Pinsent Masons is to become Heineken UK’s principal legal adviser, effective from next year. The firm secured the role through a competitive tender process, with Edinburgh-based partner Iain MacPhail managing the client relationship. Heineken decided to give the bulk of its legal work to one provider back in 2015, appointing DLA Piper as its principal […]
The Premier League is considering challenging a tribunal decision that threw out its disciplinary case against Leicester City FC this year, The Lawyer can reveal. The League, represented by Blackstone Chambers’ co-head of chambers Jane Mulcahy KC and Linklaters’ partner Ben Carroll, had brought disciplinary proceedings against the 2016 champions for breaches of its profit […]
A former Addleshaw Goddard associate has been anointed as Patrick Stewart’s successor to the top legal job at Manchester United. Martin Mosley joined the Premier League club 17 years ago as a legal manager and is understood to have made the step up to general counsel last month. Mosley has worked in a range of […]
The Premier League and Manchester City are both claiming victory after judgment was handed down this week over the legality of the Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules. But with all the spin and finger-pointing, who actually won?
City Football Group’s general counsel has written directly to the 19 other Premier League clubs, alleging that the League has misled them following a judgment handed down yesterday. Simon Cliff’s letter, first reported by The Times, details the club’s objections to the Premier League’s statement following yesterday’s Associated Party Transactions (APT) judgment. In it, he […]
Both the Premier League and Manchester City are claiming victory in the dispute over the legality of the Premier League’s Associated Party Transaction (APT) Rules. The 175-page decision, which was sent to the parties last month but kept confidential until now, came after a two week private arbitration in June. The Slaughter and May-repped Premier […]
Judgment in Manchester City’s challenge to the Premier League’s associated party transaction (APT) rules may be released in the coming days. The case was filed by the club in February and heard in a private arbitration over two weeks in early June. The proceedings are separate from the disciplinary case brought by the Premier League […]
Pinsent Masons is representing its longstanding client Everton FC on its sale to Friedkin Group. Blue Heaven Holdings has agreed to sell its 94 per cent stake in the Merseyside club, subject to approvals. Pinsents is leading for Everton FC, while Northridge is advising the seller and Proskauer Rose is on call for The Friedkin […]
The long-awaited showdown between the Premier League and Manchester City has kicked off at an arbitration centre in London. Lord Pannick KC of Blackstone Chambers was the first barrister to appear, representing Manchester City, accompanied by Blackstone Chambers senior clerk Gary Oliver. Serle Court’s Philip Marshall KC and James Mather, also acting for City, arrived […]
After 18 months of secrecy, speculation and extraordinary legal fees, the Premier League’s case against Manchester City over more than 100 alleged rule breaches is set to begin today. City, England’s most successful football club over the past decade, has denied any wrongdoing. There is an air of the Boris Berezovsky v Roman Abramovich trial […]
Kirkland & Ellis is hiring a new partner from Clifford Chance, in a move that will grow its outsourcing and technology expertise in London. André Duminy joins Kirkland after nearly 25 years at Clifford Chance, where he is head of its London tech and digital group and co-head of the strategic sourcing and complex contracting […]
A legal clash between Manchester City and the Premier League, which has the potential to change the face of English football, has commenced at an arbitration centre in London. Teams from Blackstone Chambers, Brick Court, Monckton Chambers, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer arrived on a cold and blustery Monday morning for the two […]