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MetLife Investment Management on the £117.5m funding package into the English Football League to support Championship Clubs in meeting PAYE liabilities
The arranger and dealer on the establishment of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Ltd’s £175m commercial paper programme for the purpose of accessing the Joint HM Treasury and Bank of England Covid Corporate Financing Facility
The underwriters on the its €300m rights issue by Juventus Football Club S.p.A.
on football ground financings in relation to Ajax, Arsenal, Chelsea, Hamburg, Leicester City, Wembley Stadium and West Ham (acting for lenders and arrangers in each case)
on sports stadia financings in relation to the Maroussi Olympic Press Village for the Athens Olympics, the National Stadium in Warsaw and the Singapore National Stadium
on proposed securitisations of match-day ticket/season ticket revenues for Everton and Newcastle United and a term loan secured on ticket receivables for Lazio
on proposed whole-revenue securitisations for a leading Bundesliga club and Manchester United and a rights-revenue securitisation for Parma Calcio 1913
on general financings for Espanyol Football Club, Middlesbrough Football Club, Olympique Lyonnais Groupe and Perugia Football Club
on player securitisations for several English football clubs

The Association of Football Agents (AFA) in relation to FIFA’s planned reforms of the player transfer market and the introduction of a cap on agents’ commissions
Will Hall (an ex-professional basketball player) on a successful claim to the Employment Appeal Tribunal in respect of his constructive dismissal by The London Lions, and associated claims for other breaches of English employment law
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol on the appeal to the General Court of the European Union against a European Commission decision from 2016 that forced Spain to recover €18.4m from Real Madrid alleged illegal state aid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol on a major international arbitration case under ICC rules related to a contractual dispute
various entities in relation to a breach of copyright and FIFA statutes in relation to the transmission of league football matches
the British Olympic Association in relation to an athlete’s lifetime doping ban before the Court of Arbitration for Sport*
McLaren Formula One in relation to disputes concerning driver contracts and poaching of staff and in all of the so-called “Spygate” and “Lie-gate” sporting disciplinary matters before the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)*
McLaren Formula One and Lewis Hamilton before 3 regulatory hearings concerning sporting penalties*
Nike in contentious negotiations with two elite sports teams*
a major rights owner on a possible challenge to a decision by DCMS to list certain events as UK "crown jewels"

^{* while fee-earner at previous firm}

Fulham Football Club in relation to the planning application and environmental impact assessment to support the project for a new stadium
the Polish Government (through its SPV) in relation to the appointment of a general contractor for the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland
funders to the consortium (Macquarie and Laing) bidding to build the new national sports stadium in Singapore
in relation to the development and financing of the Maroussi Olympic Press Village for the Athens 2004 Olympics
the French Government in connection with the public procurement law aspects of the construction of the Stade de France

Please see our Financing experience section for further details/information regarding our stadia financing experience