Kaitlin M. Ray
Associate
Century City
kaitlin.ray@lw.com
+1.424.653.5662
PRACTICES
- Entertainment, Sports & Media
INDUSTRIES
- Entertainment, Sports & Media
EDUCATION
- JD, Duke University School of Law, 2021
summa cum laude - BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
summa cum laude
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
PROFILE
Kaitlin Ray is a corporate associate in the Century City office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice.
Kaitlin advises sports, entertainment, and media clients in a wide array of corporate matters, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures and strategic investments
- Professional sports franchise investments, acquisitions and sales
- Sports league governance, rules and approval processes
Kaitlin received her JD from Duke Law School, where she served as a notes editor for the Duke Law Journal and co-president of the Sports & Entertainment Law Society.
Prior to joining Latham, Kaitlin served as a corporate legal intern at Major League Baseball. She also worked in sports media as an on-air college tennis analyst and reporter in the NBA G-League. She was a four-year starter for UCLA Women’s Tennis and member of its 2014 National Championship team.
EXPERIENCE
Kaitlin's experience includes advising:
- Carlyle in the joint venture investment in National Women’s Soccer League club, Seattle Reign FC
- Teton Ridge in its acquisition of The Cowboy Channel, The Cowgirl Channel, and The Cowboy Channel+
- Skydance Media in its proposed US$28 billion merger with Paramount Global
- Sixth Street in its acquisition of a National Women’s Soccer League Bay Area expansion franchise, Bay FC
- Dynasty Equity Partners in a minority investment in Liverpool FC
- Endeavor in its sale of its stake in the ATP’s Rio Open event
- An investor in a minority investment in Real Salt Lake
- Private investment firms and investors in connection with obtaining professional sports league approval across the MLB, NBA, NFL, MLS, and NWSL