Paul Hastings Launches Global Sports Practice
Paul Hastings LLP today announced the launch of its global Sports practice, drawing on premier talent across its Chambers Band 1 Entertainment & Media practice, Band 1 Hospitality and Real Estate practices, premier M&A and finance practices and a broad range of other transactional, litigation and regulatory disciplines to advise investors, teams, leagues, governing bodies, broadcasting networks, esports and gaming companies, and other participants across the global sports ecosystem. The firm’s global sports platform is a natural extension of its Band 1-ranked Entertainment & Media practice, including partners Erik Hyman, Ken Deutsch and Sidney Fohrman, who deliver fully integrated advice on transactions, licensing, investments, financings and intellectual property matters for strategic participants across sports and entertainment.
"Sports has matured from a niche trophy asset into a growing asset class projected to be in the trillions, and clients navigating that shift need counsel who can match their sophistication and ambition across a broad and evolving spectrum of opportunities,” said firm Chair Frank Lopez. “Paul Hastings is uniquely positioned to holistically meet that demand through our market-leading entertainment, sports and media work and our deep relationships with the world's leading asset managers, sovereign investors and strategic operators, as well as many of the most prominent sporting teams and bodies around the world.”
