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| Mike Jefferies |
Head of Legal Affairs
Mike Jefferies took up his appointment as Head of Legal Affairs with the WRU Group in May 2007. Acting as advisor to the Union’s Executive Board in a legal capacity has has also become Company Secretary to WRU Ltd and the Millennium Stadium plc. He is formerly a partner with the law firm Hugh James in Cardiff and for more than a decade has played a major role in handling legal and business affairs issues for the WRU.
One of his most high profile projects was overseeing the legal detail of the deal to fund and complete the building of the Millennium Stadium as well assisting with the transition of the Welsh Rugby Union from a governing body to a limited company.
Mike Jefferies was born in Crickhowell and was educated at King Henry VIII school in Abergavenny before studying Law at University College London. He joined the Hugh James law firm in 1969 and became a partner in 1972 as soon as he qualified as a solicitor. Throughout his career he has earned a reputation at the forefront of the legal profession in Wales featuring in both the Legal 500 and the Chambers Guide to the legal profession.
As well as the WRU his clients over the years have included the University of Aberystwyth, Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Welsh Water Dwr Cymru, The Environment Agency and Cardiff Council.
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Team
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| Leinster | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 61 |
| Blues | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 56 |
| Munster | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 48 |
| Edinburgh | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 48 |
| Warriors | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 46 |
| Scarlets | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 39 |
| Ospreys | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 37 |
| Dragons | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 34 |
| Ulster | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 29 |
| Connacht | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 24 |
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