London law firm Fladgate has strengthened its sports and investment funds offerings by hiring sports lawyer Mohit Pasricha and funds specialist Karl Behrouz.
The two appointments strengthen its specialist expertise in key growth sectors, with both men being experienced partners identified as up-and-coming in their fields. Pasricha joins the firm from Lawrence Stephens, while Behrouz joins from Trowers & Hamlins.
Pasricha arrives after just over three years at Lawrence Stephens, where he was a partner and head of sports and entertainment. Prior to that he was at Mackrell Solicitors, where he became a partner in 2021, after training, qualifying and building the sports department from scratch. In addition to his legal practice, he was a consultant at logistics company Beeline Sameday for more than 10 years and chaired the partnership committee at the charity Right to Play UK for six years.
He regularly advises prominent athletes on a wide range of professional and commercial matters. Recent work includes advising England internationals, Premier League and European title winners, and leading entertainment figures on family office and broader legal matters.
He has also advised on significant player contracts and transfers involving leading Premier League and Women’s Super League clubs, including international transfers to other leagues, such as the Bundesliga. His boxing practice includes advising current and former world champions, Olympic medallists and emerging talents.
In 2019, he established a Sports Law Clinic at Wembley Stadium through the University Campus of Football Business, providing pro bono advice to young athletes, agents and others in the sports industry.
Behrouz joins Fladgate’s funds team after nearly 18 months at Trowers & Hamlins, having previously been a London partner at Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle for two-and-a-half years. That was the second of two stints there – the other lasting more than nine years – interspersed with 18 months in-house with Big Society Capital.
He advises fund sponsors and institutional investors on the formation and investment in private funds, acting for pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices across the UK, US, Cayman Islands, Jersey and the UAE.
Recent work includes advising a consortium of investors on the launch of the UK’s first Reserved Investor Fund, an evergreen fund focused on low-cost affordable housing, and a private equity firm on the launch of a £400m fund targeting European pharmaceutical and medical technology businesses. He has also advised sovereign wealth funds on about £1bn of private equity and infrastructure fund investments.
Grant Gordon, Fladgate’s managing partner, said Pasricha brought “a deep understanding of the sports industry and a highly commercial, client-focused approach to advising athletes”, while Behrouz’s experience advising fund sponsors and investors would strengthen the firm’s fund and related practices.
The hires reflect the firm’s “continued growth and ambition”, added Gordon, following the launch of a new aviation practice with two experienced hires from Clyde & Co.
Earlier this year Fladgate recruited tax partner Richard Harbot from DLA Piper, while its 2026 promotions round added four partners: real estate lawyer Sarah Fitzpatrick, IP lawyer Ben Milloy, disputes lawyer Harry Stewart and chief people officer Claire Cherrington.
Fladgate is not the only London firm to add funds expertise, with Macfarlanes welcoming back Ed Prestwich last week; Prestwich rejoined its fund formation team as a partner from Kirkland & Ellis, after previously serving as an associate on that team between 2014 and 2021.
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