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The number of private equity (PE) firms investing in the sports sector appears to be ever increasing, and there have been a number of recent transactions in the sector that are noteworthy.

2020/2021 was a season unlike any other. With the Premier League having to react to COVID-19 restrictions and also respond to the “European Super League” fall-out, what become apparent was the resurgence of the power of the fans. We analyse this trend, and other ownership trends we have identified and we suggest how these trends can be used to predict what might come next for EPL clubs.

Investors looking to engage in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the industry are expected to be aware of the obligations, risks and challenges faced by its participants and what to focus on when assessing the viability of a transaction.

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

The English Premier League (EPL) is fast approaching the end of its third decade, having begun in 1992. 12 of the original 22 EPL teams from 1992 are still in the EPL.

Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets (the Nets) is having a career year in the National Basketball Association (the NBA), both on and off the court.

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

This article is part of a series of Norton Rose Fulbright articles about legal, regulatory and governance issues facing the e-sports industry.

Arsenal FC has recently installed the largest battery energy storage system in any UK sporting venue. Located in the basement of the Emirates, the Tesla 2MW/2.5 MWh lithium ion battery storage system (BSS) can power the 60,000 seat stadium for an entire match, which is equivalent to supplying energy to 2,700 homes for two hours.

In a recently filed lawsuit, an investor in athletic retailer Lululemon Athletica Inc. (“Lululemon”) alleges that the company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) ignored the behavior of ex-CEO, Laurent Potdevin, allowing a “toxic” work culture to develop at the company.