DLA Piper has scored a lead role advising Liverpool Football Club on plans for a £260m regeneration of the area surrounding the Premier League club's famous Anfield stadium.

The proposals, which are subject to an ongoing public consultation, could see the iconic stadium expanded, as well as the potential development of more than 550 new homes. 

The club has formed a partnership with Liverpool City Council and social housing provider Your Housing Group to draw up the development plans, which also include a 10,000 sq ft food hub, new offices, a public square and a hotel. 

A large DLA team advising Liverpool FC is being led by UK head of construction and engineering Jim Pinsent, planning director Kate Creer, real estate partner Mark Beardwood and intellectual property and technology partner Sarah Bell.

The team is working closely with Liverpool FC's in-house legal team on the project, which includes general counsel Natalie Wignall and legal executive Joanne Roberts.

Liverpool City Council and Your Housing Group are both using their in-house legal teams. 

DLA also advised Liverpool FC in 2009 on its £80m shirt sponsorship agreement with Standard Chartered Bank. Other law firms to have worked with the club in the past include Slaughter and May, which advised the club's board during the protracted 2010 takeover battle that eventually saw US co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett relinquish control of the club to Fenway Sports Group in a closely watched £300m deal.