Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Professional football leagues United States Football League and XFL, advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, on Thursday announced their plans to merge into one league that has hopes of establishing "best-in-class operations" for the sport.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brera Holdings PLC ("Brera Holdings", "Brera" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BREA ), which one year ago became the first Italian football team to IPO on Nasdaq in order to bring multi-club ownership to investors worldwide, announces it has filed a Form F-3 shelf registration statement (the "F-3") with the U.S.

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 15, 2023

15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The London City Lionesses (LCL) and Michele Kang have announced today that Kang has acquired the London-based women's football Club. LCL is the only fully independent women's only football Club in England's top two professional women's leagues.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 29, 2022

billion) bid to buy Chelsea Football Club from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. The billionaire chairman of U.K. chemicals giant Ineos said Friday that he has launched a £4.25 billion ($5.3

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 5, 2024

In this week's Off The Bench, Florida State University cannot escape an ACC lawsuit that may enforce a nine-figure penalty against the school if it should leave the conference, while both Northwestern University and the Arizona Cardinals face more legal headaches over their decisions to fire key personnel.

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 12, 2024

Investigation into potential irregularities over 2022 deal between Elliott Management and private equity group RedBird

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Financial Times M&A

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Result paves way for deal that would see buyout industry take stake in entity controlling Bundesliga’s commercial rights

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Our paper utilizes National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) coaching contracts as a managerial setting to examine whether higher top-managerial pay (our Gridiron CEOs) is associated with better team performance. Such contracts are for fixed terms: five years on average, with some as long as ten years.

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Law 360 M&A

APRIL 30, 2024

public in 2021 didn't fully disclose how a newly inked agreement with the National Football League would affect the sports data company, investors told Delaware's Court of Chancery on Tuesday, urging a judge to preserve their case against the SPAC and its directors. The special-purpose acquisition company that took Genius Sports Ltd.

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Mckinsey and Company

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Longer-term strategies in managing European football clubs’ first teams can create an annual competitive advantage of between €100 million and €200 million.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Manchester United PLC (NYSE: MANU ) shares are rising in Tuesday's after-hours session following reports Qatari investors would make a bid for the football club within days. What To Know: According to a Daily Mail report , Manchester United was expected to receive a "massive offer" from Qatari investors as soon as this week.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This week's Off The Bench features Michigan State and the football coach it fired rushing headlong toward a legal battle, a merger of two spring football leagues and a resounding Title IX victory by an ex-student over her former school.

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Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 3, 2023

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Ineos founder looks to secure minority stake in club and take control of football decisions as unconventional deal nears

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Billionaire and Du Pont family member John Textor is set to officially take over Olympique Lyonnais (OL), or the Lyon football club, for $846 million. 10 , Textor's firm — Eagle Football — confirmed that the official closing is expected to take place by Dec. What Happened : On Dec.

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Financial Times M&A

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Plus, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia strike the gong

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Bundesliga in talks with buyout firms about multibillion-euro investment as it seeks to catch up with rivals

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Benzinga

MARCH 25, 2024

Brera's management team, in consultation with its newly assembled all-star advisory board, has been leveraging their sports and financial industry relationships to further Brera's goal of becoming the world's top publicly-listed multi-club ownership ("MCO") company for football (American soccer).

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 1, 2023

Bain Capital adviser Stephen Pagliuca says clubs must recognise the value of robust competition

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 26, 2024

said Tuesday it has agreed to merge with Ballengee Group LLC, a Dallas-based sports management agency focused on representing athletes in Major League Baseball, the National Football League and Ultimate Fighting Championship. Las Vegas-based software company Scepter Holdings Inc.

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 24, 2023

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has bought a minority stake in the esteemed football club Manchester United (NYSE: MANU ). The deal puts the club’s value at an estimated $6.3 billion, including debt. This agreement concludes a year-long sales process.

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 28, 2024

Ex-WeWork CEO Adam Neumann looks to buy the company back, Chiron Sports Group is in talks to buy Reading Football Club, and the private equity firms Advent and CVC eye a pet food company. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Plus, the money-laundering scandal that has shaken Singapore’s reputation and an FT investigation into mysterious football sponsors

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Law 360 M&A

MARCH 14, 2024

million) loan provided by former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley to pay a consultant, saying it was a legitimate brokerage payment to secure the takeover of the English football club. Financier Amanda Staveley has denied misusing a £10 million ($12.8

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Deal with SC Braga marks first move into multi-club ownership for state fund that owns Paris Saint-Germain

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Benzinga

AUGUST 16, 2022

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA ) CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday he was buying the Manchester United Football Club , better known as Man United. It isn't immediately clear if he made the comment in jest.

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Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 17, 2022

UK billionaire emerges as potential buyer of struggling football giant if Glazer family want to sell

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

As my late, great football coach used to say “Talk is cheap, it takes money to buy beer.” I agree, but the problem is we all talk a lot and pontificate but we do nothing more than that. Its like a big therapy session with no end game. I’m as guilty as the next person. ” 1

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Financial Times M&A

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The deal would value the Premier League football club at about $5.4bn

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

New owner John Textor says he wants to sell ‘non-core assets to focus on football’

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Financial Times M&A

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Plus, how JPMorgan star Nicolas Aguzin lost his shine at HKEX and a landmark ruling for European football

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Financial Times M&A

APRIL 8, 2023

Company wants to tap into growing Stateside interest in the world’s biggest sport

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Financial Times M&A

JULY 22, 2023

Private equity group 777 bought the struggling team for a fraction of the financier’s original €374mn investment

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Financial Times M&A

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

US group to join discussions as Bundesliga seeks to attract investment

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The Guardian M&A

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The bid is being fronted by Jeff Zucker, a former chief executive of CNN who now runs RedBird IMI , which is mostly funded by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the vice-president of the United Arab Emirates and owner of Manchester City football club. Continue reading.

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Financial Times M&A

JUNE 8, 2022

Reported sum of $4.6bn is record as investors pour cash into sport

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Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 28, 2022

As president of Washington’s football team, Wright is calling on his experiences as an NFL player, business school graduate, and McKinsey partner to change an entrenched culture.

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