Robert Turner

Experience: Transactional: Acting for the world's leading international sports governing body on the hospitality and ticketing arrangements for multiple major international sports tournaments. This includes advising on multibillion-pound official hospitality programmes, including the appointment of official hospitality providers, complex multi-jurisdictional ticketing enforcement issues and various other event staging and commercial agreements such as ticket sales agreements, agency agreements and supply agreements. : Acting for DXC Technology, an American multinational IT services company, on its partnership with Manchester United FC. This multi-year partnership includes DXC being appointed as (1) the club's new shirt sleeve sponsor of the Manchester United Men's, Women's, and Youth teams, and (2) the club's digital transformation partner with DXC using its market-leading expertise to harness the power of data and analytics technologies to transform Manchester United's digital offering. : Acting for Arsenal FC on a number of its major commercial transactions, including advising the club on the appointment of adidas as its technical partner and Emirates as its stadium naming rights partner and shirt sponsor. : Acting for one of the biggest Premier League clubs in Europe on a range of commercial transactions, including the appointment of its technical partner, shirt sponsor and physical and e-commerce licensee for a reported value of $1 billion. : Acting for Costa Coffee on a complex supply and partnership agreement with Marks & Spencer (M&S) to allow Costa to serve M&S food throughout the UK.; Regulatory: Representing one of the world's largest technology companies in making representations to the UK government on the subscription part of the DMCC Act (when it was the DMCC Bill), including drafting alternative wording that was proposed in the House of Lords as an amendment to the Bill. : Acting as lead counsel for a leading international ticketing sales platform on the defence to a high-profile CMA investigation into its pricing and sales practices. : Acting as lead counsel for multiple other clients under investigation by the CMA and ASA for consumer protection matters. Experience in this area includes responding to information requests, representing the clients in meetings with the CMA and negotiating undertakings to conclude investigatory proceedings. : Advising multiple well-known consumer brands on their consumer-facing terms and marketing materials, including for the international expansion of products. Examples of projects include advising one of the world's leading video streaming platform providers on the expansion of its digital marketplace product in 20 countries, advising one of the leading athletic brands on its membership and sales terms, acting for a market-leading anti-virus software provider on a range of consumer law issues and advising one of the world's biggest games publishers on the transfer of around 100 million consumer contracts.; Some of the above representations were handled by Mr. Turner prior to him joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.