Michael A. Rueda
Partner | Head of US Sports and Entertainment
Michael is a partner and head of US sports and entertainment.
Michael’s sports and entertainment practice focuses on providing personalized and holistic advice to today’s business minded athletes, entertainers and artists, that allows clients to focus on achieving success in their chosen profession and to launch successful secondary careers, often before their first ones come to an end. Michael advises clients on matters such as: brand management arrangements, including licensing, endorsement, sponsorship, and brand ambassador agreements; professional employment or service arrangements, including general employment, coaching and playing contracts; personal business and investment activities, including U.S. direct and fund investments, joint ventures, fund formation, structuring and forming new business entities and ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and assets; and media and reputation management.
Michael also represents sports teams, team owners and ownership groups, sports and entertainment agencies and management companies, athletic apparel and equipment brands, fashion brands, and film production companies, on a range of corporate and commercial activities.
Michael’s corporate practice focuses on representing companies and funds of varying sizes and across industries. He regularly advises on corporate governance matters; debt and equity financing transactions; mergers and acquisitions; and fund formation.
Michael is also a regular contributor to Forbes.
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公开活动
Represented investment fund in its private equity investment in restaurant operator and franchisor.
Advised Italian soccer player Andrea Pirlo and his agent in connection with his transfer from Juventus FC to Major League Soccer, negotiating on the player’s contract and image rights.
Securities counsel to special purpose acquisition company focused on consummating an initial business transaction in the Commonwealth of Australia, in connection with its initial public offering of $64 million of units.
State of Connecticut, 2006
State of New York, 2007
‘:“Global Sports Stars, Entertainers, And Citizens Rally In Support of Wildfire Relief And Demand Action On Climate Change,’”:https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelrueda/2020/01/14/global-sports-stars-entertainers-and-citizens-rally-in-support-of-wildfire-relief-and-demand-action-on-climate-change/#46e5eac32126Forbes- January, 14 2020
‘Why The NCAA Should Act Swiftly And Meaningfully On Allowing College Athletes To Profit On Their Name, Image, and Likeness’, Forbes - December 17, 2019
‘How Gaming Star and Influencer Andrew "Nasher" Telfer is Growing the Sport of Hockey,’ Forbes - October 30, 2019
‘Explore Strategies to Help Build Your Brand’, Merrill Financial Advisors, New York- December 2019, speaker
St. John’s University School of Law, LL.M. in International Sports Law Practice, New York - November 2015, guest lecturer
‘Practical Consideration When Bringing Players to Major League Soccer’, 2015 World Sports Law Report’s Sport Contracts conference, London - November 2015
个人简介
I love being able to combine my passion for sport with the law
学历背景
语言
- English
- Spanish
