Firm advises Egyptian club on naming rights deal, the country’s largest ever sports sponsorship agreement | 2w
Sports, Entertainment and Recreation
Loeb assists long-time client Underwood in all aspects of the transaction including brand formation, commercial, IP and strategic partnership issues | 3w
Boost for US growth ambitions sees FIFA’s top counsel join as chair of the global sports practice | 1mo
Four partners join in New York alongside eight further lawyers; together the team has tried more than 200 cases | 1mo
The second edition of the Family Asset Protection Law Guide is written by leading family law and contentious trusts specialists from around the world. | 10mos
Elie Mishory will work alongside chief legal officer Alex Wolf | 1mo
J. Colby Williams replaces CLO Jeffrey Welch, who is retiring at the end of the year | 2mos
Longtime PBS lawyer Jill Patrone replaces Katherine Lauderdale as the organisation’s legal chief | 2mos
Jim Kapenstein replaces general counsel Audrey Lee, who left the company last month | 2mos
Elizabeth Ryder returns to the role she vacated in 2022, replacing Rachel Morgan | 3mos
Christina Chang and Carron Joan Mitchell join Barnes in Los Angeles and Farrah Usmani joins its Nashville location | 3mos
Hires mean MoFo has added 10 lawyers to its partnership in London over the past year | 3mos
New York firm’s first office in Southern California to be led by former Skadden litigator Jason Russell | 3mos
Simkins’ former senior partner represented A-list entertainers including the Rolling Stones, Tina Turner and David Bowie | 4mos
Sullivan & Cromwell, White & Case and Dutch heavyweight Stibbe advise Pershing in offer to combine world’s largest music group with a blank-cheque company | 4mos
Incoming trio are New York-based Michael Kuh and Matthew Carpenter-Dennis and LA-based Eric Geffner | 4mos
Allen Lo replaces Laura Franco, who departed the business at the end of October last year | 4mos
Mark Zerdin latest in string of senior hires by US firm as it rebuilds London bench after slew of exits over the past year | 5mos
Eve Konstan replaces Richard Baer, who goes back into retirement after a year in the job | 6mos
Set welcomes football disputes specialist Ashley Cukier and former cricketer Maurice Holmes | 6mos
London office adds to regional firm’s presence in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds | 6mos