SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

TLF advises traditional sports, as well as E-sports teams, owners and governing bodies, financial institutions, investors, corporate sponsors, stadium developers, TV broadcasters, digital distributors and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, on their most important negotiations, transactions, and disputes – from team purchases and broadcast licensing, to stadium matters and sponsorships.

Expertise

  • Negotiating broadcast and new media rights agreements, corporate sponsorships and naming rights and complex digital media and technology agreements
  • Complex M&A and joint venture transactions
  • Global financing across jurisdictions, including bank and capital markets
  • Professional video game competition matters (eSports), including team acquisitions and sponsorships
  • Sports betting regulations, online gaming transactions and traditional sports and gaming properties
  • Structuring sports-based television channels, new media platforms and cross-border international operations
  • Sophisticated litigation strategies to address all dimensions of mitigating risk, addressing antitrust and other regulatory challenges and successfully resolving high-stakes commercial disputes