Representative Sports and Entertainment Experience

• Represented the National Hockey League, 31 NHL clubs (all but the Seattle Kraken), two NFL teams (Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs), two MLB teams (Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals) and one NBA team (Memphis Grizzlies) in connection with various transactional, litigation and real estate matters, including representing 30 NHL clubs in connection with NHL concussion action
• Advised clients in connection with nearly $2.25 billion in naming rights transactions, including naming rights transactions involving Acrisure Stadium (home of the Pittsburgh Steelers), Citi Field (home of the New York Mets), Enterprise Center (home of the St. Louis Blues), Fiserv Forum (home of the Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette Golden Eagles), GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium (home of the Kansas City Chiefs), the Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village (Pro Football Hall of Fame) and Stifel Theatre
• Represent the St. Louis Blues of the NHL and their affiliates in connection with their business operations, including in connection with their arena naming rights agreement for the Enterprise Center, theatre naming rights agreement for the Stifel Theatre, naming rights agreement for Centene Community Ice Center, jersey sponsorship agreement with Stifel, gaming industry sponsorship agreement with Betway, telecast rights agreement with FOX Sports, agreements related to the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament, 2016 NCAA men's basketball tournament, 2017 NHL Winter Classic, 2018 SEC men's basketball tournament and 2020 NHL All Star Weekend, various sponsorship and other commercial agreements and various matters related to the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs
• Represented various minority owners in connection with their investments in professional sports teams, including minority owners of AFC Bournemouth (English Premier League), the Las Vegas Raiders (NFL), the St. Louis Blues (NHL), St. Louis CITY SC (MLS) and the Vegas Golden Knights (NHL)
• Represented the St. Louis Cardinals from Major League Baseball in connection with their Ballpark Village development, their investment in the Memphis Redbirds minor league baseball franchise and various commercial matters
• Represented Stifel Financial Corp. in connection with its sponsorship of the STIFEL U.S. Ski Team, its jersey sponsorship agreement with the St. Louis Cardinals and various other sponsorship and endorsement deals
• Represented HOF Village, LLC (a joint venture of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Industrial Realty Group) in connection with the sponsorship and naming rights agreement for Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village and various sponsorship deals
• Represented Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) in connection with the naming rights deal for GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium (home of the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL), a significant sponsorship deal with the Chiefs, an endorsement deal with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes II, former NFL Most Valuable Player and a sponsorship agreement with the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
• Represented Acrisure, LLC in connection with its naming rights agreement with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL and its sponsorship agreement with the Detroit Lions of the NFL
• Represented Fiserv, Inc. in connection with naming rights and sponsorship agreement for Fiserv Forum, home of the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA and Marquette Golden Eagles of the NCAA
• Represented Enterprise Holdings, Inc. in connection with the naming rights and sponsorship agreement for the proposed new NFL stadium to be built on the St. Louis riverfront and various other sponsorship agreements
• Represented Target Corporation in connection with various sponsorship agreements, including jersey sponsorship agreements with LAFC and the Minnesota United from the MLS
• Represented a group of investors in connection with their investment in the St. Louis Blues, the Scottrade Center (currently known as Enterprise Center), the Peabody Opera House (currently known as Stifel Theatre) and the St. Louis Blues’ minor league hockey franchise
• Represented a private investor in connection with its investment in the Vegas Golden Knights, its hockey arena and its practice facility at the time of the NHL’s expansion into Las Vegas
• Represented prospective investors in various existing and potential expansion MLS franchises in connection with their proposed investments
• Represented multiple NHL clubs in connection with various arbitration matters in front of NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman
• Represent professional sports team in connection with multiple internal and league investigations
• Advised multiple professional sports teams in connection with various league rule and collective bargaining agreement matters
• Representing multiple professional sports teams in connection with various music licensing disputes involving alleged copyright infringement 
• Represented Oak View Group in connection with the development and operation of the Moody Center arena used by the University of Texas men’s and women’s college basketball teams
• Represented Delaware North Companies, Inc. in connection with various concession, food and beverage, catering, merchandise and other agreements involving professional sports franchises in each of Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League and the National Hockey League
• Represented New York Life Insurance Company in connection with various naming rights and sponsorship matters
• Represented Kurt Warner and Orlando Pace, former players from the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League, and Barret Jackman, former player from the St. Louis Blues, in connection with various business and transactional ventures
• Represented U.S. Olympian Missy Franklin in connection with endorsement matter
• Represented private sponsors in connection with suite license and/or sponsorship matters involving Madison Square Garden, the Baltimore Orioles, the Baltimore Ravens, the Chicago White Sox, the Denver Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs, LAFC, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Minnesota United, the New York Islanders, the New York Mets, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Vegas Golden Knights
• Advised minority owner of sports agency in connection with the sale of his equity interest in the agency 
• Represented Vanguard Animation, LLC and its affiliate, Vanguard Films, LLC, the producer of the Academy Award winning "Shrek" and other motion pictures, in connection with various film financings, corporate governance issues and employment issues
• Represented Hi-Rez Studios and VVP Services, LLC in connection with the formation and operation of Esports leagues
• Advised numerous professional sports teams, naming rights holders and corporate sponsors in connection with the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses, including their naming rights, sponsorship and other commercial agreements, employment matters, safe return to play and PPP loan issues, including various restructurings of existing naming rights, sponsorship and other commercial agreements having an aggregate value in excess of $500 million

Representative M&A and Corporate Experience

• Stifel Financial Corp. in connection with nearly all of its 30+ acquisitions, which collectively have transformed Stifel from a regional brokerage firm to one of the leading full-service wealth management and investment banking firms in the world, with such acquisitions including Stifel’s acquisition of the Legg Mason capital markets business from Citigroup, acquisition of Ryan Beck Holdings, Inc., acquisition of 56 branches from UBS Financial Services Inc., acquisition of Sterne Agee Group, Inc., acquisition of the U.S. wealth management business of Barclays and acquisition of Vining-Sparks and its affiliates (named Americas Financial Services Deal of the Year by Global M&A Network at the 2023 M&A Atlas Awards)
• Emerson Electric Co. in connection with numerous acquisitions and divestitures, including its approximately $118 million acquisition of the publicly-traded Stratos International, Inc., its approximately $165 million divestiture of its Chromalox Industrial Division and its approximately $145 million divestiture of XOMOX Corporation
• International Paper Company in connection with its approximately $185 million acquisition of Central Lewmar, LLC (a subsidiary of Chrysalis Capital Partners, Inc.), its approximately $199 million sale of 163,000 acres of real estate properties in the southeastern U.S. and other acquisition and divestiture transactions
• TALX Corporation in connection with its $1.4 billion public company merger transaction with Equifax Inc. and numerous acquisitions
• Windstream Corporation in connection with its approximately $782 million acquisition of Q-Comm Corporation
• ABB in connection with its approximately $4.2 billion acquisition of Baldor Electric Company
• Delaware North Companies in connection with its acquisition of a majority interest in Patina Restaurant Group
• MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. in connection with its $200 million+ acquisition of Sun Edison LLC
• The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. in connection with its investment in Glamour Sales and expansion into China
• Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. in connection with various cross-border investment activities
• American Water Company in connection with numerous acquisitions