Richard Brand, the head of ArentFox Schiff’s Firmwide Sports practice group, as well as San Francisco Managing Partner and lead West Coast Real Estate partner, is recognized as an industry leader and a go-to authority for the following types of transactions: naming rights agreements; sponsorship agreements; advertising and promotional agreements (including name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements); suite, club, and premium hospitality agreements; media rights agreements; multi-media rights (MMR) agreements; procurement agreements; facility management agreements; facility leases and licenses; team and event leases and licenses; concessionaire and food and beverage agreements; pouring rights agreements; ticketing agreements; franchise acquisition and disposition agreements; player, coach, and executive contracts; financings for professional sports teams and owners of sports and entertainment facilities; and league formation and related agreements.
Rich counsels many professional sports leagues (such as the NFL, NBA, LIV Golf, and Major League Pickleball) and professional sports teams across the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, and NWSL, including the Angel City FC, Atlanta Hawks, Bay FC, Brooklyn Nets, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, DC United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams, Madison Square Garden Company (the owner of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers), Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York City Football Club, New York Jets, New York Red Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Rays, Tampa Bay Lightning, Utah Jazz, Washington Capitals, and Washington Wizards. In addition to Rich’s representation of leagues, teams, and venues, he regularly counsels sponsors and brands, including Allstate, Amazon, Mercedes-Benz, Credit Karma, Golden 1 Credit Union, Korn Ferry, Q2, Wyndham Hotels, VF Corporation (Dickies), TQL, Inova, Zenni, GAME 7, Petco, and countless others.
Rich received two-time recognition as a Sports Business Journal “Power Player” and this year Rich was named one of the Daily Journal’s “Top 100 Lawyers” in California for a fifth year in a row and sixth time overall. Best Lawyers also recognized Rich as a “Lawyer of the Year” for his high-profile sports work.
Rich Brand earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his undergraduate degree in finance from Georgetown University.
Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
B.A., Georgetown University
Richard L Brand is teaching the following course in Fall 2026:
• 245.4 sec. 001 - Drafting and Negotiating Sports Law Contracts
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Fall 2025 | 245.4 sec. 001 | Drafting and Negotiating Sports Law Contracts |
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