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Sports, talent and entertainment
Withers' diverse team provides comprehensive, integrated legal counsel across a variety of jurisdictions for the full range of commercial, corporate, regulatory, and private client issues facing individuals and organizations in the sports and entertainment industries.
Our team is comprised of lawyers from across offices and a wide array of legal specialties including: corporate, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, tax, trust and estate planning, immigration, and family law. This broad experience fosters a broad and deep understanding of our clients and the complex and multifaceted issues and opportunities facing stakeholders doing business in the sports and entertainment industries.Our clients include professional sports teams, owners, investors, sponsors, promoters, live event companies, founders, agencies and management companies, and talent across music, sports, fashion, beauty, arts, television, film, and social media.
Our team regularly advises in the following areas:
- Commercial contracts
- Corporate finance
- Mergers and acquisition
- Venture capital
- Labor and employment
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Commercial and residential real estate
- Reputation management
- Intellectual property and technology
- Data privacy and cybersecurity
- Cryptocurrency and digital assets
- Trust and estate planning
- Wealth structuring
- Philanthropy
- Corporate and personal tax
- Immigration
- Family law
- Sponsorships
- Image Rights
- Acquisitions
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Our team
![Michael A. Rueda](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/Mike%20Rueda_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Michael A. Rueda
Partner | Head of US Sports and Entertainment | New York
![Luca Ferrari](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/IMGL6322LRF,_Luca_Ferrari_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Luca Ferrari
Partner | Milan
![Libby Payne](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/IMGL5649-EditECP,_Libby_Payne_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Libby Payne
Partner | London
![Alan M. Witlen](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/Alan%20Witlen_TERIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Alan M. Witlen
Partner | Los Angeles
![Alex Taylor](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/Alex%20Taylor_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Alex Taylor
Partner | London
![Charles S. Kolstad](/getmedia/01b1cd7c-281a-4297-b175-f1017eb6a3f2/Charles-Kolstad-CSK_TERTIARY.jpg?width=485&height=462&ext=.jpg)
Charles S. Kolstad
Partner | New York
![Barry A. Brust](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/Barry-311B1B,%20Barry%20Brust_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Barry A. Brust
Special Counsel | Los Angeles
![Paolo De Jesus](/getmedia/6db84598-5029-4127-9273-e3617bd4cc41/IMG_0312-Edit_Paolo_DeJesus_TERTIARY.png?width=485&height=462&ext=.png)
Paolo De Jesus
Senior Associate | New York
![Andrew Fremlin-Key](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/IMGL3961-EditADF,_Andrew_Fremlin-Key_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Andrew Fremlin-Key
Partner | London
![Sharon Whitehouse](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/IMGL6798Sharon_Whitehouse,_SWW_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Sharon Whitehouse
Partner | London
![Fiona Giordani](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/IMG_3916-EditFIG,%20Fiona%20Giordani_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Fiona Giordani
Associate | Milan
![Ceri Vokes](/Withers/media/Withers/person-pages/listing-images/IMGL3533CAV,_Ceri_Vokes_TERTIARY.jpg?ext=jpg)
Ceri Vokes
Partner | London
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