O’Melveny Practice Leader on the Evolving State of Sports Law

Irwin Raij sees opportunities for deal lawyers as the sports industry evolves.

Hired at O’Melveny & Myers this month, Raij was brought on board to co-chair the firm’s lawyer sports industry practice group, which has made several prominent additions this year.

“I see sports content evolving in so many different ways,” said Raij. “I think media can be defined so broadly — movies, cable, international, sponsorships, online games [a.k.a. “esports,” or professional computer gaming]. It means we will be defining sports a little differently than we all once did.”

Raij came to O’Melveny from Foley & Lardner and after the firm hired his ...