Travers Smith LLP has advised the Wirtz family on Florian Wirtz's record-breaking transfer to Liverpool Football Club. The move from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool is a club record transfer fee paid by Liverpool.
The Travers Smith team advised on the UK legal issues connected with the transfer and included Employment Partner Ed Mills and Tax Partner Elects Elissavet Grout and Tom Margesson.
The firm worked alongside German law firm, Seitz Partners, including Dr Stefan Seitz, Dr. Maximilian Schmidt and Prof. Dr. Sebastian Benz.
Travers Smith has various clients in the sports sector and provides a practical and commercial approach combined with in-depth sectoral knowledge, also drawing on the multi-disciplinary expertise of being a full-service firm. Travers Smith has recently been advising its sports sector clients on range of matters including the acquisition of a Premier League football club, stadium and player contracts as well as a number of contractual disputes, including litigation, with playing staff and agents.
