Northridge Law LLP

Corporate and Commercial

Ian’s practice spans a wide range of transactional and regulatory areas of sports law.  Ian’s recent work highlights include advising:

• Blue Heaven Holdings on the sale of Everton FC to The Friedkin Group;
• Red Bull on its investment in Leeds United FC;
• Atairos on its investment in Aston Villa FC;
• Michele Kang on her acquisition of London City Lionesses;
• Al Nassr on the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo;
• Chelsea FC on its acquisition by the Boehly/Clearlake consortium;
• Elliott on the sale of AC Milan; and
• Spotify on its partnership with FC Barcelona.

Ian is a contributing author to a number of leading textbooks including “Sport: Law and Practice”, “Football and the Law” and “The Negotiator’s Desk Reference”. He regularly speaks at conferences (including previous MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conferences) and lectures on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate university programmes.

2017 – Present: Founding Partner, Northridge Law LLP 2010 – 2017: Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys 2007 – 2010: Associate, Charles Russell Speechlys 2004 – 2007: Associate, Slaughter and May 2003 – 2004: Associate, Arthur Cox (Dublin) 2000 – 2003: Trainee, Arthur Cox (Dublin)

English, French (basic), Irish (basic)

Law Society of Ireland New York State Bar Association British Association for Sport and Law Co-chair International Forum of Sports Law

Harvard University, The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports (2019) Kings College London, Postgraduate Certificate in Sports Law (2006) University College Dublin, Bachelor Civil Law (1999)