At 2TG our people are hard-working, forward-thinking and approachable. We believe our supportive culture is one of our greatest strengths.
With the set comprising around 60 barristers, we know each other well and work effectively together. We often operate in large teams with clients. Our practice management team is modern and commercial, matching barrister experience thoughtfully to clients’ requirements.
At 2TG our barristers are expert in a broad range of complementary practice areas and we enjoy repeat instructions from a variety of loyal clients.
Practised advocates from the start, all our Silks and the vast majority of our Junior barristers are recognised as leaders in their chosen fields. Many of us are at the forefront of shaping the law in our specialist areas and we pride ourselves in having excellent industry knowledge.
At 2TG our barristers have excellent experience acting across a range of industry sectors and we are able to offer advice in an informed and commercial context.
Our combination of practice area excellence and industry expertise means we possess real insight into the commercial realities facing our clients operating in these areas. Secondment plays an important part of our commitment to developing our skills and understanding.
2TG is home to award-winning accredited mediators, arbitrators, adjudicators and experts with considerable experience of alternative dispute resolution.
Our barristers are also skilled as advocates in different alternative dispute resolution procedures and work strategically with clients to understand their commercial objectives, and then to resolve litigation as cost-effectively and expeditiously as possible.
Work with an international dimension forms a significant part of many barristers’ work at 2TG.
We appear in international courts and arbitral tribunals all over the world, frequently acting on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. We are particularly well-known for managing cross border litigation on matters of jurisdiction and applicable law and appear regularly in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
At 2TG, in addition to our professional advice, we are recognised for our excellent contribution to education and development. We provide regular high-quality training.
Our reputation among the legal profession and other clients for our first-rate webinars and in-person conferences is very important to us. We also contribute frequently at industry events and as editors of leading texts and authors on topics of legal interest.
Steven Flynn is a senior junior who specialises in commercial arbitration and litigation; business protection; and sports law.
Steven covers the full range of commercial litigation and arbitration. He is regularly instructed in high-value disputes across various sectors, including banking, finance, trading, insurance, sport, entertainment and media, construction, and manufacturing. Clients include banks, multi-nationals, foreign state-owned entities, and major public companies, as well as senior executives, entrepreneurs, and public figures.
Steven’s experience of commercial and employment law mean that he is highly sought after by those involved in business protection disputes. He is regularly instructed to deal with issues arising from employment contracts, breach of confidence, partnerships, restrictive covenants, and shareholder rights/obligations, both in the UK and internationally. He has a particular interest in cross-jurisdiction contracts and conflict of laws issues.
Steven is recognised as ‘one of the top sports law juniors in the UK’ (Legal 500). He is frequently retained to deal with issues of the utmost importance, advising various participants including professional athletes, teams, governing bodies, agents, and players’ associations on contractual, commercial, and regulatory matters.
Steven has a wealth of experience in arbitration, representing commercial and sporting clients before a vast array of domestic and international arbitral tribunals, as well as dealing with challenges before the Courts. Steven accepts appointments to sit as a sole arbitrator or as a member of a panel (including as chair). He has been admitted as a Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and appointed to the Sport Resolution Arbitration Panel.
Steven is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and offers his services as an arbitrator. He has a wealth of experience in dealing with arbitrations in a commercial, employment, and sporting context. This includes both sitting as a sole arbitrator or as a member of a panel.
Steven has particular experience in arbitrations that involve contractual and employment issues in a sporting context, as well as challenges to the decisions of governing bodies. Steven has been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Panel of Arbitrators and, in recent years, has chaired disciplinary/appeal panels for British Gymnastics, British Cycling and England Boxing.
Steven’s commercial and business protection work involves him representing clients before a vast array of arbitral tribunals, as well as dealing with challenges before the Courts. These include cases convened under the rules of the LCIA, ICC, the FA, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Steven’s practice covers the entire spread of commercial litigation and arbitration. He regularly provides representation and advice on disputes that include issues of agency, commercial agents, company litigation (including shareholder disputes and claims against directors/fiduciaries), commercial fraud, confidential information, contract disputes, insurance, post-termination disputes, restraint of trade, and sale of good.
He is frequently instructed by both national and international companies including banks, airlines, construction companies, car manufacturers and those within the financial services industry. Steven also represents directors, company secretaries, office holders and shareholders, as well as individuals in disputes with corporate bodies and other individuals.
A summary of recent work can be found below:
Arbitration
Steven has a wealth of experience before a vast array of domestic and international arbitral tribunals, including those convened pursuant to the rules of the CAS, CIArb, LCIA, ICC, and Sport Resolutions.
Examples of recent work include:
Commercial Fraud
Steven has advised on, and taken to trial, numerous cases in which deceit, conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, restitution, undue influence, and unconscionable bargain have been in issue.
