Ray, Kaitlin M.

Kaitlin M. Ray

Associate

kaitlin.ray@lw.com
    Ray, Kaitlin M.

    Kaitlin M. Ray

    Associate

    kaitlin.ray@lw.com

    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

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, Duke University School of Law, 2021
      summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
    • BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
      summa cum laude

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