Independent Football Regulator – Legal Adviser Job Role

Independent Football Regulator – Legal Adviser

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve.

The IFR will help improve financial sustainability of clubs, ensure resilience across the leagues, and safeguard the heritage of English football. It will operate a licensing regime; set corporate governance standards and monitor, protect, and promote financial resilience. It will also enforce compliance with requirements on financial regulation, club ownership and directors, fan engagement, and heritage protection.

The IFR will also have powers to prohibit clubs from joining competitions that are not fair or meritocratic, or that threaten the heritage or sustainability of English football.

The Legal Team

The IFR’s legal team plays a core role in advising and supporting all areas of our functions.

This work will include advising, amongst other issues, on the IFR’s powers and obligations, current and future consultation exercises, the legal risks attaching to different regulatory strategies and approaches, regulatory investigations and enforcement, litigation and appeals, the IFR’s decision-making obligations, corporate governance and wider public law issues.

The Role

The IFR is looking to add an additional lawyer with significant corporate law experience to add to/compliment the existing expertise within the IFR’s legal function. The team currently comprises 8 lawyers with a range of public, regulatory, commercial and litigation skills/backgrounds.

The role will be based in our Manchester office.

The role closes on 10 July 2026 at 11.55pm. This is the link to apply is here: Independent Football Regulator – Legal Adviser – Independent Football Regulator. If people have queries about the role they can contact [email protected]