Photo: Keith Sherwood/Shutterstock.comFreshfields Scores For Manchester City As Ban Overturned
The Premier League club was facing a two-year Champions League ban and €30 million fine for alleged breaches.
July 13, 2020 at 07:03 AM
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has successfully overturned a multi-million pound fine and a two-year ban levelled by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) against English club Manchester City.
The club turned to Freshfields to fight its case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, after it was fined €30 million and barred from Europe's Champions League football tournament by UEFA in February.
At the time, UEFA stated that it had found the Premier League club guilty of "overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016."
However, the court of arbitration ruled on Monday that most of the alleged breaches were "either not established or time-barred."
It did however find that the club had contravened aspects of the club licensing and financial fair play regulations, and levelled a fine of £10 million.
The Freshfields team advising Man City was led by disputes partner Rhodri Thomas according to the court documents. The firm's co-head of investigations, Geoff Nicholas, also led on the appeal, a spokesperson for the firm said. Additionally, Man City also turned to Swiss firm Kellerhals Carrard for legal advice.
UEFA was represented by Swiss firm Bär & Karrer, led by sports practice head Jan Kleiner.
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