WASHINGTON, DC and LOS ANGELES – Arent Fox partners Rich Brand and Steve Cohen served as counsel to the Los Angeles Lakers in connection with the Lakers’ new 20-year, wide-ranging agreement with Time Warner Cable for rights to distribute all locally available pre-season, regular season, and post-season Lakers games, beginning with the 2012-2013 season.

To showcase the games, Time Warner Cable will launch two regional sports networks in HD, including the nation’s first Spanish-language regional sports network, with new state-of-the-art facilities in Los Angeles, to bring fans the most compelling Lakers content using the latest technology. The networks will be available to all satellite, cable and telco distributors in the Lakers’ territory, which includes all of Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii.

According to Mr. Brand, the chair of the firm’s sports practice, “Arent Fox is proud to have played a role in this game-changing transaction and is honored to have represented the Lakers. This transaction, together with our work on the largest arena naming rights transaction, Barclays Center, as well as our recent work in connection with the sale of the Washington Wizards and the Charlotte Bobcats, demonstrates the breadth of Arent Fox’s sports practice.”

About Arent Fox’s Sports Practice
Arent Fox's Sports Practice is one of the most experienced in the United States. Our attorneys have extensive knowledge in sports sales and acquisitions, stadium/arena developments, sports naming/sponsorship rights, and media rights. We regularly advise clients on labor and employment contracts for players, coaches and sports team executives. Our team is active in almost all of the major professional sports and our attorneys have served as counsel to various professional teams, including the Washington Wizards, the Los Angeles Lakers, the New Jersey Nets, the Atlanta Spirit, the Charlotte Bobcats, the New York Jets, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Washington Capitals, and the DC United. We also have represented numerous purchasers and sellers of professional teams and events. In addition, we have advised clients on both sides of major naming rights transactions, including transactions with respect to the Barclays Center, Time Warner Cable Arena, AT&T Park, and PPL Park.

For more information about Arent Fox’s Sports Practice, please contact:

Rich Brand
Washington, DC
rbrand@arentfox.com
202.857.6427

Maidie E. Oliveau
Los Angeles
oliveau.maidie@arentfox.com
213.443.7553

Jared F. Bartie
New York
bartie.jared@arentfox.com
212.492.3303