Sports Commercial / Transactional

Sports Commercial & Transactional practice includes following:

• Broadcasting
• Web, Broadband and Mobile Wireless Technology
• Major Events
• Sponsorship and Sports Marketing
• Merchandising
• Ticketing and Hospitality
• Media Management and Accreditation
• Computer and Mobile Games
• Technology and Data
• Agency and Commercial Rights Brokerage
• Formation and structuring of new leagues and academy
• Image Rights
• Stadium / Sport facility Construction
• Purchase and sale of teams and tournaments
• Financings involving all aspects of the sports business and all segments of
• the bank and capital markets, including financings for team acquisitions and
• operations.
• Stadium and arena leases and development agreements
• Stadium/arena arrangements, including naming rights agreements, seat
• licenses and concessions agreements
• Domestic and international television agreements for leagues and regional
• and local television, and radio contracts for individual teams
• Contracts with coaches and other team personnel, as well as numerous other
• matters relating to the operations of leagues and individual teams.
• Advice with respect to the tax benefits and tax consequences of ownership of
• professional sports teams and facilities
• Advising upon optimum structures for businesses and transactions
• Managing/conducting due diligence
• Negotiating M&A, investment and other corporate transactions and drafting al
• transaction documentation