Brody Wilkinson’s Business & Finance Group provides legal services to professional athletes, coaches, teams and other individuals and organizations involved with sports. The firm’s attorneys are uniquely experienced in handling the wide range of legal issues that arise in the rapidly emerging business of sports.
The firm serves as general counsel to professional athletes and professional and amateur teams and organizations handling all legal matters, including licensing, product endorsement and sponsorship agreements, name and intellectual property protection and portfolio management, charitable foundation organization and operation, and contract and employment matters. The firm is experienced in dealing with name, image and likeness (NIL) issues and also provides a full range of legal services to coaches, including contract drafting, negotiation and employment issues. In addition, the firm represents a variety of businesses and organizations involved in sports and the health and fitness area. In all matters, clients benefit from our knowledge of the sports business and its unique legal issues.
Representative matters include:
Representation of a client in the negotiation of a long-term partnership with a leading sports equipment manufacturer for the launch of a new lifestyle brand offering a full range of premium apparel and footwear.
Representation of a professional tennis player in connection with the transfer of trademarks into a new entity.
Representation of a Connecticut-based sports supplement brand in connection with multiple athlete sponsorship and influencer agreements.
Representation of a former NCAA tennis champion with his first clothing sponsorship deal.
Representation of a NCAA Division 1 university in connection with name, likeness and image (NIL) issues.
Representation of a purchaser in the acquisition and operation of a regional youth premier soccer program.
Representation of a lacrosse equipment company in negotiating a contract with an athlete endorser.
Representation of an aspiring professional golfer in connection with an investment opportunity to finance the athlete’s training.
Representation of a college basketball coach in connection with an employment issue.
Representation as general counsel for a minor league professional hockey team.
Representation of a professional soccer team fan club in negotiating a licensing agreement between team and fan club.
Representation of a Connecticut-based health club in connection with the preparation of contractual documents, including a membership agreement and liability waiver.
