Homburger advises Infront on its acquisition of Youthstream

On January 31, 2019, Infront, a leading international sports marketing company based in Zug, Switzerland, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Youthstream. Headquartered in Monaco, Youthstream manages, among others, the exclusive and global television, marketing and promotional rights of the FIM MXGP Motocross World Championship which is considered the world’s most renowned off-road motorsport event series in the world, taking place across twenty top race tracks in Europe, USA, Russia, Argentina and Asia, culminating in the prestigious Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations closing the season.

Homburger is acting as lead counsel to Infront. The Homburger team is led by partner Dieter Gericke (Corporate / M&A) and includes partner Georg Rauber (IP / IT), lead associate Stefan Blunschi, associate Miriam Scherer (both Corporate / M&A), associate Richard Stäuber (Competition) as well as junior associate Luca Baltensperger (Corporate / M&A).