Irwin Raij, cochair of Foley & Lardner's sports industry team, is part of a star-studded, 22-person investor group bringing a second professional soccer team to Los Angeles. McDermott Will & Emery and Proskauer Rose are also working on the deal, which reportedly marks the highest price ever paid for a franchise in Major League Soccer.
October 30, 2014 at 07:22 PM
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Irwin Raij is used to negotiating on behalf of sports teams—he’s just not used to owning them.
Raij, a New York-based cochair of Foley & Lardner’s sports industry team, found himself participating in a press conference Thursday at Siren Studios in Los Angeles to announce a new Major League Soccer expansion franchise, whose purchase price was undisclosed, but reportedly the largest-ever paid for a team in the growing league.
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