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Matthew Astley
Senior Associate
01772 229 827 07342 998145 matthew.astley@brabners.com
Matthew is a Senior Associate in our commercial litigation team.
He deals with a wide range of commercial litigation, with a particular focus on shareholder and director disputes and restrictive covenant and misuse of confidential information cases involving employees, contractors, shareholders and other commercial parties.
Matthew has a strong track record in sports-related litigation disputes and disciplinary/regulatory matters, having acted for clients in proceedings before numerous sports national governing bodies. He's a member of The FA’s National Serious Case Panel — which adjudicates on all types of serious disciplinary cases in grassroots football — and a Specialist Member of Sport Resolutions’ Panel of Arbitrators.
Legal 500 notes that Matthew “is exceptionally impressive, clever, strategic and very hard-working”.
Matthew’s reported cases include Fleetwood Wanderers Limited (t/a Fleetwood Town Football Club) v AFC Fylde Limited [2018] EWHC 3318 (Comm) — concerning an appeal against the decision of an FA Rule K arbitrator.
Matthew joined us in January 2024 and is based in our Lancashire office.
“Matthew Astley is thorough and takes the utmost care of his clients' wishes and concerns. He clearly states every risk and keeps you up to date. He has a great future ahead of him.”
Client feedback, Legal 500, 2027
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