Legal and Business Solutions for the Sports Industry
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Fine Strategies is a trusted partner to sports industry clients seeking expert legal and business consulting services.
With decades of experience in sports, corporate, and administrative legal matters, attorney Jonathan Fine helps clients navigate the often complex challenges arising from facility development, team ownership transfers, naming rights and other sponsorships, media rights, and project financing.
Fine Strategies’ clients include professional teams, universities, local governments, and corporations. From nine-figure naming rights deals to developing user-friendly contract forms – and just about everything in between - we provide tailored, efficient, and effective counsel to help our clients achieve their goals.
"Jonathan played a critical role in advising us during development of Truist Field. He interacted and negotiated with local officials, and he drafted our stadium lease, our naming rights agreement, and many other related documents at the time – really from A to Z.”
Dan Rajkowski, Chief Operating Officer Charlotte Knights Baseball
Recent Representative Projects
Facility Development (2023). Represented municipality in development of ballpark as catalyst at core of $2.4 billion economic development project. Negotiated and drafted facility use and management agreement with MLB-affiliated (AA level) minor league baseball club, also the anchor tenant for the facility.
Team Transfer Transaction (2022). Represented purchaser in transfer of MLB-affiliated (High A level) minor league baseball team, as well as purchase of downtown stadium serving as team’s home venue. Also advised regarding ballpark-adjacent real estate development opportunities.
Facility Management Agreement (2022). Represented major University’s athletic department in outsourcing management and operation of University’s 14,000-seat basketball arena. Negotiated and drafted management agreement with third-party facility operator.