MARCH

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Out
FLYING HIGH
Parekh is the only lawyer in private
practice recognized by the Forbes list,
which also included U.S. Olympic gold
medalist Gabrielle Douglas, Pittsburgh
Penguins center Sidney Crosby,
Washington Redskins quarterback
Robert Griffin III and Miami Heat
forward LeBron James.
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Aarti
Jaguars’ is vice-president and
general counsel, Parekh serves
on the board of directors of
Women in Sports and Events. She
was named the on February 11, 2013.
Earlier, Parekh worked for Proskauer
since November 2009 as part of the
firm’s sports group, which represents
the National Football League, National
Hockey League, Major League Soccer,
the National Basketball Association and
Major League Baseball, and has also
represented the ATP and WTA tours,
the New York Yankees, Philadelphia
Eagles and the New York Jets, among
many other sports and related entities.
While at Proskauer, Parekh also worked
on a variety of matters, including public
and private company acquisitions, and
equity and debt financings.
Parekh was named in December
2012 to Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30
Sports List, which honored the country’s
top sports athletes and executives
under the age of 30 who “represent the
entrepreneurial, creative and intellectual
best of their generation.” Parekh is
the only lawyer in private practice
recognized by the Forbes list, which also
included U.S. Olympic gold medalist
Gabrielle Douglas, Pittsburgh Penguins
center Sidney Crosby, Washington
Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III
and Miami Heat forward LeBron James.
Ms. Parekh was recognized for
her work on two major sports M&A
Women of
substance
Megha Parekh
Vice President & General Counsel, Jaguar
transactions: representing Jimmy
Haslam, chairman of Pilot Flying J,
and certain members of his family in
connection with the purchase of the
Cleveland Browns football franchise
and advising Crane Capital Group in
the purchase of the Houston Astros
baseball team.
Ms. Parekh joined Proskauer in
2009 after graduating magna cum laude
from Harvard Law School and Harvard
College, where she was a sports writer
for The Harvard Crimson and served as
an intern for baseball’s Boston Red Sox.
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