Media, Sports and Entertainment

Content is king, and the consumption landscape is shifting. We advise media giants, sports leagues, and entertainment talent on financing, distribution, and intellectual property matters. We help you navigate the convergence of media and technology to capture audiences and value.

In the sports field, we advise everyone from lenders and investors to sports leagues and stadium and club owners. Our advice covers project finance, leveraged finance, securities offerings and government-sponsored financings. Other areas include hosting and rights agreements and sports sponsorship agreements across every professional sport. We advise sport administrators, enforce rules and conduct inquiries and disciplinary actions.

In emerging industries such as esports, we advise on fund raising, investments, acquisitions and content initiatives. With the increasing presence of blockchain and the metaverse, we are well placed to advise businesses on legal and regulatory compliance. We answer your questions on securities laws, tax, regulatory, antitrust, copyright, data privacy and security, licensing and more.

Our lawyers are based throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. We act for national, regional and global companies. We also work with investment banks, financial advisors and their clients, protecting their interests in complex financings. Always on top of trends in business models, we've devised several of the structures new to the sector.

This experience makes us a market leader. Our understanding of the way the sector works makes all the difference. It keeps clients moving forward and onto their next stage of growth.

To find out how we have delivered for our clients, visit our?Media and Entertainment?and?Sport?pages.?