U.S. Sports company Slinger buys PlaySight Interactive for USD 82 million
Dechert and Naschitz Brandes Amir, as local counsel, acted for Slinger, a leading connected sports company, in its USD 82 million acquisition of Israeli-based sportstech company PlaySight Interactive Ltd.
The Dechert cross-border team involved lawyers from its London, Philadelphia, New York and Boston offices, including corporate partners Douglas L. Getter and Stephen M. Leitzell; counsel James Stonehill; special counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas; and associates Christopher R. Rodrigues and David Nicholls; IP partner Timothy C. Blank and associates Nathan Smith and Dylan Balbirnie; employee benefits partner David F. Jones and associate Michael Binko; and labor counsel Jeffrey W. Rubin.
Naschitz Brandes Amir team assisting Slinger was led by partners Tuvia Geffen and Guy Eyal, associates Dikla Eltahan, Geraldine Shefet, and Salomé Spitz Mouchnino and tax specialist Keshet Sirota-Leviner.
PlaySight has developed a technology for smart sports courts, which is able to document and analyze the action. This technology is primarily intended for players and coaches.
Israel’s Playsight has attracted USD 36 million investment to date, including from professional tennis players, Novak Djokovic, Billie Jean King, and Pete Sampras.
