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Eric is a seasoned legal and strategic advisor with a focus on sports transactions of all kinds, including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, dispositions, venue development, and financing of major sports and entertainment venues and other complex projects.
Eric advises on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions involving NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB, and UEFA teams, leagues, and related assets, guiding clients through deal structuring, due diligence, negotiation of definitive agreements, and closing. Eric has also negotiated, drafted, and advised on architectural, construction, and consultancy agreements for more than $25 billion in new development, construction, and renovations of NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, UEFA, and NCAA venues and ancillary developments, including more than 25 arenas, stadiums, and training centers. Eric also counsels sports and entertainment clients on issues relating to the procurement, design, development, and construction of venue projects as well as issues relating to real estate, financing, and use of facilities. He also counsels sports and entertainment industry clients on a broad variety of matters, including team and league transactions, venue development, sponsorship, naming rights, technology development, retail, food and beverage, project leases, franchise agreements, licenses, and event operations.
In addition to his work in sports transactions, Eric advises clients on non-sports infrastructure projects, bringing the same transactional and development expertise to manufacturing, energy, agriculture, and other complex infrastructure development. This work includes advising on, negotiating, and drafting construction, design, engineering, development, and other definitive agreements for manufacturing, energy, agricultural, semiconductor, transportation, education, and public assembly clients.
Eric previously served as a partner at an international law firm. Before then, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at CAA ICON, a division of CAA Sports, an industry-leading owner's representative, project management, and strategic management consulting firm for public/private sports, entertainment, and public assembly facility owners and operators, professional teams, and leagues. Eric also served as an executive sponsor of the company's Inclusion Committee, and regularly advised and helped establish and implement inclusion initiatives.
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