Kevin Conwick

Kevin Conwick has been involved in the sports and entertainment business since 1969 when a client purchased the NHL’s Kansas City Scouts and moved them to Denver. Mr. Conwick continued to represent that team for five years, until it was moved to New Jersey (where it became the New Jersey Devils). More recently, Mr. Conwick represented a client in the purchase out of bankruptcy of the Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team. In that transaction, the client obtained an option to acquire a significant interest in the Los Angeles Lakers, which the client subsequently exercised. Mr. Conwick has been involved with the ownership of the Kings and Lakers since their acquisition by his client. Mr. Conwick also represented the purchaser of the St. Louis Blues and has negotiated the acquisition and sale of other sports franchises. Mr. Conwick served as lead counsel in connection with the development of The Staples Center in Los Angeles, presently the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Clippers; The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, presently the home of the Los Angeles Galaxy Soccer Team, and of all of the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Teams; The O2 Entertainment Complex in London, England (which opened in June 2007), and The acquisition and development of a 40-acre-site in Berlin where O2 World, a world class, multipurpose sports and entertainment arena, opened in September 2008. The Staples Center Project, Home Depot Project, O2 and O2 World all involved the development of areas adjacent to the arenas for major entertainment uses which include live performance theaters, hotels, restaurants, sports bars, music clubs and substantial retail space. Mr. Conwick acted as lead counsel for Anschutz Entertainment Group in connection with the development by Caesars Palace of Caesars Coliseum, a 4000-seat theater adjacent to Caesars Palace built specifically for performances by Celine Dion. In this transaction, AEG entered into a contract under which Ms. Dion and Franco Dragon produced the show which was performed for five years at Caesars Coliseum. Mr. Conwick also supervised the negotiations with respect to soccer specific stadiums in Chicago and New Jersey which are being used by the Chicago Fire and the Redbull teams of Major League Soccer. In connection with his sports and entertainment practice, Mr. Conwick has been involved in numerous activities relating to sports teams and venues including financing agreements, naming rights agreements, other sponsorship agreements, concession agreements, merchandising agreements, agreements with concert promoters, luxury suite agreements, club seat agreements and team lease agreements. Mr. Conwick’s real estate experience extends beyond the sports and entertainment industry to the development of resort properties; the assemblage and development of urban office, hotel and condominium properties; and the acquisition and disposition of railroad properties. For more than 20 years, he has served as principal outside counsel to the developer of the Beaver Creek Resort near Vail, Colorado. In that capacity, he supervised the acquisition and land use planning for Beaver Creek, wrote all the land use documents for this complex resort, obtained the necessary zoning approvals, supervised the registration of the sale of resort properties in multiple jurisdictions and was involved in the development of a major hotel and numerous multiple-use condominium projects. Harvard University, LL.B., cum laude, 1964 Colgate University, B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1957