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Pinsent Masons

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Pinsent Masons

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Sport - UK-wide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Pinsent Masons advises governing bodies, associations and clubs, domestically and internationally, on both contentious and non-contentious mandates. The team demonstrates expertise in sport finance and investment, and stands out for its work in football and horse racing. Active on matters involving infrastructure for major sporting events and sports clubs including stadium development.
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Work Highlights

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  • Pinsent Masons acted for Everton Football Club in its sale to the Friedkin Group.

Strengths

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  • Pinsent Masons provide a perfect combination of sectoral knowledge and overall commercial litigation expertise, which enables them to handle the largest sports disputes.

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  • The firm is very responsive, you will always get an answer quickly.

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  • Pinsents have excellent technical legal expertise and are an extremely well-resourced law firm. They have great knowledge and understanding of the sporting industry and environment.

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  • The firm did a great job in difficult circumstances, pushing things forward in line with strategy, and if there was a need for a change then we'd have a good open dialogue to go through changes.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Trevor Watkins
    Trevor Watkins

    Trevor Watkins

    Trevor Watkins is a longstanding expert in sports law and regularly acts on behalf of major governing bodies and clubs. He has considerable experience assisting with commercial collaborations, sponsorship arrangements and corporate acquisitions.

    • Trevor has a superb black book of contacts in the football world and he's also strong in other sports.

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  • Julian Diaz-Rainey
    Julian Diaz-Rainey

    Julian Diaz-Rainey

    Julian Diaz-Rainey focuses on handling commercial and regulatory disputes arising in the world of sport. He has particular expertise in football matters, having acted on behalf of high-profile clubs and governing bodies on a regular basis.

    • Julian is an extremely impressive sports litigator. He has a high standing in, and deep knowledge of, the sector.

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    • Julian is very well regarded.

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