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Timothy J. Browne

Timothy J. Browne

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Nashville
(615) 742-7851
tim.browne@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/browne-tim/

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Tim Browne counsels clients nationwide in the areas of professional sports, media, entertainment, technology, and marketing and advertising, with a particular focus on the acquisition, protection and distribution of various forms of intellectual property.

Tim also advises companies on a broad range of subject matter, such as professional sports team acquisitions and expansion bids; corporate branding matters; large-scale events and entertainment negotiations (including with municipalities, venues, talent and vendors); joint ventures, collaborations and strategic alliances; franchise agreements; general corporate governance; technology and financial services agreements; digital and linear content licenses and distribution agreements; and sponsorship and advertising transactions.

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Featured Experience

Memberships

Sports Lawyers Association

Nashville Sports Council — Board of Directors

Representative Experience

Additional Experience

Representative Sports-Related Transactions and Experience:

  • Represented a Fortune-500 company in its sponsorship agreement negotiations and activation for 2018 CONMEBOL Libertadores (i.e., Copa Libertadores de América), the annual international soccer competition.
  • Represent two major professional sports leagues on digital content, television, technology and other media matters, including live programming and events, as well as distribution agreements with distributors such as FOX, Amazon, Facebook and ESPN.
  • Provide advice and counsel for NFL teams with respect to their website and mobile app privacy policies and data collection practices (including responses to potential data breaches), as well as legal compliance advice in connection with GDPR and CCPA (and third party information security requirements).
  • Represent an NFL club in its negotiations on services and sponsorship agreements with major technology companies, such as FanDuel, Intel and Yinzcam, as well as ticketing agreements and season ticketholder arrangements.

Other Representative Transactions and Experience:

  • Represent start-up medical information media company in general corporate and intellectual property matters, including with respect to content distribution agreements and data collection policies and procedures.
  • Represented a leading events production agency in its events, vendor and entertainment/performance agreements in connection with the agency’s production and events services provided for high-profile events, conferences and conventions in the U.S. and Canada.

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Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center - J.D., 2001
  • Harvard University - B.A., 1996

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2018
  • New York, 2002