Duane Morris Adds Corporate Sports Partner Alexander Chester in New York

Alexander Chester has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its New York office. Chester’s practice focuses on corporate transactions in the sports industry. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Chester was counsel at O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

“Our strong Corporate Practice Group is getting even stronger with a savvy partner whose national practice complements and adds a new facet to our sports and gaming law capabilities,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor.

Brian P. Kerwin, chair of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, added that the firm was “excited to establish a strategic sports law capability within Duane Morris and bolster our busy and successful gaming and sports betting practice. There are lots of natural synergies with Alex’s sports law experience and our roster of clients, with whom we partner to develop and forge new, innovative and beneficial relationships across all aspects of the gaming world.”Alexander Chester has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its New York office. Chester’s practice focuses on corporate transactions in the sports industry. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Chester was counsel at O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

“Our strong Corporate Practice Group is getting even stronger with a savvy partner whose national practice complements and adds a new facet to our sports and gaming law capabilities,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor.

Brian P. Kerwin, chair of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, added that the firm was “excited to establish a strategic sports law capability within Duane Morris and bolster our busy and successful gaming and sports betting practice. There are lots of natural synergies with Alex’s sports law experience and our roster of clients, with whom we partner to develop and forge new, innovative and beneficial relationships across all aspects of the gaming world.”

(A more complete article appears in Thursday’s Sports Litigation Alert.)