FA revamps legal panel following commercial relocation

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Commercial relocation to Wembley Stadium for FA legal panel.

By Ashley Brunskill

The FA has revamped its legal panel following its commercial relocation to Wembley Stadium.

A new integrated panel has been formed following the decision to combine five core organisations including the team responsible for England's 2018 World Cup bid.

Eight firms are represented in the panel, which itself has been separated into four individual streams.

Group legal director Alistair Maclean said: "Having integrated the group last year, we felt it was the right time to go to the market and appoint law firms on a new group panel."

He added that an opportunity was provided to look at fixing rates up until March 2012, which provide a degree of certainty.

The corporate support panel includes Bird & Bird and Charles Russell alongside Allen & Overy, Pinsent Masons and Mayer Brown.

It has recently been announced that planning and development has begun on the proposed housing of the US Embassy in London, with architect Kieran Timberlake announced as the winner of the competition to design the building.

Source: ask-re The Property People LLP