Latham & Watkins Advises Goldman Sachs on Strategic Partnership With Excel Sports Management

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives (Goldman Sachs) in its strategic partnership with Excel Sports Management. Excel Sports Management, an industry-leading sports agency that represents iconic talent such as Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter, blue-chip brands, and marquee properties, has entered into a definitive agreement with Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives to form a new strategic partnership. Goldman Sachs will support Excel with a global platform and deep experience in the sports market, including integrated sports advisory, financing and wealth management franchises, together with a leading technology and media investment banking franchise. Latham & Watkins LLP represented Goldman Sachs in the transaction with a team composed by: New York partners David Beller and Edmond Parhami, with associates Marc Klepner, Yihsin Wang, Emma Giusto, and Patrick Frith; tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz; entertainment, sports, and media matters by Los Angeles partners Rick Offsay and Kendall Johnson, with associates Sam Lehman and Sammy Camy; benefits and compensation matters by Washington, D.C. partner Adam Kestenbaum, with associates Hayden Rutledge, Daniel Bop, and Lewis Ntolla; US employment and labor matters by Los Angeles partner Joe Farrell and Chicago counsel Laura Waller, with associate Jocelyn Wexler; UK employment and labor matters by London partner Kendall Burnett, with associate Joseph Goddard; US data privacy matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons-Reponte; UK/EU data privacy matters by London/Dubai counsel Danielle van der Merwe, with associates Kate Burrell and Jia Hao Clarence Cheong; intellectual property matters by New York partner Jessica Cohen, with associate Ece Gonulal; real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler, with associates Leah Toney and Sarah Jeon; antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Amanda Reeves and Peter Todaro, with associates Bernie Archbold and Alec Dougherty; environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Aron Potash, with associate Georgia Bellett; compliance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Bargnesi; sanctions and export controls matters by Washington, D.C. partner Andrew Galdes, with associate Joelle Hageboutros; and insurance matters by Los Angeles partners Harrison White and Drew Levin.

Latham & Watkins Advises Goldman Sachs on Strategic Partnership With Excel Sports Management

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