Meet the super lawyers going head-to-head over City's 115 charges
As an indication of the extent to which the legal battles, clever accountancy and general boardroom shenanigans of the last few seasons in the Premier League has bled intoIt was during a game against Aston Villa, the club’s first home game after the Premier League announced it had charged them with more than 100 breaches of its rulebook, reflecting the City fans’ frustrations and support of Lord David Pannick, the privately-educated barrister enlisted by the club’s owners to defend them...
His adversary, Lewis, is nicknamed “The Godfather of sports law” within the industry, one lawyer who attended an event with him recently says., meaning he, quite literally, wrote the book on it. He is the go-to guy for governing bodies, representing the Premier League, Football Association and Uefa extensively.
Lord Pannick sat on the Premier League panel that ruled that the decision would not be overturned, effectively meaning Lewis lost that case. “I’ve followed his career with Blackstone Chambers and the growth of Blackstone Chambers who are the leading sports lawyer chambers.
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