Arsenal sign up Team Sky lawyer to work on player contracts
Premier League club bolsters in-house line-up with new recruit from cycling team
June 21, 2017 at 05:59 PM
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Arsenal Football Club has completed the signing of Team Sky lawyer Huss Fahmy for its in-house legal team.
Fahmy, who will focus on player contracts in his new role at the Premier League club, has been part of the wider Sky organisation since 2010 after moving in-house from legacy Herbert Smith.
While at Sky, Fahmy worked on the media giant's Sky Movies and Sky Sports platforms, before becoming head of legal and commercial for Team Sky and then commercial and business affairs director for the cycling team, whose members include Tour de France winner Chris Froome.
At Arsenal he will work alongside general counsel Svenja Geissmar, who joined the club in 2009 as its first-ever in-house lawyer.
Arsenal have a number of players with one year left on their contracts, including marquee names such as Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, and Fahmy's new role will focus on the legal aspects of these contracts, as well as contracts for any potential new signings.
The club is coming under increasing pressure to bring in new signings and retain its top talent following its lowest Premier League finish for more than 20 years.
Law firms with longstanding relationships with Arsenal include Slaughter and May, which has regularly advised on player transfers such as the £42m signing of Ozil from Real Madrid in 2013, and Bird & Bird, which acted on the club's kit provider deal with Puma in 2014.
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