Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded

About

Provided by Ebadat

Ebadat's Corporate/M&A practice advises founders, sponsors, and strategic buyers on public and private M&A, platform builds and add-ons, joint ventures, carve-outs, secondaries, take-privates, founder exits, and cross-border deals across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia. The practice provides integrated tax, executive compensation, employment, debt, regulatory, and securities expertise. The only U.S.-based firm with a dedicated European sports M&A practice.

Categories of Clients

Ebadat represents independent sponsors, emerging fund managers, family offices, growth-stage and middle-market companies, founders, and strategic acquirers across sports and multi-club ownership, consumer products and CPG, energy, private equity platforms, investment funds, wealth management, and emerging technology.

Specialisations

• M&A: acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, take-privates, carve-outs, add-ons, and founder exits for strategic and sponsor buyers.
• Sponsor-led transactions: platform builds, recapitalizations, and add-ons for independent sponsors and institutional capital.
• Cross-border M&A: deep European football experience across the Premier League, EFL, Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, and Czech leagues.
• Venture and growth equity: seed through Series D+, SAFEs, convertibles, secondaries, venture debt.
• Investment fund formation: GP/LP economics, carried interest, SPVs, ongoing fund operations.
• Consumer products and CPG: M&A, joint ventures, secondaries.