Latham & Watkins LLP

Frank Saviano advises on complex and business-critical corporate matters in the sports and media industry.

Frank counsels leading participants in the sports and media industry ranging from major sports leagues, professional sports teams, and team owners to private equity firms, financial institutions, sports media networks, and sports-adjacent companies. Frank regularly advises on:

• • Professional sports franchise investments, acquisitions, and sales
  • Sports and media-related M&A
  • Media rights
  • Joint ventures
  • Strategic investments
  • Sponsorships and other significant commercial transactions
  • Arena and stadium development
  • Sports gambling transactions
  • League governance and rules

Frank currently serves on the firm's Associates Committee.

Accolades

Frank has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the sports industry by a number of publications, including Variety (which named him in its 2017 Dealmakers Elite list and 2019-2020 Dealmakers Impact Report), Leaders in Sport, Chambers USA, Law360, The Legal 500, Euromoney, Sports Business Journal (which selected him for the publication’s Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame, after naming him to the Forty Under 40 list for 2015, 2018, and 2019), and The National Law Journal 2021 who named him as a NLJ Trailblazer for Sports, Gaming & Entertainment Law.