October 3, 2013 (New York) – Proskauer represented Sunrise Sports & Entertainment, and its general Partner, Clifford Viner, in the sale of the Florida Panthers (NHL), including the operations of the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, to Vincent Viola, Chief Executive Officer of Virtu Financial. The transaction closed on September 26, 2013.
Leading the Proskauer team were the firm's Chairman, Joseph M. Leccese, Wayne Katz (Sports) and Ronald R. Papa, co-Chair of the firm's Corporate Department and co-head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. The team included partners, Andrew Bettwy (Finance), Daryn Grossman (Technology, Media & Communications), Amanda Nussbaum (Tax), Howard Robbins (Labor & Employment) and Steven Weinstein (Employee Benefits); Senior Counsel Jenifer deWolf Paine (Intellectual Property); and associates Van Ann Bui (Corporate), Yoon Suk Choo (Corporate), Steven Einhorn (Employee Benefits), Mina Farbood (Mergers & Acquisitions), Malcolm Hochenberg (Tax), Katrina McCann (Employee Benefits), Yelena Simonyuk (Environmental),Ted Tywang (Corporate), and Jessica Weitzman (Technology, Media & Communications).
Recognized as the nation's leading sports practice by U.S. News & World Report-Best Lawyers and Chambers USA, among others, Proskauer's Sports Law Group is widely considered the go-to practice for sports-related matters, from bet-the-company disputes to high-profile collective bargaining negotiations, the purchase and sale of teams, complex financings, the naming of stadiums, formation of new leagues and high-stakes contract negotiations. The group represents the National Football League, National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer, as well as the ATP and WTA tours, the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Jets, among many other sports and related entities.
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