Davis Polk & Wardwell and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz led the legal work on the record-setting $3.9 billion sale of the San Diego Padres to private equity billionaire José Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones.
The sale highlights how highly profitable New York law firms have broken into the niche practice advising on the largest sports franchise sales. The Padres sale price set a record for a Major League Baseball franchise.
Davis Polk advised the team and the family of late owner Peter Seidler with a deal squad that included partner Jon Oram, who was hired from Proskauer Rose ...
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