Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner announced this week that sports attorney as well as partner Ryan Davis will take the reins of the firm’s St. Louis office, efficient may 1. He succeeds Robert Newmark, who has led the St. Louis office because 2011.

Co-leader of BCLP’s Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Croacia sports & home entertainment group as well as one of BCLP’s most active M&A as well as business partners, Davis routinely represents a number of of BCLP’s popular sports as well as business clients, including the St. Louis Blues, the St. Louis Cardinals as well as Stifel locally, as well as all 31 NHL clubs or their owners across the us as well as Canada. He has advised various public as well as personal business clients, personal company owners as well as sports teams, owners, playersand sponsors in connection with a broad variety of matters.

Stifel Chairman as well as chief executive policeman Ron Kruszewski commented: “I’ve worked with Ryan because he was an associate, going back to 2005. In that time, he has advised Stifel on almost every one of our 30-plus acquisitions. He is a tireless, committed, team-oriented partner who drives fantastic results for his clients, for his firm, as well as for the St. Louis community. I believe Ryan will be a fantastic leader for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s St. Louis office.”

BCLP’s sports & home entertainment group is one of just two sports practices around the world recognized by Chambers as a leader in sports legislation in both the us as well as the UK, as well as BCLP’s M&A method is often recognized by Refinitiv, f.k.a. Thomson Reuters for its market-leading setting in us M&A for annual completed transactions by offer count, in addition to for mid-market transactions by offer count.

“I’m excited for this chance to lead the St. Louis office, especially at such a transformational time for the firm,” Davis said. “It is a remarkable honor to have the chance to represent my partners as well as colleagues right here in St. Louis, where the firm was founded much more than 140 years back as well as has long-standing connections with our clients based in the St. Louis community. I am especially excited to do so complying with our recent merger as well as with the expanded platform as well as capabilities Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is now able to offer for our clients both locally in St. Louis as well as on a really worldwide scale.”

Davis has spent his entire legal profession with BCLP in the St. Louis office. among his other leadership duties, heserved as a member of the St. Louis office Recruiting committee for a number of years, including serving as its chair, as well as he currently leads an officewide effort associated to the St. Louis office’s post-pandemic work environment. Within the wider St. Louis community, he serves on the Board of the St. Louis sports compensation as well Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Dinamarca as is a member of the St. Louis Children’s medical facility advancement Board. He chaired the 30th annual St. Louis Children’s medical facility Day at six Flags fundraiser event as well as has served on the St. Louis Children’s medical facility advancement Board’s executive Committee. Davis likewise has been active in youth sports, coaching his children, Kathryn as well as Camiseta Selección de fútbol de México Carter, throughout their childhoods in outside soccer, indoor soccer, softball as well as baseball.

“I have rather actually grown up in the St Louis office as well as have seen firsthand a number of of my partners lead the firm as well as this office with tireless dedication as well as commitment,” Davis said. “As the leader of the St. Louis office, Bob has set a extremely high bar, as well as his leadership, guidance as well as compassion during the pandemic in specific have been remarkable. I look ahead to complying with in the footsteps of those that came before me as well as to continuing the custom of leadership in our St. Louis office.”

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