Relevant Work

Advised Professional Sports Limited in relation to its appointment by the Boat Race Company Limited as the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race's commercial, marketing and event management representative for the 2012-2014 (inclusive) editions of the Race.

Advised England Cricket Players concerning their response to the allegations made against them by Ijaz Butt and the PCB.

Advised EA SPORTS on the renewal of its exclusive videogame licence and on becoming the Official Sports Technology Partner of the Barclays Premier League.

Advised Chelsea Football Club and its Head of Communications, Steve Atkins regarding a public apology by The Mail on Sunday.

Acted for Barclays on the renewal of its title sponsorship of the football Premier League.

Advised npower on its three-year deal to become the new sponsor of the Football League.

Acted for Danny Cipriani on his personal endorsement deal with adidas.

Advised Dominic Waldouck on the renewal of his playing contract with London Wasps.

Advised PGA European Tour on the terms of its venue hosting arrangements with London Golf Club in relation to this year's European Open.

Advised the Team England Player Partnership (the England Cricket Team) in relation to the terms on which various England players would be released by the ECB to participate in the Indian Premier League.

Advised Andrew Flintoff and Ravi Bopara in relation to the terms of their individual playing contracts with the IPL franchise teams Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab.

Advised the England cricketers in relation to the Stanford "Twenty20 for $20m" against the West Indian team assembled by the Texan billionaire. Also advised the Professional Cricketers' Association and the England cricketers on the England tour to India in the aftermath of the Mumbai terrorist incident.

Advising Ladies European Tour Limited in relation to the commercial arrangements surrounding the Tour, its members and employment issues. We have also advised on the arrangements for the staging of the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle, County Meath in the Republic of Ireland.

We advised O2 on the extension of its contract with the RFU to continue as the official sponsor of England Rugby for a further four years.

Advising Standard Chartered Bank in a deal which will see the bank take over the shirt sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club from the present incumbent, Carlsberg. The four year deal is reported as being worth circa £80 million.

Acting on behalf of Powerboat P1 Management Limited, the holder of the commercial rights to the Powerboat P1 World Championship, in relation to event promoter arrangements, television production, sponsorship and sales agency agreements.

Ongoing advice to boxing promoter, Mick Hennessy. Hennessy promotes and manages a highly-regarded stable of boxers including Carl Froch, the former WBC super-middleweight champion.