Recent experience
A Singapore government linked company
Advising on the Singapore Grand Prix, including sponsorship arrangements with Singapore Airlines and arrangements with the race organiser and Formula One
Premiership Rugby
Advised on its eight-year Professional Game Agreement with the RFU for the management and funding of English professional club rugby
Premier Rugby (the administrative body behind England’s top-division professional competition for rugby union)
Advised in connection with its broadcasting contract with BT Sport, alongside the creation of a new European Rugby competition
The Australian Rugby Union (ARU)
Advised on all aspects of its business, including on its 'collective bargaining agreements' between Australian Rugby, Australian 'Super Rugby' unions and the Rugby Union Players' Association; constitutional and corporate governance issues and contracts with commercial agents, sponsors and suppliers; advising on World Rugby Corporation's attempt to recruit Australian rugby players to play professional rugby; drafting and interpreting the International Rugby regulation; and developing the first Australian professional player contract
English Football League (EFL)
Advised the English Football League (EFL), as Europe’s largest professional football representative body secured a £117.5m loan fund to help Championship clubs meet PAYE liabilities during the coronavirus pandemic
AEG
Advised on every aspect of the £3.5 billion transformation of the Millennium Dome and surrounding 40 acres on Greenwich Peninsula into the O2 Arena and entertainment district since 2000
Key contacts
Dylan Doran Kennett
Partner, Head of Venture and Growth Capital, EMEA, London
Neil Blake
Partner, Head of Sport, London
Hayley Brady
Partner, London
Tess Mierendorff
Partner, Sydney
Justina Zhang
Partner, Kewei, Mainland China and Beijing
Jake Savile-Tucker
Senior Associate, London
George Psaltis
Senior Associate, Sydney