Sports & Entertainment

Squire Sanders is ideally positioned to closely monitor legal developments that affect athletes, entertainers and artists as well as sports teams, leagues, related businesses and governments seeking to succeed in an increasingly global sports and entertainment marketplace. With our full range of legal services that assist clients in their management and marketing efforts, we have helped organizations and individuals maximize their business interests and promote their physical and creative talents.

We assist our sports and entertainment clients with:

• All forms of dispute resolution including litigation
• Bond offerings and project financings
• Business, tax and estate planning issues for the post-career period
• Contract negotiations
• How to maximize endorsement opportunities
• Legal aspects of marketing and public relations activities
• Protection of image and other intellectual property

We go the extra mile to provide creative counsel to our sports and entertainment clients. From counseling on a wide range of matters for NBA stars to quarterbacking some of the most prominent sports and public infrastructure projects in the country, our clients benefit from our experience, enthusiasm and commitment to rendering personal attention to their goals and careers. We collaborate with our clients and their financial professionals to develop and implement strategies that maximize and protect the client’s business interests, leveraging an integrated, full-service legal team that is the cornerstone of our one-firm philosophy.

Building the Buildings They Play In

We possess expertise in the complex area of facility financing and are called upon to provide counsel for projects around the world, as well as post-issuance tax compliance advice, bond counsel and public-private partnership financing counsel. Our lawyers have assisted professional sports teams, sports authorities and governmental bodies in planning, financing and implementing professional league arenas and stadiums and sports training facilities for the Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Coyotes and Florida Panthers as well as minor league baseball parks and spring training facilities, tennis centers, motor sports complexes and entertainment venues.