Our Expertise
Sports Law Practice Group
Sports and related businesses are among the fastest-growing U.S. industries, grossing more than $200 billion annually, and dwarfing more storied sectors like automobiles and movies. Sports is also highly diversified: beyond professional- and college-level coaching and administrative contracts are spin-off businesses, foundations, book contracts, broadcast contracts and even patent and trademark issues. Given its diversity, there is no substitute for an attorney who knows the business, law and singular culture of sports from the inside out.
With its strong base of sports contacts, SCMV’s Sports Law Practice Group can provide knowledgeable and effective representation to:
- men’s and women’s professional and semi-professional teams
- men’s and women’s professional sports leagues and organizations
- manufacturers of branded sports equipment and attire
- athletic directors at both the collegiate and secondary school levels
- professional and college coaches negotiating contracts
- sports figures with related business and non-profit activities
We work with clients on a wide range of matters including:
- forming businesses, limited liability corporations and non-profit corporations
- negotiating employment, publishing, sponsorship and broadcast contracts
- negotiating sports consultant contracts with major movie production companies
- litigation defense of license, trademark employment and general liability matters
- counseling on stadium leasing and operation matters
- criminal counsel and defense
- Equal Opportunity (Title IX) preventive audits and litigation defense
Few fields are as dynamic and competitive as sports, so staying on top in sports law means staying on top of subtleties beyond the law, such as monitoring the value of U.S. coaching contracts or understanding the high corporate responsibility expectations which often attend sports companies, endorsements and sponsorships. As in sports, helping clients compete successfully means attention both to sound strategy – and savvy execution.
The SCMV Sports Law Practice
Drive . . . beyond the letter of the law.