Sports Law

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Provided by Winston & Strawn LLP

Winston is one of the industry’s premier sports law practices, with a client roster reading as a who’s-who list of major U.S. players associations, sports franchises and leagues, professional and amateur athletes, financial services firms with sports-industry clients, intellectual property licensees/licensors, media companies, sports agencies and agents, governmental entities, coaches, teams, sponsors, and gaming and esports companies and leagues.

Of special note, Winston has a strong track record in taking up the fight alongside professional athletes in connection with equal rights issues in sports, from securing an historic settlement and an agreement to provide equal pay for the USWNT, to representing Nigerian Olympic Bobsledder Simidele Adeagbo in her gender equality fight, and prevailing in a landmark decision for Cal Calamia, a nonbinary amateur marathon runner, in securing their approval from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for a therapeutic use exemption in connection with Cal’s use of testosterone in their gender transition.

Our sports transactions team further elevates Winston in this space, representing financing parties and sponsors at every phase of development and financing, and handles transactions involving all types of sports and entertainment venues. They draw on deep market knowledge and ability to structure innovative transactions addressing each party’s concerns.