“MVP: Sidley's Chuck Baker,” Law360, November 4, 2024
“The NFL’s Private Equity Era Won’t Be the Bloodbath You Think—for Now,” Front Office Sports, September 12th, 2024
“Sports Lawyers and Team Investments: A Hot Market”, Price of Business Show, August 14, 2024
“Kansas City Chiefs dominate NFL on the field, struggle to profit off of it,” The Street, September 24, 2024
“Even Private Equity Bows to the Market Power of the NFL,” The American Lawyer, August 28, 2024
“BakerHostetler, Faegre Drinker, Sidley Austin All Get Recent Lifts From Florida's Sports Stadium Boom,” Daily Business Review, August 2, 2024
“Strategic Voices: How outside counsel guided Jacksonville in its Jaguars deal,” Jacksonville Business Journal, July 29, 2024
“Putting a Price on the Tour de France: Business of Sports,” Bloomberg, July 19, 2024
“Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup overflows with big dollars spilling into South Florida business, community coffers,” SunSentinel, June 28, 2024
“Wall Street Law Firms Invade Booming World of Pro Sports Deals,” Bloomberg Law, June 3, 2024
“This NJ kid told Eli Manning he was traded to Giants: 20 years later, he tells his story,” NorthJersey.com, April 24, 2024
“SBJ Spotlight: Sidley Austin's Eric Geffner,” Sports Business Journal, April 19, 2024
“Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2024: Meet Hollywood’s Top Entertainment Attorneys,” Variety, April 17, 2024
“Billboard’s 2024 Top Music Lawyers Revealed,” Billboard, April 1, 2024
“Private Equity’s Sports Deal Machine Kicks in With Women’s Soccer,” The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2024
“Why not sell major league baseball teams to their fans?,” The Washington Post, March 26, 2024
“Charles Baker, Partner, Sidley Austin, Co-Chair Entertainment, Sports & Media – He Shoots, He Scores!: Winning Strategies for the Game of Sports and Entertainment Investments,” Welcome to the Arena, January 17, 2024
“So, You Want to Buy a Pro Sports Team? Here’s How,” GQ, January 16, 2024
“The European football clubs turning stadiums into cash cows,” Financial Times, January 6, 2024
“Variety’s Dealmakers of 2023: Hollywood’s Dealmakers Kept Industry on Course in a Turbulent Year,” Variety, December 14, 2023
“Sidley Guides Caps, Wizards In Move To New $2B Va. Arena,” Law360, December 13, 2023
“Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers of 2023: Sidley’s Matthew C. Thompson,” The Hollywood Reporter, December 4, 2023
“2024 Female Sports Revenues Predicted to Break $1B Barrier,” Law360, November 29, 2023
“Sidley Attorneys Say Private Investors’ Sports Plays Have Moved Beyond Vanity Projects,” The Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2023
“Hollywood’s New Leaders of 2023,” Variety, November 1, 2023
“MVP: Sidley’s Irwin P. Raij,” Law360, October 26, 2023
“'It's the Main Industry We're Getting Reach Out From': How Sports Became Big Law's Favourite Sector,” Law.com, October 26, 2023
“LA Plays Hard,” Los Angeles Business Journal, October 9, 2023
“For U.S. investors seeking an edge in European soccer, the cheaper the better,” CNBC, October 8, 2023
“Sports Attorney Irwin Raij on How Messi’s Big Move is ‘Electric’ for Miami,” Commercial Observer, June 26, 2023
“Messi Deal Signals South Florida’s Highly Coveted Place in Global Sports,” Daily Business Review, June 12, 2023
“Angel City FC Leads Charge on Increased Women’s Sports Investments,” Los Angeles Business Journal, April 10, 2023
“Crowded Sports Sector Forces Private-Equity Firms to Hone Strategies,” The Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2023
“Major Sports Leagues Bulk Up Rosters with Private Fund Managers,” FundFire, March 22, 2023
“The next big prize in sports streaming will be Spanish-language rights to soccer and more — here's why NBCUniversal's Peacock has a running start,” Business Insider, March 8, 2023
“Law Firms Score As Pro Sports Team Values, Scandals Soar,” Law360, February 3, 2023
“Predictions, Storylines and Everything Else the Sports Industry Is Watching in 2023,” Morning Consult, December 21, 2022
“The big buyout funds may be ready for their first major club acquisition – sweet music for the Glazers,” Off The Pitch, December 20, 2022
“Private Equity Swings for the Fences with Professional Sports,” Mergers & Acquisitions, November/December 2022
“Impact Investment Structure Draws New Capital Into Sports,” Sportico, November 16, 2022
“From Bezos to Ryan Reynolds, $16 Billion Worth of Teams Are Stoking Buyers,” Sportico, November 8, 2022
“Global investors hunt smaller European teams to ride football boom,” Financial Times, October 14, 2022
“Chiefs’ Wheel of (Potential) Fortune: So what can the team do with all that space at Truman Sports Complex if the Royals depart for Downtown? Here's how it could play out,” Kansas City Business Journal, September 29, 2022
“MVP: Sidley’s Irwin Raij,” Law360, September 27, 2022
“NWSL: Value proposition - Record-setting investments are part of a trend that shows the growing strength of the league,” Sports Business Journal, August 15, 2022
“Big Law Comes to Miami – Scores Grads and Faculty for Sports, Entertainment Law Group,” News and Events - University of Miami School of Law, August 12, 2022
“Sidley Partner Irwin Raij Interviewed on Newsy Primetime Show ‘The Why,’” Newsy, August 10, 2022
“NFL Team Valuations 2022: Cowboys Rule at $7.6B as Average Tops $4B,” Sportico, August 1, 2022
“Euro Movers: Sidley Bets on Downes’ Sporting and Gaming Experience,” The Deal, July 22, 2022
“Sidley Adds Private Equity Pro From Proskauer,” Law360, July 22, 2022
“Sidley Austin boosts London private equity practice with Proskauer partner hire,” The Global Legal Post, July 4, 2022
“More on Sports Lawyers Chuck Baker and Irwin Raij Arrival at Sidley,” Sports Litigation Alert, Volume 19, June 3, 2022
“Episode 67,” SportBusiness Finance Weekly Podcast, May 23, 2022
“Veteran Sports Lawyers Chuck Baker and Irwin Raij Join Sidley,” Sports Litigation Alert, Volume 19, May 20, 2022
“Sidley Hauls In Sports Industry Duo From O’Melveny,” Law360, May 17, 2022
“Sports Power Attorneys Tied to Boehly, Tepper and Others Jump to New Firm,” Sportico, May 16, 2022
“Charles Baker and Irwin Raij Join Sidley Austin as Co-Chairs of Entertainment, Sports and Media Industry Group,” Yahoo! Entertainment, May 16, 2022
“Charles Baker and Irwin Raij Join Sidley Austin as Co-Chairs of Entertainment, Sports and Media Industry Group,” Variety, May 16, 2022
“Top sports lawyers Chuck Baker, Irwin Raij join Sidley Austin LLP,” Sports Business Journal, May 16, 2022
“Sidley Austin Doubles Miami Head Count Amid Sports Practice Expansion,” The American Lawyer, May 16, 2022
“Sidley Adds Sports Duo That Aided Tepper in NFL Panthers Buy (2),” Bloomberg Law, May 16, 2022
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