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    Richard S.A. Le Page

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    Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 and recently named to its 2025 Sports & Betting Editorial Advisory Board, Rich Le Page is a partner in the Firm’s General Practice Group. He represents clients in the real estate and sports & entertainment industries on a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, fund and joint venture formations, restructuring transactions and sponsorship matters. Rich also serves as co-chair of the corporate and transactional subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association Sports Law Committee.

    Spotlight

    S&C Advises Blue Pool Capital in Flag Football Leagues Investment

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    S&C Advises MLB on First-of-Its-Kind Arrangement with CFTC

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    S&C Lawyers Author Bloomberg Law Article on Brand Sponsorship Investments

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    S&C Advises Strategic Investors Acquiring Minority Stake in Minnesota Twins

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    Experience

    • Anheuser Busch InBev in (1) the extension of its nearly 40-year partnership with FIFA as the official beer sponsor of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ and the FIFA World Cup 2026™, (2) the extension of its Worldwide Olympic Partnership through to 2032 with the International Olympic Committee, through which AB InBev’s Corona Cero will be the global beer sponsor of the Olympic Games and (3) its sponsorship agreement with UEFA Club Competitions SA (UC3) to become the Official Beer Partner for all UEFA Men’s Club Competitions (excluding the UEFA Youth League) for the 2027/2028 through 2032/2033 seasons
    • Atlanta Hawks in connection with the development of The Centennial Yards (previously known as the Gulch) in downtown Atlanta
    • ATL Investco in connection with Blue Owl HomeCourt Partners’ minority equity investment in the Atlanta Hawks
    • Bill Ackman, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, in connection with The Professional Tennis Players Association’s launch of Winners Alliance and its equity raises
    • Blue Pool Capital in its investment in the men’s and women’s professional flag football leagues organized by the NFL and TMRW Sports
    • Breakthrough Properties and Tishman Speyer in the construction loan financing of the Harvard Enterprise Research campus and in various equity joint venture arrangements
    • Comcast Corporation and the Philadelphia Flyers in connection with the development of a new home arena for the Flyers and 76ers and various related transactions
    • Daniel Och and a separate minority investor in connection with their investments in the Tampa Bay Lightning
    • Dean Spanos on matters related to the ownership of the Los Angeles Chargers NFL franchise
    • First Football LLC in connection with its interests in the Las Vegas Raiders NFL franchise
    • Glick Family Investments and others in their investments in the Minnesota Twins
    • Joe Tsai in connection with the issuance of a minority interest in BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and Barclays Center, to investors Julia Koch and her children and in connection with his 2018 purchase of a 49% interest in the Brooklyn Nets and renegotiation of the Brooklyn Nets’ arena license at the Barclays Center and in connection with his 2019 purchase of the remaining interests in the Brooklyn Nets and acquisition of the Barclays Center as well as various other ongoing matters
    • Major League Baseball in numerous transactions, including its $900 million sale of its 15% interest in BAMTech to The Walt Disney Company, its development of the modern minor league system, various other matters relating to regional sports networks and prediction markets
    • McCourt Partners in its acquisition of a core piece of the Dallas Design District, which includes nearly 800,000 square feet of leased showroom, retail and flex office space, through a partnership with HN Capital Partners
    • New York Liberty in a capital raise involving Jack Ma, Karen Finerman, Thasunda Brown Duckett, Karlie Kloss and several other strategic investors
    • TF Cornerstone in connection with the redevelopment of the Grand Hyatt in New York and related transactions
    • Tishman Speyer Properties in connection with numerous construction financings, subscription financings, separate managed account formations and joint venture investment transactions
    • UBS in connection with its 20-year naming rights agreement for UBS Arena, the home of the New York Islanders
    • Vinod and Neal Khosla in their investment in the San Francisco 49ers

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    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2015
    • University of Waterloo, M.Acct., 2010
    • University of Waterloo, B.A.F.M., 2009

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

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