"Joseph M. Leccese is the Chairman of Proskauer. In that capacity, he is responsible for leading the Firm’s global operations across its 13 offices.
Joe also is an extremely active practitioner and the co-head of Proskauer’s renowned Sports Law Group. He has a broad-based corporate practice with particular emphasis on the representation of professional sports leagues, teams and owners; college conferences; media and marketing companies; and private equity firms and financial institutions that provide capital to the broad array of transactions that occur in the sports industry. Joe is the only transactional lawyer in the nation rated “Band 1” in Sports by Chambers.
Leagues, Teams and Owners
Joe's sports experience includes numerous matters for the National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, PAC-12 Conference, Big East Conference, ATP World Tour, WTA Tour, USGA and NASCAR, as well as for a number of teams, owners and media entities that he advises on a continuing basis.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Joe regularly handles matters relating to the acquisition, financing, operation and equity funding of professional sports teams, including the sale of the Buffalo Bills and the acquisition of the Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and Chivas USA. He also has represented bidders for many other teams across a broad variety of sports, both in privately negotiated sales and in auctions, and has advised leagues and governing bodies on scores of M&A transactions over the past 25 years, including advising the NBA on the recent $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers. "
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