The Rogers Towers Sports and Entertainment Team serves as a resource for athletes, sports agents, teams, franchises, and entertainers, offering a full-range of legal services focusing on their client’s needs.
Clients in the sports and entertainment industry face a fast-paced, ever-changing landscape that is as broad, far-reaching, and diverse as any in the legal field. The Rogers Towers team is comprised of full-time, dedicated attorneys who offer counsel and advice of unmatched quality and are uniquely positioned to serve a client’s needs, all the while, helping clients to achieve unprecedented results.
Our attorneys have handled the following representative matters:
- Drafted, negotiated, and advised clients regarding confidentiality, non-disclosure, exclusivity agreements, and non-competition agreements and provisions and releases therefrom
- Advised regarding royalty agreements
- Prepared and negotiated social media management contracts
- Drafted talent booking and talent management agreements
- Drafted, negotiated, and revised employment, sponsorship, and endorsement agreements
- Advised clients regarding corporate and business formation matters, business ventures, and related matters
- Drafted, negotiated, and reviewed public, television, and radio appearance, publicity, and performance agreements for entertainment clients
- Represent clients in commercial and residential real estate purchases, sales, options, leases, and investments, development, and related transactional matters
- Represented clients in contract negotiations, extensions, disciplinary proceedings, and settlement discussions
- Represented and advised client regarding protection, licensing, and provision of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and machine deep learning software, products, and services and structuring of business providing same
- Successfully represented athletes in sensitive litigation and transactional matters in multiple jurisdictions, including proceedings in U.S. territories requiring bilingual representation
- Assisted athletic trainers in developing cutting-edge athletic technologies and protecting related intellectual property
- Analyzed appropriate comparators for salary arbitrations
- Drafted press releases, controversial announcements, and other public-relations messaging controls
- Assisted sports agents in client management
- Generated and managed extensive intellectual property portfolios for venue technology providers
- Planned and prepared estates, wills and trusts for individuals and families
- Represented area sports franchises in stadium and venue lease negotiations, vendor contract negotiations, and related matters
- Negotiated title sponsor agreement, ESPN broadcasting agreement and ACC and SEC conference affiliation agreements for college football bowl game
- Managed political relationships and negotiated lease agreement with the City of Jacksonville on behalf of a college football bowl game and minor league hockey team
- Represented athlete clients in paternity and marital disputes
