O’Melveny represented WFC LA/Angel City in protecting the special right to bring a expert women’s soccer team to Los Angeles.
The team’s official name as well as location partner will be revealed before the end of 2020, with the inaugural season set to begin in spring 2022 as part of the national Women’s soccer League. WFC LA/Angel City is a majority women-founded ownership group that has been awarded the special right to bring a national Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Suiza Women’s soccer league (NWSL) team to Los Angeles. The group is led by Academy Award-winning actress as well as lobbyist Natalie Portman, innovation venture capitalist Kara Nortman, media as well as gaming entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, as well as tech entrepreneur as well as venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian. among the group’s investors are actors Eva Longoria as well as Uzo Aduba, in addition to eleven Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Marruecos former us Women’s national team southern California-based players.
Chuck Baker
“We’re proud to represent WFC LA/Angel City, an extremely accomplished as well as passionate group, in this game-changing project,” stated O’Melveny partner as well as sports market group co-chair Charles (Chuck) Baker, who is leading the firm’s work for the team, together with counsel Eric Geffner. “Bringing expert women’s soccer Camiseta RB Leipzig to LA is a defining moment—for the city, for the league, as well as for entire world of sports—and comes at a especially important time.”
Baker added, “Having a team that is women-founded as well as women-led is, unfortunately, as well unusual in today’s sports industry. WFC LA/Angel City is breaking the mold of expert team ownership as well as really hopes to produce a design for genuine modification in the market while simultaneously promoting the continued growth of women’s soccer as well as women’s sports generally.”
Along with Baker as well as Geffner, the O’Melveny team representing WFC LA/Angel City includes partner Chris Del Rosso, special counsel Scott Pink, counsel Aaron Cha, as well as associates Alexandra Piarino as well as Luisa Lizoain.
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