DLA Piper advises Nubank on stadium rights deal with Inter Miami CF

DLA Piper advised Nubank, one of the largest financial technology companies in Latin America, on its ground-breaking stadium naming rights deal with Inter Miami CF (Club Internacional de Futbol Miami) underscoring both the club’s rising global profile and Nubank’s strategic expansion in the US market.

Miami CF won the Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup Championship title in 2025 and is one of the most visible clubs in the MLS, due in part to its participation in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and its roster of breakout players, including Lionel Messi.

“This transaction reflects the increasing scale and sophistication of infrastructure investment, not only in the MLS but across all sports,” said Benjamin Mulcahy, Media, Sports and Entertainment Partner and Chair of DLA Piper’s National Advertising Team, who co-led the deal. “The collaboration aligns Nubank with a globally recognized sports property, resulting in a powerful platform that can be used to connect with fans and deepen its presence in a critical growth market.”

In addition to Mulcahy (Los Angeles), the DLA Piper deal team included Media, Sports and Entertainment Partner Alexander Steinberg and Associate Elijah Holloway (both New York). Mulcahy and Steinberg advise both brands and teams on numerous stadium naming rights matters, including deals involving Austin Football Club, Los Angeles Football Club, Houston Dynamo Football Club, San Diego Football Club, the Cincinnati Bengals, and many others, as well as a wide range of league-level and team-level sponsorship and commercial projects across every professional sport.

DLA Piper's market-leading cross-disciplinary team of media, sports, and entertainment lawyers, located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, is well known for structuring and negotiating complex, high-profile agreements that involve leading properties in the sports and entertainment industries. This includes advising teams and investors in stadium and arena development and team owners in M&A, finance, and investment, guiding media companies and major brands on some of the most significant sports media rights deals in the world, and counseling on a wide range of other content development, production, finance, and distribution initiatives.