Recognition
Matt Dysart and Jesse Saivar Named as Top Sports Lawyers by The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Greenberg Glusker Partners Matt Dysart and Jesse Saivar have been selected to The Hollywood Reporter's Top Sports Lawyers. In this sports lawyers power list, 50 attorneys are featured for their work with A-list athletes, teams and leagues. Honorees were selected based on client portfolios, groundbreaking cases, scope of deals, and their reputation among their colleagues.
Matt Dysart operates at the crossroads of sports, entertainment and the creator economy, with a practice spanning venture capital and startup finance, joint ventures, and outside general counsel support. His dealmaking "superpower" is helping sports brands and talent rapidly evolve their brands into new media business and legal models. Dysart represented the production company Park Stories in the financing and licensing of its HBO docuseries "U.S. Against the World," featuring the U.S. Men's National Team ahead of the 2026 World Cup, and represented Kenan Thompson's production company in its negotiations with Amazon and Kevin Hart's HartBeat for the sports comedy talk show "Good Sports." He advises Thomas Tull's rodeo and outdoor lifestyle brand Teton Ridge / Cowboy Channel and represents Chernin-backed hunting and outdoor lifestyle network MeatEater across its podcast, TV development, consumer products and creator deals. He has also negotiated content deals with the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, Formula 1 and U.S. Soccer, and is currently structuring a joint venture between Kynetic Ventures and a marquee professional athlete to launch a new consumer products brand.
Jesse Saivar is chair of intellectual property at Greenberg Glusker LLP, leading the firm's Intellectual Property, Digital Media & Technology Groups as a tech transactional attorney with deep experience in entertainment and intellectual property law. A trusted advisor to some of the most recognizable names in sports media and commerce, Saivar has served as outside general counsel to Barstool Sports since 2016, advising on matters including Dave Portnoy's purchase of Barstool from Penn Entertainment for $1, Barstool's content collaboration with Fox Sports, and the launch of the Internet Invitational golf tournament. He advises multimedia sports brand Jomboy Media with respect to its IP and commercial matters, including the negotiation and execution of its strategic partnership with Major League Baseball, and assisted with the launch of sports apparel brand Off Season, negotiating deals involving the NFL, NFLPA, and Fanatics. Saivar’s expertise is providing strategic advice on deals between brands and major athletes that involve the interplay between branding, NIL, content and technology. He was recently named among LA Times Studios' Sports Business Visionaries and recognized as one of Daily Journal's "Top Intellectual Property Lawyers."
