Peters & Peters Senior Partner Keith Oliver, and Partner Jonathan Tickner acted for the American owners of Liverpool Football club, Mr George Gillett and Mr Tom Hicks in the high profilebattle to stop the sale of Liverpool football club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV) for £300m. The hearings at the High Court before Mr Justice Floyd in October 2010 took many extraordinary turns and was reported by the world’s media as every new development unfolded.
Keith Oliver, Senior Partner said "We are delighted to have been instructed by George Gillett and Tom Hicks in this unique case, and it was one of the most intense and passionately fought disputes of my career and one that is far from over.”