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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
England
5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
England
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Hannah Kent
+44 (0)20 7438 2172 [email protected]
Work Department
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Position
Hannah is a commercial litigator who works on a range of commercial and regulatory disputes, specialising in sport and media disputes. She works for a broad range of clients including individuals, large governing bodies and multi-national corporates. Much of Hannah’s work has an international element.
She has experience of advising both individuals and governing bodies on breaches of rules and regulations and integrity.
Hannah has completed a secondment to The Football Association where she worked on a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters. Gaining in-house experience has provided her with useful insight into the needs of Sports Governing Bodies.
- Whilst on secondment, Hannah gained experience of cases before The FA’s disciplinary panel, related to both on and off field disputes. These cases included claims of illicit betting, match fixing and corruption
- Advising a Sports Governing Body on the re-write of its entire rules framework
- Advising on a contractual dispute relating to services provided by an offshore company in respect of the purchase a Premier League football club
- Investigating a fraud claim for a Middle Eastern client and helping secure a worldwide freezing order, involving Defendants in several offshore jurisdictions
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition