Charles Russell Speechlys has advised on the £35m sale of Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Premier League rival Liverpool, in one of a flurry of deals completed ahead of the closure of this summer's transfer window.

Total spending by Premier League clubs during this summer's window reached a new record high of £1.4bn, and while many clubs completed the bulk of their transfer business earlier in the window, as always, a number of deals went down to the wire.