Martin is a Partner and the National Section Leader of Hall & Wilcox’s Corporate and Commercial team. Martin also leads the Sports and Entertainment practice at Hall & Wilcox.

Martin practices commercial law and has extensive experience in contracts and commercial litigation with a focus on corporate, commercial, regulatory and private clients, with particular expertise in the sports and media sectors. Martin’s clients include public and private corporations, numerous well known national and international sporting organisations, governing bodies, athletes, sponsors, agencies and high profile individuals.

Martin has worked on high-profile and complex transactions and litigation, including media rights transactions, major sponsorship agreements, M&A in sport, governance, and rules and regulations.

Martin is well known for his expert, prompt and commercially focused advice on high-profile, high-value and strategically important matters.

Hall & Wilcox’s Sports and Entertainment team is one of Australia’s most well regarded with clients providing feedback to Chambers 2022 that "They're very commercial and practical, and focused on addressing the highest risks," also highlighting the team's "great expertise and experience, and great client service."

Martin has been listed in the Who’s Who Legal International Directory in Sports and Entertainment law every year since 2016; The Best Lawyers in Australia in Sports law and Defamation and Media law every year since 2017 and is Band 1 Lawyer for Sports Law in Chambers and a Leading Individual in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Media and Entertainment.

Martin is President of the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association (ANZSLA) and has been a director of ANZSLA for the last 13 years. He is also a member of the National Sports Tribunal.

‘Martin Ross is our lead Partner and he has a deep understanding of our business. He has a unique ability to communicate with our team in a way that we understand the reasoning behind the advice.’

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

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