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Proskauer Rose LLP

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Sports Law - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Proskauer Rose has a strong bench of seasoned practitioners, with enviable experience in large-scale M&A, complex financing, real estate matters, media rights issues and labor and employment negotiations. The law firm represents an outstanding portfolio of clients, including major leagues, leading sports teams and investors into varied sports ventures. It also offers broad litigation capabilities, which includes handling employment and discrimination disputes.

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Work Highlights

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  • Proskauer Rose LLP advised the NFL on the negotiation of agreements related to its acquisition of equity stake in ESPN.

Strengths

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  • They are certainly subject matter experts, they know the market and can handle complex nuanced positions and arguments.

    Sports Law respondentUSA

  • The team turns things around quickly and has a broad view of the sports world, their expertise really stands out. They have good working knowledge of anything we encounter.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Bradley I Ruskin
    Bradley I Ruskin

    Bradley I Ruskin

    Cochair of the firm's sports law group, Bradley Ruskin maintains an excellent reputation for his litigation capabilities within the sports industry, and is sought out by prominent associations and leagues for representation in an array of contentious proceedings. He routinely handles antitrust and breach of contract disputes.

    • Bradley is a business-oriented litigator, an excellent advocate if you are in a dispute.

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  • Joseph M Leccese
    Joseph M Leccese

    Joseph M Leccese

    Cochair of the firm's sports law group, Joseph Leccese maintains an excellent corporate practice within the sports industry, advising on matters such as arena developments, M&A and PE investments.

    • Joseph is very engaged and an extremely important thought partner.

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  • Wayne D Katz
    Wayne D Katz

    Wayne D Katz

    Wayne Katz is particularly adept at advising on corporate matters within the sports industry, bringing deep expertise to transactional mandates such as team financings, stadium developments and ownership transfers.
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  • Christine G Lazatin
    Christine G Lazatin

    Christine G Lazatin

    Christine Lazatin is experienced in representing the NBA and NHL, adeptly advising on corporate transactions within the sports industry. She demonstrates notable strengths in managing financings for teams, leagues and institutional investors.

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  • Elise M Bloom
    Elise M Bloom

    Elise M Bloom

    Elise Bloom routinely represents clients in class actions. She has considerable experience of handling disputes concerning wage and hour claims, as well as allegations of age discrimination.

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