Richard Brand, the co-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 Atlanta Hawks, 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 Mercedes-Benz, Credit Karma, Q2, Wyndham Hotels, 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 fourth year in a row and fifth time overall. Best Lawyers also recognized Rich as a “Lawyer of the Year” for his high-profile sports work.
Rich serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Sports Council, a private, non-profit corporation composed of a group of influential and prominent individuals and businesses in the sports industry that serves to promote regional economic development through sports, foster development of the region’s amateur and professional sports teams and facilities, and assist in attracting and staging major sporting events in the region.
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 not teaching any Law courses in Spring 2026.
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Fall 2026 | 245.4 sec. 001 | Drafting and Negotiating Sports Law Contracts | Fall 2025 | 245.4 sec. 001 | Drafting and Negotiating Sports Law Contracts |
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