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London private equity partner James Cross is featured in a Financial Times article discussing the Rugby Football Union’s decision to end automatic relegation from the top division of English rugby in a bid to attract greater investment into the sport. James commented: “This will make rugby union more appealing as an investment proposition, in particular to more international and institutional investors”. Hogan Lovells advises on some of the most high-profile private capital transactions in sports. Our market-leading team works with investors and operators to execute complex private capital and sports transactions across the UK and internationally. Read the full article here (sign-in required): https://lnkd.in/eTjmk2e3

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London private equity partner James Cross is featured in a Financial Times article discussing the Rugby Football Union’s decision to end automatic relegation from the top division of English rugby in a bid to attract greater investment into the sport. James commented: “This will make rugby union more appealing as an investment proposition, in particular to more international and institutional investors”. Hogan Lovells advises on some of the most high-profile private capital transactions in sports. Our market-leading team works with investors and operators to execute complex private capital and sports transactions across the UK and internationally. Read the full article here (sign-in required): https://lnkd.in/epiiEMQp

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A cross-practice Latham team led by London corporate partners Douglas Abernethy, Ed Barnett and sports partner Patrick Mitchell, is advising an investment group led by Andrew Cavenagh and 4​9ers Enterprises Global Football Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Rangers Football Club. https://lw.link/wrC7Ni

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A cross-practice Latham team led by London corporate partners Douglas Abernethy, Ed Barnett and sports partner Patrick Mitchell, is advising an investment group led by Andrew Cavenagh and 4​9ers Enterprises Global Football Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Rangers Football Club. https://lw.link/Pec6QC

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As a childhood Rangers fan, the FOMO of not being involved in this was pretty large but knew that the deal was in safe hands. Fingers crossed for a more stable future — A cross-practice Latham team led by London corporate partners Douglas Abernethy, Ed Barnett and sports partner Patrick Mitchell, is advising an investment group led by Andrew Cavenagh and 4​9ers Enterprises Global Football Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Rangers Football Club. https://lw.link/jcorNx

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We are proud to share the latest progress report with TheCityUK, spotlighting the UK's journey towards digital capital markets. This report provides a snapshot of the significant progress made against the recommendations in our earlier publication and highlights how industry and policymakers are moving from vision to action, particularly on digital bonds, digital payments, tokenisation, financial market infrastructure and the digital securities sandbox. But there are still a number of areas that require priority action, if the UK wishes to retain its position as a world leading financial centre. You can view our key takeaways and download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/evgNJ7Mk

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Supporting Midnite’s journey with $35 million series C investment Howard Watt and Ellie Green from our Venture Capital team acted for Dribble Media Limited (trading as Midnite), a UK-based sportsbook and casino platform with their $35 million Series C funding round led by The Raine Group. With participation from existing investors Play Ventures and Discerning Capital, this funding injection will accelerate growth, enhance technology, expand hiring and move the dial toward becoming a next generation, Tier 1 operator. Daniel Qu (Founder) commented: “We’ve been on the other side to Howard and Ellie in our seed round and now had the pleasure of working with them on our side of the table for our recent Series C. Their efficiency and pragmatism really stood out and we’re grateful for their support on a deal with many moving parts.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/epp48Z46

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Delighted to attend the Financial Times Business of Football Summit in London with my colleagues David Higgins, Chris Connolly, Christopher Weale and Ben Seymour from the Kirkland & Ellis European Sports Practice. The program covered investments in sport, the continued growth of women’s football and the evolving regulatory landscape shaping the industry.    #FTFootball #Kirklandsports Our key takeaways from the conference:

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It's a fair question - should the promoters be maximising total revenue for this one event, or do other factors (inclusion, longer-term engagement) come into the equation? What happened to the "enlightened shareholder value" buzzwords from maybe 20 years ago? #corporategovernance (Have I approved your holiday for that trip? If I reject it, can I have your ticket?) 🤣

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