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Club-By-Club Guide to UK Legal Advisers

Updated: May 20, 2022

Which law firms work for which football clubs? Find out here...




This is a club-by-club guide to which law firms advise which football clubs in the UK.


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



ENGLISH & WELSH CLUBS:


Arsenal

Lewis Silkin LLP, Clifford Chance, Russells Solicitors


Aston Villa

Squire Patton Boggs, Clifford Chance


Barnet

Clintons


Barnsley

Brabners


Blackpool

Clifford Chance (adviser to Blackpool FC majority shareholder)


Bolton Wanderers

Stephenson Harwood


Bournemouth

Walker Morris


Bradford City

Lupton Fawcett


Brighton & Hove Albion

Onside Law LLP, Lewis Silkin LLP, Walker Morris, Bates Wells (Albion in the Community advisers), DAC Beachcroft, Stevens & Bolton, Clifford Chance


Burnley

Walker Morris, Russells Solicitors


Bury

Brandsmiths


Cardiff City

Capital Law Limited


Chelsea

Lewis Silkin LLP, Northridge Law LLP, Squire Patton Boggs, Muckle LLP (Chelsea FC Foundation advisers), Russells Solicitors, Russell-Cooke, Simmons & Simmons


Crawley Town

Rix & Kay Solicitors (Crawley Town Community Foundation)


Crystal Palace

Walker Morris, Stevens & Bolton, Clifford Chance


Derby County

Geldards


Everton

Gateley Plc, Slaughter and May


Exeter City

Foot Anstey


Fulham

Lewis Silkin LLP, Walker Morris, Browne Jacobson


Harrogate Town AFC

McCormicks


Leeds United

Onside Law LLP, McCormicks


Leicester City

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, Brabners, Russells Solicitors, Clifford Chance


Liverpool

Centrefield LLP, Pinsent Masons LLP, DLA Piper, Brabners, CMS, Russells Solicitors, Fieldfisher, Clifford Chance


Lincoln City

DAC Beachcroft


Luton Town

Mills & Reeve


Manchester United

Centrefield LLP, Pinsent Masons. DAC Beachcroft, Russells Solicitors, Wiggin LLP


Manchester City

Centrefield LLP, Pinsent Masons LLP, Shoosmiths, Gateley Plc, Kellerhals Carrard, Sargent & Krahn


Newcastle United

RPC, Russells Solicitors


Norwich City

McCormicks


Nottingham Forest

Walker Morris


Oldham Athletic

Brandsmiths


Queens Park Rangers

Withers LLP


Reading

Walker Morris


Scunthorpe United

Walker Morris


Sheffield United

Walker Morris


Sheffield Wednesday

Squire Patton Boggs


Southampton

Clifford Chance, Norton Rose Fulbright


Sunderland

Walker Morris


Swansea City

Walker Morris, Herrick, Feinstein LLP


Tottenham Hotspur

Onside Law LLP, Russells Solicitors, Clifford Chance


Tranmere Rovers

Hill Dickinson


Walsall

McCormicks


Watford

Mills & Reeve, Simons Muirhead Burton


West Ham United

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Gateley Plc, Herbert Smith Freehills, Clifford Chance


Wimbledon

Browne Jacobson


Wolverhampton Wanderers

Squire Patton Boggs, Russells Solicitors, Browne Jacobson


Wycombe Wanderers

McCormicks


SCOTTISH CLUBS:


Aberdeen

Burness Paull, Brodies


Celtic

Centrefield LLP, Harper Macleod, Addleshaw Goddard


Cove Rangers

Lindsays


Dundee United

Lindsays, Morton Fraser


Falkirk

Dentons


Heart of Midlothian FC

Onside Law LLP, Gilson Gray, Addleshaw Goddard


Hibernian

Dentons


Kilmarnock

Addleshaw Goddard


Motherwell

Addleshaw Goddard


Partick Thistle

Gilson Gray


Raith Rovers

Lindsays


Rangers

Mills & Reeve


St Mirren

Addleshaw Goddard

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