Mel Goldberg

Mel Goldberg is probably the most well known Television and Radio lawyer in the UK and has the most incredible natural ability to dispense legal advice in a way that is not only informative, but very entertaining. Mel is The Chairman of the ASA - The Amateur Swimming Association - leading to the Olympic Games in Beijing and then London.

Also, as from the 19th October 2006 he was appointed Chairman of the British Association for Sport and Law.

He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge and founded his own firm Mel Goldberg & Co.

Mel represents quite a number of international Sporting celebrities and organizations, Olympic gold medallists and several world champions in boxing, squash, tennis and athletics. He has also arranged the transfer of several multi-million pound football players from one club to another.

Mel was the Legal Advisor of International Squash Players Association (IPSA) and was Vice-Chairman of the British Olympic Travel Association to the Moscow Olympic Games back in 1980.

Mel has written several articles for leading sports magazines and has appeared on numerous television programmes such as CNN Sports News and Business, which he now appears on regularly.

In 1997 Mel represented Hans Segers in the successful defence of the ‘Match Fixing Trial’, in which Hans Segers was acquitted, which was billed as the Football Trial of the Century.

He is the co-author with Hans Segers of the book entitled ‘The Final Score’ published by Robson Books and is a Committee Member of the British Association for Sport & Law. Mel is a Professional Member of the Sport Dispute Resolution Panel and an Associate Mediator of the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel of Mediators.

Mel has a wicked sense of humour and is often sought after by the media because he is extremely media friendly. Mel is a real pleasure to have around and would most certainly be a huge asset to any TV or Radio production.

Mel has a new series starting on February 21st 2009 on the BBC called SUPERAGENTS.  This is a new eight part factual entertainment series that takes six young Brits on a journey into the glamourous and cut throat world of sports management.  Mel and his colleagues will be contributing to this rollercoaster ride of deal-making with appearances from sportsmen David James, Lewis Hamilton among many others.

The contenders will have tasks to perform in the first half of the series before elimination begins by Mel and his colleagues - leaving.....The Superagent.

Mel Goldberg