The Sports and Entertainment Industry

Our cross-disciplinary team handles both blockbuster and small-scale matters for our clients in the sports and entertainment industry:

• Our business attorneys have successfully negotiated numerous leases, construction contracts, vendor agreements, and athlete and team contracts;
• Our intellectual property practice group files, maintains and defends our clients’ protected trademarks; and
• Our tax professionals provide our clients with a full range of services involving every level of complexity and sophistication in tax law.

Large scale operations come with large-scale legal issues, which require extraordinary attention to detail. There may be hundreds of contracts worth millions of dollars, negotiated over a span of months or even years. This monumental effort is required before a sports team steps onto its playing field or a group of children onto the grounds of the newest amusement park.

Liability is a central theme. Our team draws from decades of experience spanning litigation of all types, from breach of contract to tort and insurance litigation. We counsel our clients on the most effective strategies to avoid litigation, and if litigation is inevitable, we strive to prevail in an efficient and cost-efficient manner.

The attorneys of our sports and entertainment group are not only thoroughly familiar with these areas of law, but bring a unique perspective to our negotiations and transactions. Members of our group have formerly served as sports agents for professional sports teams and athletes, as well as in-house counsel.

We have a unique understanding of this complex landscape and are ready to help.