Recent example of work include:
Directors’ Contracts & Duties
Steven represents directors and companies in matters relating to bonuses; breach of fiduciary duties; claw-backs; misuse of confidential information; removal; and restrictive covenants. Due to Steven’s strong employment law background, he is also regularly instructed to represent both companies and individuals in contractual negotiations.
Examples of recent work include:
Restrictive Covenants
Steven has considerable experience in dealing with cases involving the enforcement of restrictive covenants. He is often instructed to seek/resist injunctions and damages in both the High Court, as well as being instructed to provide advice during mediation.
Examples of recent work include:
Media & Entertainment
Steven also has niche expertise in the media and entertainment sector, regularly instructed by TV personalities and talent agencies to deal with commercial issues arising from appearance contracts, music and endorsement deals, and management agreements.
Examples of recent work include:
Shareholder Rights
Steven regularly advises individuals and companies on the rights, roles and duties of shareholders. This includes both contentious and non-contentious issues such as share sale agreements, minority shareholder’s rights and unfair prejudice petitions.
Examples of recent work include:
Partnerships & LLPs
Steven has considerable experience in advising on the establishment and dissolution of partnerships and LLPs. He is often instructed to advise partners on their legal obligations and, when necessary, to assist them in disputes arising from said partnerships. Steven is also one of a limited number of practitioners who has experience of representing partners and LLP members in claims alleging discrimination against the partnership.
Examples of recent work include:
Sale of Goods / Supply of Goods and Services
Steven is regularly instructed by both Claimants and Defendants in actions involving the sale of goods and/or the supply of goods and services. He also has experience in assisting in the recovery of possessions that have been the subject of conversion.
Examples of recent cases include:
Steven’s employment practice is directed toward business protection, with him dealing with employment related issues in the High / County Court, as well as those with an international element. These include:
Some examples of his work in different areas can be found below.
High Court / County Court / International
Restrictive Covenants
Contracts & Exit Agreements
Steven is recognised as ‘one of the top sports law juniors in the UK’ (Legal 500), dealing with contractual and commercial disputes in this sector, as well as disciplinary and regulatory issues. He is noted as having ‘best knowledge of on-field disciplinary work and [as] a go-to in this area’ (Chambers UK) and for his ‘niche experience of handling employment disputes within the professional sports world’ (Legal 500). He regularly appears on his own against KCs or leading a multi-disciplinary team in complex disputes, and has been described as ‘a great advocate’.
Steven is regularly instructed by players, clubs, agents, governing bodies, players’ unions, fans, and sponsors across a wide variety of sports including football, rugby union and league, boxing, tennis, and golf. He has advised at all levels of sport and has acted for and against many elite level participants and organisations, including matters involving the FA; the RFU; UK Sport; the Premier League; Manchester United FC; Manchester City FC; Chelsea FC; Liverpool FC; the LTA; Leicester Tigers, Gloucester Rugby Club; Chester Racecourse; Archery GB; British Ice Skating; UK Athletics; the PFA; the RLPA; the FSF; and many others. He has also been instructed by high profile companies who wish to enter into commercial rights/sponsorship agreements with such organisations.
In addition to dealing with commercial and regulatory matters, Steven is also regularly instructed in cases relating to discrimination in sport. He has experience in advising on the rights and obligations imposed on players, clubs, and governing bodies by the Equality Act 2010.
Steven’s work involves him representing participants before disciplinary and appeals panels, as well in court and at arbitration. This includes Premier League Section X arbitrations, FA Rule K arbitrations, the EFL Player Related Dispute Commission, the British Boxing Board of Control Regulation 24 arbitration, and before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Steven also has a wealth of experience chairing disciplinary/appeals panels, as well as chairing arbitral tribunals. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been appointed to the Sport Resolutions Panel of Arbitrators.
Reflective of his experience and expertise in the sector, Steven has been appointed a Visiting Sports Law Fellow at the Centre for Sports Law Research at Edge Hill University and is regularly invited to lecture on sports law LLMs at a variety of universities.
A summary of his work in different areas can be found below:
Agents
Steven is regularly instructed by players, clubs, and the world’s largest sports agencies in relation to disputes over breaches of contract, fees, and inducements. He has recently:
Anti-Doping & Mechanical Doping
Steven represents governing bodies, clubs, and participants in relation to anti-doping matters. This includes investigations, internal disciplinary proceedings, and hearings before the National Anti-Doping Panel and the CAS.
Steven also has experience of dealing with mechanical/electronic doping in cycling, having represented a cyclist who was accused of manipulating data to improve his access enhanced eRacing equipment.
