The National Football League season is approaching in the U.S., and while lawyers from a variety of firms are staying busy with that league’s various legal entanglements, others from across the pond are reaping the benefits from a record-setting summer for soccer players.

British firms Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Fladgate are among a lineup of law firms to have advised on some of the biggest soccer signings this year in the English Premier League (EPL), now two weeks into a season that has already generated record sums for player transfers.