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The private equity sponsor and the bond issuer on the €330 million USPP highly structured Bond financing of Real Madrid to finance the re-development of the Bernabeu stadium
MetLife on the £117.5m funding package from MetLife Investment Management into the English Football League to support Championship Clubs in meeting PAYE liabilities
The bank lenders on the €1.035 billion financing to Dorna Sports, the organiser and the exclusive commercial and television rights holder of the World Motorcycling Championship Grand Prix (MotoGP)
The arranger and dealer on the establishment of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Ltd’s £175m commercial paper programme
CPPIB as lender on the €100m financing granted to Atletico de Madrid
Financial Football Group on the establishment of a capital markets debt-platform to finance football player transfer financings
USS, a large UK pension fund, on the structuring of a Spanish player transfer receivables-backed financing
23 Capital on the establishment of a capital markets debt-platform to finance football player transfer financings

The English Premier League on various regulatory, contentious and competition law issues
NFL Players Association on several investigations, including serving as lead counsel in the New Orleans Saints’ “Bountygate” scandal, Miami Dolphins’ bullying investigation, and on several internal investigations relating to HR/employment matters
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol on a major international arbitration case under ICC rules related to a contractual dispute
Lead counsel to North Sails, the world’s number one sailing brand, in multiple civil suits against a competitor
the Portuguese Football League (LPF) in filing a complaint against Olivedesportos/ Controlinvest with the Portuguese Competition Authority
Lead counsel to one of world’s leading sports apparel brands in a DOJ investigation resulting in no prosecution
Lead counsel to the head of racing for an international race car company resulting in no prosecution in a DOJ commercial bribery investigation
Successfully acted for Will Hall (an ex-professional basketball player) before the Employment Appeal Tribunal, in respect of his constructive dismissal by The London Lions, and associated claims for other breaches of English employment law
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)*

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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