Legal services by TLS Kovacs APC.

  • Outside General Counsel

    We have decades of experience helming legal operations for both startups and well-established leagues at the top level of sports and entertainment When you aren’t ready for a full-time executive, but require a seasoned, top-of-the-line practitioner as issues arise, let us manage your legal needs from A to Z for rates that work within your operating budget. We can source experts, keep outside counsel spend down, and even collaborate with more junior internal staff to maximize efficiencies.

  • High-Stakes Negotiations

    When your future media deals, arena and stadium deals, long-term sponsorship contracts, licensing, executive hires, and company-controlling shares are at stake, you want the best representing you at the negotiating table and dug into the details of every agreement.

  • Legal State of the Union Snapshot

    A unique offering catering to new executive leaders trying to maximize their time. When you’re unsure where all your key agreements stand and want a top-down assessment that can give your organization piece of mind going forward, let our experienced hand gather and assess every key agreement to ensure your piece of mind.

  • Litigation Management

    One of the most difficult issues for sports organizations facing litigation is managing outside counsel and most importantly, ensuring they efficiently understand the players, ecosystem, regulatory environment, and league politics issues at play in your case. Your litigation’s public-facing filings area tool to put your best foot (and argument) forward and we ensure the opportunity is not wasted.

  • HR and Employment

    With deep labor and employment law background, we collaborate with your internal divisions to solve problems, develop talent, head off exposure, value capture, realize cost savings, and help make wise strategic policy choices for the health of your business.

TLS Kovacs, APC is a professional services corporation licensed in the State of California and provides, contracts, and invoices all legal services separately.

Tracey Lesetar-Smith is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California.