LaLiga and CVC have signed a strategic agreement setting in motion Boost LaLiga (LaLiga Impulso), the project to boost the global growth of LaLiga and its clubs.
The agreement between LaLiga and CVC will see the league and clubs receive a total of €1.994 billion which will be used for technology, innovation, internationalisation, and sporting growth initiatives.
Latham & Watkins represents CVC in the transaction with a multidisciplinary team led from Madrid by corporate partner Ignacio GĂłmez-Sancha, with counsels Luis Manuel Lozano and JosĂ© MarĂa Alonso. Advice was provided on tax matters by partners Jordi DomĂnguez and Iván Rabanillo; on competition matters by partner JosĂ© MarĂa JimĂ©nez-Laiglesia; on litigation matters by partner Ă“scar Franco; and on financing matters by partner Pedro de Rojas. London corporate partner Edward Barnett and entertainment, sports & media partner Patrick Mitchell also advised.
