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The Lawyer's Daily: Money laundering, gambling in e-sports M&A: Costs of non-compliance

Trevor Zeyl Daniel Leslie

December 03, 2020

Posted in Corporate M&A and securities Regulations Tax

Scottish football’s response to COVID-19 highlights the conundrum facing European football

Tom Maturi

May 14, 2020

Posted in Football Corporate M&A and securities

With the exception of Belarus, league football across Europe came to a halt in mid-March due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Tags: Football corporate governance

Keeping possession: ownership trends in English Premier League Football

Stephen Rigby Alex Wills Tom Maturi

May 05, 2020

Posted in Football Corporate M&A and securities

This report explores the change from British to foreign ownership, as well as analysing the different types of owners we now see in the EPL.

A tech guy with a jumper: how an NBA player plans to transform his contract into a tokenized investment vehicle

Nader Hasan Ahmed Labib

April 03, 2020

Posted in Banking and finance Corporate M&A and securities

The authors would like to thank Josh Hoffman, Articling Student, for his assistance in preparing this legal update.

League of Legends – Poster boy for esports franchising

Alex Wills Tom Maturi

October 02, 2019

Posted in eSports Corporate M&A and securities Employment, labor and pensions Governance, anti-bribery and corruption

Author: Ethan Dodd. The League of Legends (LoL) Championship Series (LCS), hosted by Riot Games, is North America’s top tier League of Legends competition.

From equity to franchising: investing in esports

Alex Wills

June 12, 2019

Posted in eSports Governance, anti-bribery and corruption Corporate M&A and securities

This article looks at how companies and individuals may invest in teams, and how teams may tap on the franchising arrangements used by major esports leagues.