July 5 – Mergers and acquisitions specialists Blackbridge Cross Borders form the UK and Whitecap Sports from the US have formed a strategic partnership to open up the US market to European/Asian investors and vice versa.
Blackbridge, founded by Alexander Jarvis, is a specialist in football, sports, and real estate with a focus on Chinese investments in Europe in clubs, sports conglomerates and football agencies.
Whitecap, formed by Managing Partner Bob Malandro, has been focused on MLB teams in its first year but is working “in an advisory capacity on more than two dozen other opportunities.”
“As technology makes our world more interconnected each day, we’ve been closely monitoring the rising trend of American interest in European sports – for instance, the rising popularity of the Premier League in the United States. Similarly, we’ve been increasingly asked by our contacts for international opportunities, especially in football; Blackbridge is the perfect partner to put those opportunities in front of our US investors as it has access to incredibly high-quality deal flow in Europe and Asia,” said Malandro.
“Blackbridge had the first movers advantage (in China) in 2014 and will now build on our successes in expanding into the US Sports market with the support of our trusted partner Whitecap. Blackbridge’s Chinese, Korean and Indian clients are increasing requesting US sports deals and we have been under a lot of pressure to deliver these investment opportunities,” said Jarvis.
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