Full Name
Jon Oram
Job Title
Partner
Company
Proskauer
Speaker Bio
Jon H. Oram is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department, a member of the Sports Law Group and a past member of the Firm's Executive Committee. Jon has a broad-based transactional practice with an emphasis on clients in the sports industry, including teams, leagues and owners, college conferences, media companies, private investment funds and financial institutions.
Since joining Proskauer, Jon has represented the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour, the PGA of America and various other sports leagues and governing bodies in their most significant transactional matters, including team ownership transfers, financings, expansions, relocations, bankruptcies and investigations. His experience includes representing MLS in its arrangements with Lionel Messi and 20 expansion transactions over the past two decades, advising the NBA in the formation of NBA China and its $253 million private placement, counseling the WTA Tour in connection with CVC Partners’ $150 million investment in WTA Ventures, and acting on behalf of funds managed by Ares Management Corporation in their acquisition of a significant minority interest in Atlético Madrid. Jon also serves as the primary outside counsel to Los Angeles 2028, the private not-profit corporation that will host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Since joining Proskauer, Jon has represented the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the ATP Tour, the WTA Tour, the PGA of America and various other sports leagues and governing bodies in their most significant transactional matters, including team ownership transfers, financings, expansions, relocations, bankruptcies and investigations. His experience includes representing MLS in its arrangements with Lionel Messi and 20 expansion transactions over the past two decades, advising the NBA in the formation of NBA China and its $253 million private placement, counseling the WTA Tour in connection with CVC Partners’ $150 million investment in WTA Ventures, and acting on behalf of funds managed by Ares Management Corporation in their acquisition of a significant minority interest in Atlético Madrid. Jon also serves as the primary outside counsel to Los Angeles 2028, the private not-profit corporation that will host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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