Sports and Entertainment Law
Sports & Entertainment Law
TLF advises traditional sports as well as E-sports teams, owners, and governing bodies, as well as financial institutions, investors, corporate sponsors, stadium developers, TV broadcasters, and digital distribution 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.
Our Expertise
TFL guides clients on:
- 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
