Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Clifford Chance (CC) are among the firms that have landed roles acting for FIFA and its officials as the football body handles multiple allegations of corruption in its ranks.

Last month the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a 47-count indictment as US officials arrested seven FIFA executives at a Swiss hotel ahead of the football body's annual conference.

The charges range from racketeering and wire fraud to money laundering, with allegations that key executives took bribes.

FIFA has turned to Quinn Emanuel's white collar and corporate investigations chair, William Burck, according to The American Lawyer. It is understood that the firm's instruction has been ongoing for the past month.

CC New York litigation partner Edward O'Callaghan is advising one of the executives charged, FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb.

Legal Week understands that Swiss firm Niederer Kraft & Frey is acting for another of the officials involved, though the firm declined to comment.

It is also understood that Berwin Leighton Paisner has also been approached regarding representation amid the charges.

The DOJ's indictment comes alongside a guilty plea from Charles 'Chuck' Blazer, former general secretary of the Confederation of North American, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, who became an informant to the Federal Bureau of Investigations in its enquiries.

Blazer has instructed Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman in New York, which is fielding a team headed up by white collar criminal defence chief Eric Corngold.

It is still unclear whether recently resigned FIFA president Sepp Blatter (pictured) has taken legal advice.

One lawyer close to the investigation told Legal Week that Blatter has historically preferred to deal with his advisers on an ad-hoc basis, only handing out a formal instruction when absolutely necessary.