Wragge & Co has won a new client after advising a Gary Lineker-led consortium on the acquisition of Leicester City Football Club (LCFC), which also sees Clifford Chance partner James Johnson become a board director.

Wragges became the lead adviser to the club, which had used DLA for work in the past, after winning a tender process at the end of last year. LCFC is the Birmingham firm’s first major football club client.