Chris Farnell Lawyer Bio

Welcome to the Chris Farnell Lawyer blog. Chris Farnell advises leading Premier League and Football League Clubs, leading sporting and media agents and a number of high profile sporting individuals on a wide variety of matters. He is also committed to providing the best quality legal advice and won’t let you down. 

Chris’s practice areas include Sports, Media & Entertainment. He specialises in image rights, third party ownership issues, player transfers, intellectual property contracts, contract re-negotiations, sponsorship and endorsement contracts, defamation, sports dispute resolution, footballer and agent disputes, doping hearings, regulatory issues, and both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property law. 

Chris Farnell has advised on a leading number of high-profile cases in the area of sports law, some of which are listed: –

Roberto Martinez

Chris represented Roberto Martinez in his dispute with Everton FC gaining a record pay-out for his Client and also advising on Roberto Martinez appointment to the Belgian FA

Swansea City Football Club

Chris was the lead lawyer on the sale of the football club to the new owners;

Tyson Fury

Represented the former World Heavyweight Champion;

Cristiano Ronaldo

Chris acted on behalf of Cristiano Ronaldo during his time in the UK on various significant commercial matters.

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