Latest Trends and Legal Issues in Sports Business: Session 8 - Investment in sports teams ・ Latest Trends in M&A
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Latest Trends and Legal Issues in Sports Business: Session 8 - Investment in sports teams ・ Latest Trends in M&A
- Assignment of sports investment and possibility for impact investment
Tokyo partner Hironori Inagaki, Tokyo associate Takahisa Watanabe, Tokyo associate Masayuki Obata, and Nagoya associate Yuya Muramatsu co-authored an article titled “Latest Trends and Legal Issues in Sports Business: Session 8 - Investment in sports teams ・ Latest Trends in M&A - Assignment of sports investment and possibility for impact investment,” published in NBL No. 1290 (May. 15, 2025 edition) by Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
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He understands and solves his client’s essential needs and challenges by leveraging his extensive domestic and international connections in the sports and entertainment field as well as his experience gained during secondment to the business side of a domestic sports management company.
He has assisted numerous companies in the area of Sports Digital Transformation (data business, sports betting, fantasy sports, NFT, sports tokens) and is experienced in cases involving a wide range of legal issues at the intersection of sports and technology. He is also the
Representative Director of the Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion, an industry organization that aims to industrialize sports using digital transformation, etc., and is well versed in the latest trends and issues in the industry both domestically and internationally.
He was also selected as a finalist for Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) in the ALB Japan Law Awards 2024, sponsored by Asian Legal Business (ALB) and Thomson Reuters.