Kirkland Advises Malala Yousafzai and Asser Malik on Launch of Recess Capital
Kirkland & Ellis represented Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai and her husband Asser Malik, a seasoned sports management professional, on the founding and launch of Recess Capital, a sports investment platform with a particular focus on women’s sports. Recess is the latest initiative for Malala and Asser driven by their belief in the power of sports to unlock opportunities to promote equity and representation through investment. Kirkland has advised Recess on all aspects of the launch from business strategy and positioning, structuring and terms, multi-jurisdictional licensing and regulatory considerations, employment arrangements, sustainability considerations, IP/trademark, the Recess website and publicity and press considerations.
For more information on Recess Capital, see: https://recess.fund/
The Kirkland team included investment funds lawyers Nadia Murad, Matt Pinegar, Aura Gilham, Mary Ramzy, Noah Chamberlain, Kristen Law, Bola Hambolu and Erica Romeo; financial services regulatory lawyers Albert Weatherill, Thomas Woodhead, Jane Visram and Najma Ahmad; investment funds regulatory lawyers Natalia Pszenny and Alpa Patel; tax lawyers Emma Faulkner, Beatriz Capeloa Gil, Gal Shemer, Ian Ferreira and Chloe Rowan; executive compensation lawyers Matthew Mutino and Sally Ye; sustainability lawyers Mary Beth Houlihan, Alexandra Farmer and Annah Akhoun-Murat; and corporate lawyers Adam Phillips, Dana Abdulkarim and Zara Guinard.
