Sidley Represents the Professional Fighters League in US$100 Million Investment by PIF

September 6, 2023

Sidley represented the Professional Fighters League (PFL) in the sale of a minority ownership stake to SRJ Sports Investments, the sports-focused fund recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). PFL, which presents MMA in a sports-season format, in which individual fighters compete in a regular season, playoffs and championship, is the initial investment by SRJ.

The Sidley team was led by partner and Entertainment, Sports and Media co-chair Charles (Chuck) Baker and M&A and Private Equity partners Michiel Visser and Tony Downes. The team also included Tax partner Jason Menzies as well as Labor, Employment and Immigration partner Peter McCorkell.

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Charles H. Baker

Partner

cbaker@sidley.com +1 212 839 6750 +1 305 391 5207

New York, Miami

*Admitted to practice only in New York. Not admitted to practice in Florida.
Michiel Visser

Partner

mvisser@sidley.com +1 212 839 6057

New York
Tony Downes

Partner

tdownes@sidley.com +44 20 7360 3637

London
Jason Menzies

Partner

jason.menzies@sidley.com +44 20 7360 2053

London
Peter McCorkell

Partner

pmccorkell@sidley.com +44 20 7360 2075

London

*Only admitted to practice in Scotland. Not admitted to practice in England and Wales.