Practice Areas
Jon provides commercial and corporate advice to clients. He is recognised by the directories as a “real go-to adviser” and a “commercial and regulatory expert”, with particular expertise on governance, corporate advice and commercial rights.
Recent work highlights include acting for Yorkshire County Cricket Club on the sale of its Hundred franchise to the Sun Group, Mercury13 on its acquisition of a significant majority stake in Bristol City Women and Betway on its global partnerships with Arsenal, Manchester City and Williams F1. He is also frequently involved with prominent governance mandates, including reforms and stakeholder agreements for The FA, World Rugby and the Welsh Rugby Union.
Jon has a broad client base across the sports, leisure and technology sectors. He leads the innovative Northridge TRACK programme, acting for high growth technology businesses and participants in the sports and entertainment industry.
Career
2017 – Present: Founding Partner, Northridge Law LLP 2015 – 2017: Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys 2013 – 2015: Senior Associate, Charles Russell Speechlys 2007 – 2013: Associate, Charles Russell Speechlys 2005 – 2007: Trainee, Charles Russell Speechlys
