certain sponsorship and publishing deals.

• Acting for Shaun Goater in connection with his licence arrangements for a range of merchandise.

• Acting for WilliamsF1 in connection with the preparation and negotiation of various merchandising and licensing agreements.

• Acting for Leeds United in connection with the preparation and negotiation of various merchandising and licensing agreements.

• Acting for SP Holdings plc in connection with its pan-European master licence with Manchester United Merchandising Limited for a range of branded clothing and fashion goods.

• Acting for various sports personalities including boxers, boxing promoters, rugby league and union players and footballers, in connection with a variety of image rights structures.