O'Melveny Lands Foley & Lardner Sports Co-Leader in Practice Push
O'Melveny & Myers has hired Irwin Raij, co-chair of the sports industry team at Foley & Lardner in Miami, New York and Washington, D.C., as a partner and co-chair of its sports industry group. The addition of Raij is the latest lateral recruit by O'Melveny in the sports space this year.
April 17, 2017 at 03:31 PM
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O'Melveny & Myers has hired Irwin Raij, co-chair of the sports industry team at Foley & Lardner, as a partner and co-chair of its sports industry group.
“This was the right fit at the right time,” said Raij in an interview Monday, explaining his decision to leave Foley & Lardner after 15 years. “[At O'Melveny] I'll be part of something that has a bit of a broader vision for where we can build out a sports practice.”
The addition of Raij is the latest lateral recruit by O'Melveny in the sports space so far this year. In January, the firm hired DLA Piper partner Charles “Chuck” Baker in New York to chair its sports industry group, which he will now co-head with Raij. That same month O'Melveny brought on noted sports industry lawyer Jared Bartie—a former general counsel at World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and the upstart XFL—from Herrick, Feinstein in New York.
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