Latham & Watkins Grows Sports Practice, Adds Proskauer Rose Attorney

Nov 20, 2020

Latham & Watkins LLP1 has announced that Frank Saviano has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice.
 
Saviano has built a strong reputation in the sports and media industry advising clients in a wide array of corporate matters, including media rights, team acquisitions and sales, strategic investments, joint ventures, arena and stadium development, sponsorships, and other significant commercial transactions.
 
Joseph Calabrese, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Entertainment, Sports & Media practice said that Saviano “is another first-rate addition to our expanding global ESM team. He has an outstanding reputation and exemplifies the skill and know-how needed to lead clients through their most complex, high-profile deals in the ever-changing sports and media sector. His presence in New York further reinforces the geographic reach of our global practice.”
 
Saviano noted that “Latham is well renowned as a leading entertainment, sports and media practice and I am excited to join this incredible team and help contribute to its continued growth and global reach. I look forward to collaborating with my colleagues in New York, and around the globe to continue providing the highest level of service to Latham’s sophisticated base of clients.”
 
Saviano joins Latham & Watkins from Proskauer in New York. He received his JD from the University of Virginia Law School and his BA from Trinity College.


 

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