Lereesa Easterbrook

Background

About Lereesa Easterbrook

I am a Senior Associate in the Bird & Bird Sports team (Regulatory and Disputes) based in London and Co-Head of our Women's Sport practice. I act primarily for national and international sports governing bodies, federations and sporting organisations in contentious and regulatory matters across a range of sports including motorsport, tennis, cricket, rugby, athletics, football and equestrianism. In particular, my practice involves representing clients in relation to a wide range of issues such as challenges to regulatory decisions, disciplinary disputes (including misconduct and anti-doping cases), safeguarding matters, rule drafting and advisory work and broader commercial disputes. I have experience acting for clients in a range of dispute resolution forums including the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a number of different international arbitration institutions, internal appeal tribunals, as well as the English, DIFC and ADGM courts. My own sporting background is in tennis, where I competed as a junior at national and international level and at university. I currently represent Buckinghamshire at team county competitions and my club in the national club league. I also enjoy playing netball and padel tennis in my spare time. Outside of the sporting arena I am a passionate diversity and inclusion advocate. I am Chair of the Bird & Bird internal social mobility network, Beyond Backgrounds and I was also a member of the Steering Committee of my previous firm’s social mobility network for a number of years.