Pete Hackleton

Tax Partner, Saffery

Pete is head of the firm’s Sports & Entertainment Group and advises a range of corporate and individual clients, primarily in the sports and entertainment sector.

His major clients include both international and national governing bodies of sport, clubs, major venues, rights holders, other sports businesses and individuals. Pete now advises around 100 Premier League footballers on all aspects of their tax affairs.

He also provides tax advice to companies and individuals across the wider entertainment sector, including film, television, music and e-sports.

In 2012 Pete was listed in the Accountancy Age Top 35 under 35, and in 2015 was voted into Taxation Magazine’s Top 40 under 40.

Pete regularly speaks at industry conferences about the key taxation issues in sport, as well as appearing in all forms of media. He is well known as a trusted adviser to major stakeholders across the sports industry.

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Image rights—protection, exploitation and taxation

Practice Notes

This Practice Note concerns image rights. It focuses on the commercial protection, exploitation and taxation of image rights in the UK. It contains guidance on intellectual property right protection, including trade marks, copyright, performers’ rights and passing off. It also considers the protection afforded by advertising standards codes and sets out potential causes of action based on privacy and confidential information, data protection, defamation and malicious falsehood. There is also guidance on the structures available for exploiting image rights, including sponsorship, endorsement, ambassador, influencer and merchandising deals, and the considerations that need to be taken into account when considering taxation of image rights.