Libby Payne

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ABOUT LIBBY PAYNE

Having spent over ten years as an international fencer, I have now put away my swords and am an equally enthusiastic employment and sports lawyer. I advise both employers and senior executives and also sports clubs, agents and athletes. I have a real passion for the law and enjoy coming up with creative and practical solutions to even the most novel issues. Counsel has been kind enough to compliment me for my \'cogent and coherent counter arguments\'. Whether acting for employer or employee, or on either side of a commercial transaction, I enjoy quickly establishing my client\'s ideal outcome and formulating an appropriate strategy. Complementary to my employment practice, I am also instructed on a range of sports law matters involving both employment and regulatory advice. My clients include a professional football club, motorsport brand and several top level sports coaches, agents and managers. I was also previously a board director of British Fencing, with a particular responsibility for equality issues. I am a member of Withers\' dedicated Talent Group and a number of my clients (both employee and employer) are from the design or fashion sectors. Highlights - Advising on the appointment of Jürgen Klopp as manager of Liverpool Football Club - Successfully representing a claimant in a jurisdictional dispute relating to a whistle blowing claim - Advising on the acquisition by LVMH of stakes in British shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood and British fashion house J W Anderson - Acting in high court litigation to recover unpaid bonuses for employees providing strategic and reactive employment law advice to a designer fashion retailer