Christine G. Lazatin is a senior counsel in the Corporate Department.
As a member of the Finance and Sports Law Groups, Christine regularly represents professional sports teams, leagues and owners, corporate borrowers and financial institutions in a variety of transactional matters, with a particular emphasis on acquisition and stadium financings, working capital facilities, league-wide and league-level credit facilities, workouts and restructurings.
Christine represents several major sports leagues (including the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer), as well as a number of NBA, NHL, National Football League and Major League Baseball teams, in significant financing transactions. In addition, she represents various financial institutions in structuring and negotiating financings for sports leagues, teams and team affiliates.
Education
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Boston University School of Law, J.D.
cum laude
Editor-in-Chief, Boston University Annual Review of Banking and Financial Law
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Yale University, B.A.
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Awards & Recognition
Sports Business Journal Power Players: Outside Counsel 2021
Chambers USA: Nationwide: Sports Law 2019-2022 (Associate to Watch, 2019-2020; Up & Coming 2021)
Chambers USA: Nationwide: Sports Law (Up & Coming) 2021
Matters
Some recent examples of Christine’s work include:
- Representing the NBA and its affiliated entities with respect to a $3.4 billion league-wide credit facility
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Advising the New Jersey Devils in various financing transactions, including a credit facility with Citibank and participation in the NHL’s league-wide credit facility
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Representing JPMorgan Chase as agent in refinancing and restructuring existing credit facilities for the Chicago Cubs, the New York Mets, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Rays
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Representing the Philadelphia Eagles in financing the team’s renovation of Lincoln Financial Field
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Advising an ownership group led by the O'Malley and Seidler families in the purchase and operation of the San Diego Padres, including related financing components and ongoing ownership and governance matters