Sports
Barnes & Thornburg attorneys represent clients in numerous areas of the sports industry, including serving as counsel to professional and amateur athletes, sports agents and sports agencies, collegiate and professional coaches, league and team executives, professional teams and universities, marketing agencies, sports-focused cable television networks and sports governing bodies.
We rely on our attorneys' significant and unique practical experiences in virtually all phases of the business of sports to counsel our clients in matters ranging from sales and acquisitions and production, sponsorship, endorsement, employment, confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements to lease transactions, litigation matters, intellectual property, employment matters and crisis management. Our attorneys are experienced in the complex nature of the relationship between entertainment, advertising and sports, and advise clients on licensing, media rights and talent agreements and endorsements deals.