Ashton Welsh

Background

About Ashton Welsh

Having spent the early part of my legal career as a property, construction and local government lawyer in New Zealand, I spent the next 14+ years overseas where I undertook a variety of legal and commercial roles in the sports marketing and media industries (resulting in an expertise in the staging of major international sporting events, bid processes, procurement, joint ventures, exploitation of commercial rights and stadia/venues). Upon returning to New Zealand, I established the "Sports, Entertainment & Venues" specialty practice team at Simpson Grierson. Examples of clients I have acted for (or worked with) over the years include the the IOC, ATP, ITF, FINA, FEI, IAAF, UEFA, FIFA, IIHF, NHL, NFL, New Zealand Olympic Committee, NZ Football, NZ Cricket, Hockey NZ, Netball NZ, NZ Rugby League, Paralympics New Zealand, America's Cup Management / America's Cup Event Authority, Volvo Ocean Race, NZ Rugby, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, Golf NZ and Tataki Auckland Unlimited. I/we have also acted for a number of major events staged internationally and in New Zealand. Simpson Grierson is a full service national law firm with the sports practice team set-up to ensure that legal services are provided to its clients across all relevant practice areas including Intellectual Property, Employment, Health & Safety, Tax, Charities, ICT (including Privacy), Corprate & Commercial, Property and Litigation.