Capital is flowing into the business of sport at an unprecedented rate - from venture, private equity and sovereign investors to media platforms and family offices. Every opportunity has highly individual circumstances, there is complexity: governance, regulation, valuation and control to consider.
Our sport sector team advises investors, boards and entrepreneurs on the acquisition, sale, funding and restructuring of sports and media assets. We combine deep transactional expertise with a strategic understanding of how investment, regulation and value creation interact.
Our work includes:
- Acquisitions and disposals of clubs, teams, event operators and media properties.
- Structuring of minority and majority equity investments.
- Capital raising, refinancing and strategic debt advisory.
- Joint ventures and multi-entity ownership structures.
- Governance and control design, including board rights, vetoes and investor protections.
- Regulatory approvals and compliance across governing bodies (FA, EPL, FIA, UCI, RFU etc).
- Due diligence, restructuring and risk management for buy- and sell-side clients.
- Acting for investor syndicates and family offices evaluating UK and European opportunities - providing early-stage guidance on asset strategy, deal feasibility and execution readiness.
For further information Phil Bowers or David Malone.