Latham & Watkins Represents Goldman Sachs in Strategic Partnership With Excel Sports Management

Excel Sports Management, an industry-leading sports agency that represents iconic talent such as Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter, blue-chip brands, and marquee properties, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives (Goldman Sachs) to form a new strategic partnership. Goldman Sachs brings a global platform, deep experience in the sports market, integrated sports advisory, financing and wealth management franchises, and a leading technology and media investment banking franchise to support Excel.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Goldman Sachs in the transaction with a corporate team led by New York partners David Beller and Edmond Parhami, with associates Marc Klepner, Yihsin Wang, Emma Giusto, and Patrick Frith. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz; on entertainment, sports, and media matters by Los Angeles partners Rick Offsay and Kendall Johnson, with associates Sam Lehman and Sammy Camy; on benefits and compensation matters by Washington, D.C. partner Adam Kestenbaum, with associates Hayden Rutledge, Daniel Bop, and Lewis Ntolla; on US employment and labor matters by Los Angeles partner Joe Farrell and Chicago counsel Laura Waller, with associate Jocelyn Wexler; on UK employment and labor matters by London partner Kendall Burnett, with associate Joseph Goddard; on US data privacy matters by Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associate Kathryn Parsons-Reponte; on UK/EU data privacy matters by London/Dubai counsel Danielle van der Merwe, with associates Kate Burrell and Jia Hao Clarence Cheong; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Jessica Cohen, with associate Ece Gonulal; on real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler, with associates Leah Toney and Sarah Jeon; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Amanda Reeves and Peter Todaro, with associates Bernie Archbold and Alec Dougherty; on environmental matters by Los Angeles partner Aron Potash, with associate Georgia Bellett; on compliance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Joseph Bargnesi; on sanctions and export controls matters by Washington, D.C. partner Andrew Galdes, with associate Joelle Hageboutros; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partners Harrison White and Drew Levin.