Offering a comprehensive service across the immigration, employment, corporate and commercial aspects of sports law, the Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP team is deemed to be ‘strategically astute’ by sporting associations and famous athletes. Andrew Haywood spearheads the practice, specialising in complex discrimination, business protection and disciplinary matters in a sporting context; Richard Marshall routinely advises football clubs and agents; while Nick Humphreys is experienced in High Court and employment tribunal litigation.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Great litigators, strategically astute, technically strong and commercial.’
‘Richard Marshall: delightful to work with; pragmatic and always takes a commercial approach. Oliver Cooke: technically strong; great with clients.’
‘Tom Pimenta is a skillful lawyer, and very good at client management.’
‘Tammy Knox is an exceptional solicitor and is fast building up an exceptional practice in sports law, using her knowledge and expertise in family law to cross-over and provide an excellent service to her clients in sports-law related matters.’
‘As a business that is highly football focused, we always feel that we are in the best possible hands with PMC's sports practice. Their domain expertise is exceptional and even though we're not a big company by any means we've never ever felt that they're just going through the motions when dealing with us (the opposite in fact).’
‘I've had positive dealings with everyone I've interacted with at Penningtons but Andrew Haywood has truly gone above and beyond for my company. We've had to endure the typical startup rollercoaster, and then some, and it's no exaggeration to say that we wouldn't be around were it not for Andrew's steady-handed guidance.’
Key clients
- Podhurst Orseck PA (on behalf of 43 individuals)
- England Badminton
- Gillingham FC
- British Elite Athletes Association
- Footbolé
- Sunday League Inc
- Mahindra Racing UK
- Sports Resolutions
- Gorgan Murray Group
- League Managers Association
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Haywood