Office Managing Partner, St Louis and Global Sector Group Leader – Sports, Media & Entertainment, St. Louis
We have substantial experience advising professional sports teams and their owners. Members of BCLP’s Sports & Entertainment Group, which include a former in-house senior counsel for the National Football League who worked directly with each of the NFL’s 32 member clubs, currently represent and/or have represented 31 National Hockey League (NHL) clubs, over 20 international football (soccer) clubs across seven countries, including 8 Premier League clubs and a number of La Liga and other international football (soccer) league clubs, and several Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL) clubs and/or their owners.
We regularly represent professional sports teams and their owners in connection with their litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution matters (including their music licensing disputes); their naming rights and sponsorship matters (including their jersey sponsorship, betting and gaming industry sponsorship and cryptocurrency category sponsorship matters); the sale and purchase of sports teams, investments in and ownership of sports teams and venues and expansion and relocation matters; the development, leasing and operation of their stadiums and event venues; complex financing projects; and a variety of television, radio, streaming and other broadcast agreements and suite license, concession, retail and other commercial agreements, among other matters. We have significant experience with all aspects of our professional sports team clients’ businesses.
We regularly represent professional sports teams and their owners in connection with their litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution matters (including their music licensing disputes); their naming rights and sponsorship matters (including their jersey sponsorship, betting and gaming industry sponsorship and cryptocurrency category sponsorship matters); the sale and purchase of sports teams, investments in and ownership of sports teams and venues and expansion and relocation matters; the development, leasing and operation of their stadiums and event venues; complex financing projects; and a variety of television, radio, streaming and other broadcast agreements and suite license, concession, retail and other commercial agreements, among other matters. We have significant experience with all aspects of our professional sports team clients’ businesses.
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