Daily Business Review has named Irwin P. Raij “Dealmaker of the Year” at the 2025 Florida Legal Awards. The annual awards celebrate “professional excellence in the legal community.”
Irwin co-chairs Sidley’s Entertainment, Sports, and Media industry group. He focuses his practice on the business of sports. This includes representing clients in sports-anchored public-private partnerships for both professional and collegiate stadiums and related ancillary development, construction, and financing. His practice also includes representing both buyers and sellers of sports franchises in professional sports leagues, media rights, concessions, and promotional and advertising agreements (including naming rights, merchandising, and operational agreements). His clients include individuals, leagues, teams, universities, financial institutions, and local and state governments.
On Friday, May 9th, 2025, Irwin Raij, partner and Co-Chair of Sidley’s Entertainment, Sports and Media group was the commencement speaker for the University of Miami’s Centennial Undergraduate Degree Ceremony. Irwin received his B.B.A. from the University of Miami in 1992. He served as President of the Student Government from 1990-1992 and is currently a member of the Board of Advisors for the University of Miami School of Law’s Graduate Program in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law and adjunct Professor.
