Arent Fox’s Jared Bartie, a counsel in the firm’s Sports Law">Sports practice, is profiled in the April 30 edition of Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal.

“The Sports Lawyers In-Depth” profile features Jared in a piece titled “Legal Team – How these lawyers found their way to sports and why their influence is rising.”

SportsBusiness Journal reports:

In 2007, while working in the NBA, Jared Bartie hired law firm Arent Fox to help negotiate an arena-naming rights contract. Not only did the partnership result in a deal, it laid the groundwork for Bartie to become part of Arent Fox as of last year. Arent Fox, founded in Washington, DC, made Bartie part of its sports practice in the firm’s New York offices. … Stadium and arena development, franchise sales and acquisitions, and labor and employment contracts are also Arent Fox areas of emphasis. … The pathway to Arent Fox provided Bartie with experiences that make him more than just a source of legal expertise. “I functioned as an attorney, as a business adviser [and as] an operator,” he said. “So I have a 360 view of the landscape.”

To read the full SportsBusiness Journal profile of Jared Bartie, please click here.