MARK Edmondson is a founding partner of Edmondson Hall legal practice in Newmarket in 2014. Situated on the Exeter Road, Edmondson Hall has grown substantially over the years and now enjoys a reputation of excellence both nationally and internationally.
The firm is deeply committed to the horse racing industry as well as other wider equine disciplines. It provides its clients with a comprehensive service and prides itself on a plain speaking, accessible approach, being committed to making sure its clients receive friendly and responsive support at all times.
Edmondson Hall was named Sports Law Firm of the Year in three out of the last four years, and was also selected as Horse Racing and Equestrian Law Firm of the Year in 2012.
The company is listed as leaders in the field of bloodstock law in the Chambers Directory of top law firms.
Mark acts for many sportsmen and women and media personalities in addition to leading figures in the bloodstock industry. He has had numerous articles published in the International Sports Law Journal.
The Newmarket Festival is a social and community event organising and fundraising project based in Newmarket. It has raised thousands of pounds since it started for the community in Newmarket and its surrounding areas and is in the process of converting to a charity.
This week Mark told us his firm already has Irish clients on its books. Asked how Edmondson Hall could assist Irish horse owners, breeders or vendors, he said: “We offer a full range of legal services as the UK’s leading bloodstock law firm – stallion nominations and syndications, lifetime breeding rights, foal shares, BHA enquiries, debt recovery and so on.”
Mark is a member of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association and the firm sponsors the Evening Lecture Programme at the English National Stud.
For the last six years Mark Edmondson has chaired the Newmarket Festival which is converting into the Newmarket Charitable Foundation. He organises the Qipco Guineas Preview Lunch in addition to many other events in Newmarket, such as sporting dinners, midsummer night walks/Ashes Legend Charity Dinner, and a 5km colour run, where the funds raised are fed back into Newmarket.
Edmondson Hall also sponsors Newmarket Business Day on the Rowley Mile every May and the Listed Sir Henry Cecil Stakes on the July course.
Email: mark.edmondson@edmondsonhall.com
Web: edmondsonhall.com
Tel: 0044 1638 560556