b'Active in sportFrom as far back as the 1880s, when partner ReginaldSydney 2000 Olympic GamesAllen represented Australia in a cricket test match againstOn 24 September 1993 Australians were thrilled when England, the firm has employed many enthusiasticpresident of the IOC, Juan Antonio Samaranch, announced, sportspeople, including several Olympic athletes.The winner is Sydney. Allen Allen & Hemsley advised the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games The firms connection with Australian sport extends beyondand the firm continues to provide advice to the Australian the participation of its people in events. Allens has beenOlympic Committee.involved in many formative aspects of sports administration in Australia, as well as in the planning and execution ofRugby World Cup 2003major sporting events, working with the Australian OlympicThe newly merged Allens Arthur Robinson supported Rugby Committee, Australian Grand Prix, Australian Rugby UnionWorld Cup 2003. It was the first time the firm had sponsored and Australian Cricket Board, among others. These roles havesuch an event and it was the first time Rugby World Cup drawn on resources across all practice areas and all offices had appointed an official law firm for a tournament. The of the firm. For many in Allens, the opportunity to advise firm provided a range of legal services, including protection on major sporting events is considered a career highlight. of trade marks and other intellectual property rights, litigation, advice on sports law, broadcasting rights and other Court of Arbitration for Sport commercial issues. An increase in international sports-related disputes during the 1980s led the International Olympic Committee (IOC)Many Australians attended matches, and millions watched to establish the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Formedfrom around the world. Over 131,000 people tried their luck in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1984, CAS is an arbitral tribunalat Allens online rugby drop-kicking game, launchedfor sports-related disputes worldwide. In 1996, with theto celebrate the sponsorship. Atlanta Olympic Games imminent and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games next in line, CAS established additionalMelbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games offices in Australia and the US.Allens Arthur Robinson became the official law firm of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, when more Allen Allen & Hemsley assisted CAS to establish the Oceaniathan 4,000 athletes from seventy-one Commonwealth Registry in Sydney, to determine disputes involving partiesnations arrived in Melbourne to go for gold in seventeen from the Asia-Pacific region. Since then arbitration hearingssports. The firm, across all of its offices, worked alongside have been managed by Allens lawyers in Allens offices.the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games in-house Partner Miriam Stiel has held the role of permanentlegal team on issues ranging from contractual and supplier secretary since 2018.negotiations, through to preventing ambush marketing.223'