Date set for legal challenge to FFP by City fans and Bosman lawyer January 21, 2015 Opponents of European football’s financial fair play (FFP) rules have received a boost after a Belgian court set a date to hear a legal challenge to the controversial regulations. The challenge, brought by football agent Daniel Striani and supporters of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, is set to be heard on 26 and 27 February [...]
Ofcom kicks off Premier League TV rights probe in shake-up of English football broadcasting November 18, 2014 A radical shake-up of the way English football is shown on television and sold to broadcasters has moved a step closer after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into the Premier League. The probe could result in an increase in the number of top-flight matches broadcast live and a reduction in the cost of subscribing [...]
City Moves for 11 December 2014 | Who’s switching jobs December 10, 2014 Baringa James Belmont joins the management consultancy as director of its new risk analytics service. Belmont has over 15 years’ experience in consultancy and industry, and has held senior positions at Barclays, Alliance & Leicester and PA Consulting. Linklaters The law firm has appointed Scott Campbell as managing partner for the United Arab Emirates. The [...]
FFP dispute faces battle October 13, 2014 A SECOND legal challenge to financial fair play rules aimed at preventing European chiefs Uefa from tightening spending controls faces a difficult battle, according to a leading sports lawyer. It emerged on Friday that Jean-Louis Dupont, one of the lawyers involved in the landmark Bosman ruling, has filed a request with the Court of First [...]
City Moves for 03 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs October 2, 2014 JLL The real-estate focused professional services firm has announced three appointments to its UK workplace consultancy team. Trevor Alldridge (pictured) will head the team. He was previously managing director of AOS. John Symes joins as director of workplace strategy from AOS, where he was director of workplace strategy and project management for Europe, Middle East [...]
City Moves for 31 July 2014 | Who’s switching jobs July 30, 2014 BJSS The IT consultancy has announced the appointment of Grant Thomas as head of practice. He joins from Barclaycard, where he was head of business change. Thomas has also previously held senior roles at IBM, PwC, and Accenture. Nikko Asset Management Stefanie Drews has been appointed global head of institutional marketing and proposition at the [...]