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Legal Advisers Guide: Governing Bodies & International Teams

Updated: May 20, 2022

Which law firms work for which governing bodies and which international teams? Find out here...




This is a guide to which law firms advise which governing bodies and international teams.


This guide is being updated continuously - is your firm/client missing from this list? Get in touch with us at info@globalfootballlegal.com



GOVERNING BODIES:


The Premier League

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, Muckle LLP (The Premier League Charitable Fund advisers), McCormicks


FIFA

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, Bär & Karrer, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan


UEFA

CMS, Armstrong Teasdale, Harper Macleod, Bär & Karrer


The Football League

Bird & Bird, Solesbury Gay


The Football Association

Bird & Bird, Northridge Law LLP, Farrer & Co, Pinsent Masons LLP, Muckle LLP, Shoosmiths


The Professional Footballers’ Association

Centrefield LLP, Mills & Reeve, Winston & Strawn, Farleys Solicitors


League Managers Association

McCormicks


Scottish Professional Football League

Burges Salmon, Burness Paull


The Scottish Football Association

Addleshaw Goddard, Burness Paull, CMS, BTO Solicitors


Football Association of Wales

Loosemores Solicitors


Football Association of Ireland

Kellerhals Carrard


Women in Football

Mishcon de Reya


Association of Football Agents (UK) Limited

Clintons


The EFL Trust

Muckle LLP


The Football Foundation

Muckle LLP, Bates Wells


The National League

Clintons


The Bostik League

McCormicks


The Northern Premier League

McCormicks


The Southern League

McCormicks


Sussex County FA

Rix & Kay Solicitors


Professional Game Match Officials Limited

McCormicks Football Safety Officers’ Association

Foot Anstey


CONMEBOL

Bär & Karrer, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan


Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels (FIFPRO)

Morgan Sports Law, MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep


Major League Soccer

Centrefield LLP


US Soccer Federation

Latham & Watkins; Loeb & Loeb; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (US Soccer Federation Foundation); Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Crowell & Moring


United Soccer League

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner


North American Soccer League

Winston & Strawn


Asian Football Federation

Level


La Liga

O'Melveny & Myers LLP


Portuguese Football Association

Bär & Karrer


Swiss Football Association

Bär & Karrer, VISCHER


Swiss Association of Football Players

MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep


Ukrainian Association of Football

Kellerhals Carrard


Ligue de Football Professionnel du Cameroun

Morgan Sports Law


Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association

Shakespeare Martineau


Football Delhi

Shivamm Sharrma, legal manager


Ligue de Football Professionnel

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier



INTERNATIONAL TEAMS:


England Men’s Team

Fletcher Sports Law


England Women’s Team

Mills & Reeve


United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT)

Winston & Strawn

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