Currently, Mr. Chambers Yang, founder partner of Haworth & Lexon Law Firm, is providing all-round legal services for Omega Mission Hills World Cup. Mission Hills, established in 1992, is the world’s No.1 Golf Club favored by many business leaders as their first choice for golf courses. Reputed as the “Olympics” for golf, the World Cup is by now the highest level of professional event and the only one that is competed among nations. With the approval of PGA (Professional Golf Association), the event will be staged from 2007 in Mission Hills China for a consecutive of 12 years. Meanwhile, Mission Hills also enjoys the priority in holding the event for the second 12-year. The event for 2007 will be inaugurated in Mission Hills in late November. Representatives from 32 nations and regions will compete for the awards that totally amount to U.S. $5million, and live TV shows of the games will be seen in more than 140 countries.
Serving as the legal advisor for Mission Hills, Mr. Yang provides legal services for the World Cup organizer during the whole event. The services include providing legal consultations and opinions relating to the event, drafting or examining relevant documents, participating in conferences and negotiations according to requirements, coordinating the legal relationship between the organizer and the promoters or sponsors of the event, arrange reasonably the rights and obligations of the well-known media, internet companies and the financial institutions, etc, which cover respects such as sports and entertainment, advertising, media, intellectual property rights, sponsorship and taxation. Mr. Yang has fully given the legal support to the preparation, successful holding and the promotion of the event.
