Lereesa Easterbrook

Lereesa Easterbrook is a Senior Associate in the sports team in London and co-head of the firm's women's sport group. Her primary practice area is Sports Law.

She acts primarily for national and international sports governing bodies, federations and other sporting organisations in all types of contentious and regulatory matters across a range of sports including motorsport, tennis, equestrianism, cricket, rugby and football, among others.

Her practice involves advising and representing clients in relation to a wide range of matters such as challenges to regulatory decisions, safeguarding matters, disciplinary disputes, anti-doping cases, investigations, rule drafting, governance work, and broader commercial disputes (both litigation and arbitration). She has experience acting for clients in a range of dispute resolution forums including the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Sport Resolutions, the National Anti-Doping Panel, various international arbitration institutions, internal appeal tribunals, as well as the English, DIFC and ADGM courts.

She has been recognised as a Rising Star (Sport) in Legal 500 2024 and a Leading Associate (Sport) in Legal 500 2025 and Legal 500 2026.

Her passion for sport stems from her own sporting background in tennis, where she competed as a junior at the international level and continues to represent her county as an adult, providing her with valuable insight into the sports industry and the issues faced by governing bodies, athletes and clubs. She is also a passionate diversity and inclusion advocate, particularly on the subject of social mobility, and co-chairs the Bird & Bird social mobility network, Beyond Backgrounds.