Schiff Hardin attorneys have applied their expertise in many areas of law to a wide range of sports, entertainment, music, film, publishing and celebrity clients.
Specifically, we have represented professional sports teams, team owners and executives, players and coaches, universities and colleges, Olympic athletes, Academy Award® winners, photographers, internationally known artists, and many others.
Our services to the sports and entertainment industry include:
- Facilities construction and financing
- Corporate finance and commercial borrowing
- Stadium naming rights - licensing and monetization
- Facilities operations, including leases of playing and training facilities
- Concession agreements
- Signage, advertising and corporate sponsorship agreements
- Ticket policies and crowd control
- General commercial litigation
- Governmental agency disputes
- Governmental relations
- Corporate organization
- Broadcast rights agreements
- Internet issues
- Trademarks and copyrights
- Professional league membership rights and responsibilities
- Antitrust issues
- Amusement tax and other tax issues
- Personnel contracts
- Wealth preservation
- Succession planning