The National Women’s Soccer League has announced it has awarded expansion rights for team #14 to an investment group representing the Bay Area, California with Sixth Street as the club’s majority investor. Sixth Street is making the largest institutional investment in women’s professional soccer to date as the NWSL experiences record-breaking viewership, attendance, and sponsorship growth. The new club will begin play in 2024.
Latham & Watkins LLP represents Sixth Street in the transaction with an entertainment, sports and media team led by New York partner Frank Saviano and Century City partner Kendall Johnson, with Century City associates Omeed Anvar, Kaitlin Ray, and Will Walker. Advice was also provided on corporate matters by Chicago associates Jana Kovich, Omar Ammash, Teddy Finneran, and Erica Kucharski; on intellectual property matters by Los Angeles partner Ghaith Mahmood; on benefits matters by New York partner Erin Murphy, with associate Madeline Hong; on tax matters by Bay Area partner Katharine Moir, with Houston associate Christine Mainguy; and on litigation matters by New York partner Jamie Wine, with associate Ryan Jones.
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