Liz Coley
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Sport
Band 4
About
Provided by Liz Coley
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Liz is a highly experienced sports lawyer, who offers clients an indepth understanding of the world of professional football. Liz had almost 20 years experience working for 4 professional football clubs and for The FA prior to qualification as a lawyer. Since that time she has worked exclusively in sports law, representing a large number of clubs in relation to player contracts and transfers, compliance and regulatory issues and disputes.
She has undertaken secondments at both Premier League and Championship clubs, assisted clubs with the Club Secretary role when vacant and spent time with a number of clubs undertaking a contract health check and helping them to develop their own precedent documents.
Her experience within club football gives her an unrivalled understanding of how clubs operate and their unique needs. She has also worked with intermediaries in relation to their representation of both players and managers/coaching staff.
Liz is the co-author of the chapters on ‘Contracts – Players’ and ‘Player Transfers’ in the textbook ‘Football and the Law’.
Chambers Review
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Liz Coley advises football clubs on a wide range of commercial and contractual matters.
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"I cannot speak highly enough of the service she provides and how good she is. Some firms make you feel unimportant. That is not the case with Liz and Level. We are well taken care of all the time."
"We couldn't be any happier with the service provided by Liz and always feel like we are her most important client. We know we're always receiving the best and most pragmatic advice for our business."
"I cannot speak highly enough of the service she provides and how good she is. Some firms make you feel unimportant. That is not the case with Liz and Level. We are well taken care of all the time."
"We couldn't be any happier with the service provided by Liz and always feel like we are her most important client. We know we're always receiving the best and most pragmatic advice for our business."