Marc Sobol

Head of Department
Partner
Sport

+44 20 3206 2763
Email Marc
marc.sobol@smb.london
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Head of the Sport team, Marc has over 18 years of in-house broadcasting and sports industry experience, including at Virgin Media and Wasserman Media Group, and provides unique industry insight and market knowledge to his clients. Marc’s specialist expertise includes advising on complex intellectual property licensing agreements for rights holders and licensees. Marc has recently provided advice to Virgin Media, TV3, Econet Media (a multiplatform television service recently launched across Africa), AMC Networks International and UKTV.

Marc also provides legal and strategic advice to buyers and sellers of sports media rights. He has worked for sports bodies across multiple media rights auctions, offers advice on packaging of rights, and market analysis in the UK and overseas. Previous and current clients include: The Football League, Premiership Rugby, European Professional Club Rugby, Major League Soccer, USGA, WBC, Racing UK and talkSPORT. Marc is also a member of the British Association of Sports Lawyers.

Testimonials

“Trustworthy practice head Marc Sobol offers ‘carefully tailored solutions.”
Legal 500, 2018

 

 

Practice areas

  • ‘Marc Sobol is a partner and specialist in the area of sport broadcast rights, and he has assisted us from time to time on legal matters. He is professional and knowledgeable in the areas of media, broadcasting and sport and a pleasure to work with. We can highly recommend both Marc and the firm.’

    Legal 500, 2025

  • ‘Marc Sobol is excellent to work with. He is pragmatic and doesn’t seek to over-complicate.’

    Legal 500, 2025

  • Brings significant in-house broadcasting knowledge to the practice.

    Legal 500, 2020

  • Marc Sobol is approachable and extremely knowledgeable. His work is thorough and pragmatic.

    Legal 500, 2021

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