Abul, Talal Fuad

Talal Fuad Abul

Associate

talal.abul@lw.com
    Abul, Talal Fuad

    Talal Fuad Abul

    Associate

    talal.abul@lw.com

    Profile

    Talal Fuad Abul* is an associate in the Riyadh office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice.

    Talal regularly advises key stakeholders in the sports, e-sports, and entertainment sectors with respect to complex transactional, advisory, and regulatory matters, focusing on commercial and corporate transactions, including: 

    • High-value sponsorship and other commercial partnerships
    • The hosting and staging of major international sports and entertainment events
    • The sale and acquisition of media rights and content distribution
    • Strategic joint ventures and acquisitions 

    *On secondment to the London office of Latham & Watkins LLP.

    Experience

    Talal’s experience** includes advising:

    • The consortium led by Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises Global Football Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Rangers Football Club
    • Marv and This Day on their investment in Best Intentions Analytics, the multi-club ownership company that owns Brentford Football Club
    • CVC on its investment in Dream Games (the developer and publisher of globally renowned mobile games Royal Match and Royal Kingdom) as its sole equity partner
    • Bidding nations on their bids for AFC Asian Cup and FIFA tournaments (all aspects of bids, including regulatory and commercial)
    • Qiddiya Investment Company on various commercial, sponsorship, and gaming agreements 
    • Savvy Gaming Group on various sponsorship, technology, and e-sports agreements 
    • The acquirer on the acquisition, followed by a merger, of a group of companies operating in the pharmaceutical sector in Saudi Arabia*

     

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham
    **Firm experience prior to April 2023 includes work completed both at Latham and the Law Firm of Salman M. Al-Sudairi

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • New York
    • Saudi Arabia (Foreign Consultant)

    Education

    • LLM in Law, University of London, 2018
    • LLB (Hons) in Comparative and International Commercial Law, University of Sussex, 2017

    Languages Spoken

    • Arabic
    • English

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