Soccer Icon Messi’s Miami Move Guided by These Lawyers, Firms

July 17, 2023, 9:00 AM UTCUpdated: July 17, 2023, 3:13 PM UTC

Soccer superstar Lionel Messi prepares to suit up for Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami CF this week in one of the most high-profile moves ever in the sporting space—and it took lawyers from all over the world to make it happen.

“I’m a soccer fanatic, so this was one of those rare instances where personal passions and interests align with the professional,” said Mark Kurtenbach, an ex-college soccer player and corporate and finance partner at Hogan Lovells.

Kurtenbach worked with a team from the firm that counseled Miami Beckham United LLC, the entity that controls Inter Miami, in courting Messi ...

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