Speaker

Angus Bujalski

Head of Legal, Rugby Football Union

Angus Bujalski is Head of Legal at the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England.  His team is responsible for legal support across the organisation.  This includes corporate governance, supporting the RFU’s commercial programme of sponsorship, events and broadcasting, as well as work across the professional and grass roots game.  Recent work has included

  • instituting a new, modernised constitution for the RFU which was approved by the RFU’s member clubs in 2014;
  • negotiating and documenting new and renewed sponsorship agreements with partners such as O2, Diageo and Old Mutual Wealth;
  • a five year agreement with Sky Sports for the broadcast of England internationals from 2015 to 2020;
  • a four year agreement with the England elite players to take effect past the Rugby World Cup in 2015;
  • establishing the governance structure for Great Britain Rugby Sevens Limited and negotiating the regulatory framework by which unified Great Britain teams are eligible to compete in rugby at the Olympic Games; and
  • leading negotiations on behalf of several major sports governing bodies with Sport England for the funding framework agreement for 2013-17.

Angus trained at Slaughter and May, and in private practice advised a number of Premier League football clubs and other clients across the sport and media industries on commercial and regulatory matters.  He graduated with a first class degree in history from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

 

Angus was recently listed in Legal Business’ GC Power List Rising Stars for 2014.