ArentFox Schiff’s Sports Group Named a Law360 Practice Group of the Year

The recognition reflects a landmark year for the group, which led some of the highest-profile and industry-shaping matters across the professional sports landscape.

Over the past year, the Sports Industry Group, led by Richard Brand and Eric Fishman, closed transactions for globally recognized teams, leagues, athletes, and venues. The group has been continually ranked as a leading national sports group by Sports Business Journal, Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms,” The Legal 500, and Chambers USA. In 2025, the firm and 15 attorneys were recognized in the inaugural 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers, denoting legal prowess that matches “the imprint of their client’s global reach.”

Law360 selected more than 170 practice groups across more than 30 practice areas, focusing on the group’s overall impact on its sector. Now in its 16th year, the awards recognize 90 law firms that stood out from roughly 800 submissions. 

ArentFox Schiff has one of the most experienced and diverse sports law practices in the country. The Sports Group regularly advises leagues, teams, venues, operators, sponsors, and brands across all major professional and collegiate sports throughout the United States and internationally, as well as purchasers and sellers of professional franchises and other sports properties. We have represented as many – if not more – professional sports teams than any other sports law practice. The group also represents some of the most well-known athletes, media companies, private equity firms, and sports agencies, on a broad array of sports-related engagements, encompassing both transactional and litigation matters.

Our experience covers nearly every type of commercial transaction in the sports industry, including the purchase and sale of professional sports properties, representing venues in all aspects of operations from inception to operation, including the development and implementation of naming rights and founding partnerships, as well as the negotiation and finalization of key foundational operational agreements such as management agreements, ticketing agreements, food and beverage agreements, pouring rights agreements, and more. The Sports Group is preeminent in the field of naming rights and sponsorships, having worked on some of the biggest and most innovative deals in the sports industry

ArentFox Schiff has one of the most experienced and diverse sports law practices in the country. The Sports Group regularly advises leagues, teams, venues, operators, sponsors, and brands across all major professional and collegiate sports throughout the United States and internationally, as well as purchasers and sellers of professional franchises and other sports properties. We have represented as many – if not more – professional sports teams than any other sports law practice. The group also represents some of the most well-known athletes, media companies, private equity firms, and sports agencies, on a broad array of sports-related engagements, encompassing both transactional and litigation matters.

Our experience covers nearly every type of commercial transaction in the sports industry, including the purchase and sale of professional sports properties, representing venues in all aspects of operations from inception to operation, including the development and implementation of naming rights and founding partnerships, as well as the negotiation and finalization of key foundational operational agreements such as management agreements, ticketing agreements, food and beverage agreements, pouring rights agreements, and more. The Sports Group is preeminent in the field of naming rights and sponsorships, having worked on some of the biggest and most innovative deals in the sports industry