Ebadat Recognized in The Legal 500 USA 2026 for Sport, M&A, and Fund Formation
This recognition adds to the firm’s 2026 Chambers USA ranking and its Legal 500 USA 2026 recognition for M&A and Fund Formation.
HOUSTON, TX / Press Release / August 4,, 2026 / Ebadat, a corporate law firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, venture and growth financings, and fund formation, today announced that it has been ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2026 for Sport, the firm’s first national ranking in the category. The recognition adds to Ebadat’s other Legal 500 USA 2026 placements in M&A and Fund Formation, and to its ranking in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide for Corporate/M&A.
The Legal 500 Sport table recognizes the small group of firms trusted with the most significant transactions and matters in American and international sport, including franchise and club acquisitions, league matters, and the investment structures behind modern sports ownership. Ebadat, a boutique founded by Soheil Ebadat, joins that group on the strength of a practice built specifically for cross-border sports M&A.
The Legal 500 has researched and ranked law firm capabilities for more than three decades. Its rankings cannot be purchased: placement is determined through independent research, direct client feedback, and peer review conducted by a dedicated team of researchers each year. Inclusion in the Sport table reflects client-verified evidence of the firm’s work at the intersection of M&A, sports regulation, and cross-border investment.
Why This Recognition Matters for Clients
For investors, family offices, and multi-club platforms evaluating counsel for a club acquisition or sports investment, the Legal 500 ranking offers independent, client-verified evidence of capability in a market where few U.S. firms have genuine deal experience. Because the rankings are built on direct feedback from the clients who actually retain a firm, they allow prospective clients to distinguish between firms that market sports law and firms that close sports transactions.
A Sports Practice Built on Closed Transactions
Ebadat advises clubs, owners, investors, and multi-club ownership platforms across the world’s top football leagues, including matters involving Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, MLS, and Liga MX. Recent representative engagements include advising Blue Crow Sports Group in its acquisition of Le Havre Athletic Club (Ligue 1) and in its sale of CD Leganés (La Liga); counseling a buyer group on an advanced bid for Italian Serie A club A.C. Monza; and advising on the sale transaction involving MFK Vyškov. The firm also published the first legal guide for U.S. investors in European football and counsels the funds, family offices, and investment vehicles behind modern sports ownership through its fund formation practice. Learn more about the firm’s sports practice.
A Growing Body of Independent Recognition
The Sport ranking adds to a series of recent accolades for Ebadat. The firm is ranked in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide for Texas Corporate/M&A (Highly Regarded). The Legal 500 United States ranked Ebadat Tier 1 for Corporate and M&A in the Houston City Elite category in both 2025 and 2026, named the firm to its 2026 National "Firms to Watch" list for M&A, and ranked the firm nationally for Fund Formation in 2026. Founder and Managing Partner Soheil Ebadat was also ranked by Chambers individually in Corporate and M&A and selected a to the 2026 edition of Texas Super Lawyers.
"Sports transactions sit at the intersection of our capabilities: complex M&A, cross-border execution, regulatory approvals, and the investment structures behind ownership groups," said Soheil Ebadat, Founder and Managing Partner of Ebadat.
About Ebadat
Ebadat is a Texas-based corporate law firm with offices in Houston and Austin. The firm advises founders, strategic acquirers, private equity and independent sponsors, emerging fund managers, family offices, and operating companies on mergers and acquisitions, venture and growth financings, fund formation, sponsor-led transactions, sports transactions, and corporate and commercial matters. Ebadat is ranked in The Legal 500 United States 2026 for Sport, M&A (National "Firms to Watch"), and Fund Formation; ranked Tier 1 for Corporate and M&A by The Legal 500 in the Houston City Elite category for 2025 and 2026; ranked in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide for Texas Corporate/M&A (Highly Regarded); and recognized in the 2026 edition of Texas Super Lawyers.
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