NEW YORK, December 8, 2025 – Proskauer is proud to announce that Chairman Emeritus Joe Leccese has been recognized in Sports Business Journal’s Influence 125 issue, which honors the 125 most influential pioneers and thought leaders in sports business over the past 25 years.
Joe is co-chair of the Firm’s Sports Group, and is a past, and the longest serving, Chairman of Proskauer. He has led many of the most significant deals in sports and media over the past three decades. His broad-based corporate practice emphasizes the representation of professional sports leagues, teams and owners; college conferences; media and marketing companies; and private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions that provide capital to the broad array of transactions that occur in the sports industry.
Joe’s experience includes advising on numerous matters for major private equity firms and for the National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, Big East Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, ATP Tour, WTA Tour, USGA and various bodies in motor sports, as well as a number of teams, owners and media entities.
Sports Business Journal’s Influence 125 honors individuals whose legacy and impact have influenced the sports economy across every major sector – from sponsorship and media to leagues, technology and venues. It’s a celebration of change-makers whose careers have not only defined the past quarter-century but continue to shape the next 25 years.
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