DLA Piper has advised administrator Begbies Traynor on the sale of Southampton Football Club to Switzerland’s Markus Liebherr.

The deal, which was announced last week (8 July), saw DLA Piper London restructuring head Michael Fiddy advising Mark Fry and David Hudson – the administrators to Southampton Leisure Holdings – on its sale of Southampton FC to Liebherr, for an undisclosed sum.