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<p XSSCleaned="text-align: justify;"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">Al Tamimi was proud to be the headline sponsor at this year&rsquo;s ASPIRE4SPORT Congress and Exhibition, held in Doha from 16 to 19 November 2013.&nbsp;A press conference was held on Sunday 17 November to launch the firm's new Regional Sports Law Practice, the first dedicated sports law practice in the Middle East.&nbsp; Regional Head of Sports Law<strong> </strong><span XSSCleaned="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Steve Bainbridge</span>; Partner and Head of Qatar Office <span XSSCleaned="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Mohamed Khodeir</span>, and Senior Associate <span XSSCleaned="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Saleh Al Obeidli</span>, all participated in the press conference which drew interest from a wide range of English and Arabic media. The coverage included was featured on <em>Al Jazeera Sports</em>, <em>Al-Kass Sports Channel</em> and <em>Dubai Sports</em>.&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" XSSCleaned="text-align: justify;"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">Saleh&nbsp;had&nbsp;the opportunity to meet with <span class="commentary">General Secretary of the Qatar Olympic Committee</span> H.E. Sheikh <span class="commentary">Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, and present him with a book on '</span><em><span XSSCleaned="font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">European Sports Law and Policy Bulletin: International and Comparative Sports Justice</span></em><span class="commentary">' in which Saleh authored the UAE Sports Law chapter. The conference was attended by various international sporting personalities and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #666666; background: white;">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="commentary"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">celebrity </span></span><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">athletes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" XSSCleaned="text-align: justify;"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;">For more information about our Regional Sports Law Practice, please contact <span XSSCleaned="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Steve Bainbridge</span></span><span XSSCleaned="font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"> (</span><a href="mailto:s.bainbridge@tamimi.com"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">s.bainbridge@tamimi.com</span></a><span XSSCleaned="font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">)</span><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;"> or <span XSSCleaned="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Saleh Al Obeidli</span></span><span XSSCleaned="font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"> (</span><a href="mailto:s.alobeidli@tamimi.com"><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">s.alobeidli@tamimi.com</span></a><span XSSCleaned="font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">)</span><span XSSCleaned="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;"> </span></p>
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