Offering comprehensive coverage of reputation management, employment and corporate aspects within the sports sector, Keystone Law is hailed for being ‘very strong’. Rachel Flynn specialises in the horseracing and equine sphere, Jamie Horner is knowledgeable on the events and entertainment industries, and Peter Millichip primarily focuses on commercial and contentious matters. Gerard Cukier regularly acts for football managers and Premiership teams, and Paul Daniels is an employment law expert.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Rachel Flynn – direct industry knowledge, commercial acumen, transparent on pricing, practical outlook (the art of the possible).’

  • ‘We use two members of the team, one who is experienced in our niche area who is well respected and effective in this area. The other is highly experienced in her field and is able to provide solid practical advice to us.’

  • ‘Rachel Flynn – experienced in the thoroughbred horseracing and breeding industry. Pragmatic, responsive and respected. Rachel has excellent customer service skills and always comes up with the right result. Very easy to work with. Lucy Blick-Jones – responsive, pragmatic, thorough, adaptable and very easy to work with. Excellent customer service skills.’

  • ‘Keystone provide a very strong, market-leading service. They are able to unite very impressive individual practitioners across key areas to build formidable teams.’

  • ‘Some very able sports lawyers. Keystone's structure means you can get advice of the highest quality at effective costing.’

  • ‘Nick Robertson – highly experienced litigator who had conducted much litigation in the world of football. Gerard Cukier – very effective in agent disputes and conducting arbitrations. Paul Daniels – knows football management disputes inside out.’

  • ‘Gerard Cukier has in-depth understanding of the sector and business/regulatory issues. Client loyalty. And reasonable fees.’

  • ‘Peter Millichip provides expert and very practical advice. He identifies the problem to be solved and then applies his experience to help the client address it in the most practical manner.’

Key clients

  • Ballie Ltd
  • Marylebone Lane LP & Marylebone Lane GP Co Limited
  • Kindred Concepts Limited
  • McDonald's Restaurants Limited
  • Bankside Open Spaces Trust
  • Fenda Solutions Limited
  • Jonathan Clarke
  • Flipper`s Roller Boogie Palace London Ltd
  • Bankside Open Spaces Trust

Work highlights

  • Advised Ballie Ltd trading as Ballie Ballerson, an experiential cocktail bar.
  • Advising on the new Shiva Hotel – a development of a new 199-bedroom luxury lifestyle hotel in Marylebone, London.
  • Advised Kindred Concepts on all aspects of licensing relating to the launch of a new Formula 1 competitive socialising experience in London known as the F1 Arcade.

Other key lawyers

Rachel Flynn, Jamie Horner, Peter Millichip, Gerard Cukier, Paul Daniels, Paul Renney, Nick Tsatsas, Lucy Blick-Jones, Nick Robertson