Recent cases include:
Arbitration
Steven regularly appears before arbitral tribunals; both in the UK and Internationally. He has appeared before British Boxing Board of Control Arbitration Panels; the Court of Arbitration for Sport; FA Rule K panels; the ICC; the EFL League Arbitration Panel; the LCIA; the Managers’ Arbitration Tribunal; the Player Related Dispute Commission; Premier League Rule X panels; and those convened by Sport Resolution. Steven is extremely familiar with arbitral procedure and the law surrounding arbitration.
Steven also offers his service as an arbitrator in sporting disputes. This includes both sitting as a sole arbitrator or as a member of a panel. Steven has particular expertise in arbitrations that involve contractual and employment issues in a sporting context, as well as challenges to the decisions of governing bodies. He is a member of the Sport Resolutions Panel of Arbitrators.
Boxers, Managers & Promoters
Steven is particularly active in the boxing world, have represented many of the world’s leading managers and promoters. He also represents boxers who are active at both the amateur and professional level.
Disciplinary & Other Internal Proceedings
As well as representing clubs and participants who were subject to disciplinary action before a wide plethora of governing bodies (including, the FA, the RFU, the RFL, and the PGA), Steven has also sat as a disciplinary and appeal officer for a variety of sports. He has represented participants seeking to overturn disciplinary sanctions through arbitral proceedings, and represented governing bodies before the Courts when resisting such challenges.
Recent cases include:
Discrimination in Sport
Steven has a great deal of experience of cases involving discrimination in a sporting context. He represents participants at all levels, from those who are attending their first coaching session, through to elite athletes who have suffered loss of funding or career damage because of discrimination. He also advises service providers (e.g. clubs, governing bodies, venues) as to their duties under the Equality Act 2010.
Examples of his work include:
Player / Participants Contracts & Transfers
Agents, players, and clubs regularly instruct Steven to consider issues surrounding employment/funding contracts. He also provides guidance on legal issues that arise during transfers and representation in breach of contract claims.
Some of his recent cases include:
Sale & Purchase of Clubs / Sporting Venues
Given Steven’s commercial law background and sports sector experience, he is positioned to advise on issues relating to the sale and purchase of sports clubs and venues.
Some of the work he has done includes:
Sponsorship / Image Rights
Steven has a particular interest in sponsorship and image rights agreements. He has been instructed by numerous agents, clubs, participants and sponsors to assist with the negotiating and drafting of such agreements and advise and represent them when such agreements breakdown.
Recent examples of his work in this area include:
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Chambers UK 2025
“Steven’s ability to demystify complex legal concepts and provide clear, concise, effective and practical advice is very impressive.”
“Steven Flynn is instinctive and creative in his approach, which is of great value to clients.”
“Steven is pragmatic, commercial and great with clients.”
Legal 500 2025
“Steven is a very senior junior and leads cases of the upmost complexity, value and high-profile nature which would usually be silk-lead. He is thorough, thoughtful, his paperwork is second-to-none, and he is the most solicitor-friendly barrister.”
“Steven’s ability to get straight to the nub of the legal issues is impressive, as is his advice that actually delivers advice, rather than sitting on the fence. He is excellent at cross-examination.”
Chambers UK 2024
“Steven is extremely knowledgeable and experienced, a great advocate.”
“A reassuring, safe pair of hands with specialist knowledge of a niche area.”
Legal 500 2024
“A junior with a great reputation for his knowledge of sports regulatory matters. He is an extremely hardworking, accommodating barrister, and his research and preparation is meticulous.”
Chambers UK 2023
“He is down to earth, responsive and reliable.”
Legal 500 2023
“Steve is pragmatic, approachable and always available. He never sits on the fence with his advice and can rapidly identify the key strengths and weaknesses of a case. He is superb with clients and has built up significant expertise in sports regulatory and litigation matters. He gives his all on every matter he is instructed on, and thrives under pressure.”
Chambers UK 2022
“He is extremely knowledgeable and is very clear and concise in his advice.“
Chambers UK 2021
“Thoroughly confident and liked by judges.”
“Technically very astute”
Legal 500 2021
“Steve is one of the top sports law juniors in the UK, with experience across a number of sports and expertise in commercial and regulatory disputes.”
“Steve is very knowledgeable of the sports sector, and extremely user friendly. He is contactable at all times, day or night and can put clients at ease in an instant in even the most stressful of cases.”
“Consistently good and very reliable.”
Chambers UK 2020
“Very clear and concise in his advice to clients. Extremely knowledgeable when it comes to rugby, in particular when dealing with regulatory matters.”
“He has the best knowledge of on-field disciplinary work and is a go-to in the area.”
Legal 500 2019
“A very grounded barrister with a great intellect.”
“[Has] niche experience in handling employment disputes within the professional sports world.”
Legal 500 2017
“Very knowledgeable, thorough and technical.”