Jordan Kochanski
Jordan Kochanski is a trainee solicitor at Ogier Ireland LLP, a firm that has acted for more than 35 of Ireland’s national sports governing bodies, including Swim Ireland, Gymnastics Ireland, Triathlon Ireland, Cycling Ireland, Paralympics Ireland and the Camogie Association.
Jordan’s experience with Ogier includes advising a national governing body on an independent investigation, a potential Olympian in an Olympic selection dispute for Paris 2024, a major footballing league about intellectual property matters, and a national governing body regarding an intellectual property dispute.
Before joining Ogier, Jordan completed a Masters in International Sports Law at ISDE, Madrid, a renowned sports law programme. Jordan achieved top grades for his thesis on the PGA and LIV Golf merger and the competition law issues arising therefrom.
Jordan also previously worked for the leading sports law team at Mills & Reeve LLP in Manchester, where he assisted with the structuring of high-profile football transfer agreements and player contracts, advising on club profit and sustainability rules, player disciplinary actions and disputes and FIFA mediation and Sports Resolution cases.
In 2024, he published a detailed article in LawInSport about the amendment to UEFA’s Authorisation Rules, which saw Dublin become a potential alternative seat for CAS hearings.
He studied Law at Maynooth University in Ireland, the University of Notre Dame in Australia as well as at Wolfson College Cambridge.
Jordan continues to play a variety of sports at a high level. He plays football for Whitehall Rangers AFC and has a golf handicap of 6.
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Nominations for 2025
So, who do you work with that has shone over the past twelve months and deserves recognition as they rise through their career?
It could be someone you work alongside or someone in another area you have admired or been impressed by.
Now is your chance to do something special for them.
Criteria
The criteria for submission are that the person should be working within the sports industry or in a sponsorship or agency capacity that brings sport to life and that they should have been born in or after 1995.
You are invited to submit names and a summary of why an individual should be recognised below.
From the start, our ambition has been to create a network of people making a real difference within our industry.
Who should we be looking to for the next wave of excellence?
We will be naming one new 30 Under 30 individual in our Sport for Business Morning Bulletin from Thursday, March 20th, 2025
In May, we will gather once more in the offices of PwC to meet in person, share experiences, and forge valuable connections.
We will also examine additional ways to help those nominated enhance their careers and build strong friendships across the sector.
The Sport for Business Membership comprises over 300 organisations, including all the leading sports and sponsors, as well as commercial and state agencies.Â
