McGuireWoods advised 1936, a global sports and entertainment investment and operating platform, on strategic minority investments in the Superfile Trackhouse MotoGP Team and ROCKWOOL Racing, a Danish SailGP team.
The Superfile Trackhouse MotoGP Team is the only American-owned team competing in the MotoGP World Championship. 1936 joins Trackhouse Founder and CEO Justin Marks and Avenue Sports Fund as shareholders in the team, which joined the MotoGP grid in 2024 and is already a multi-time winner in the championship. The investment comes as MotoGP builds its commercial platform with a growing international fanbase and increasing interest from global brands and media partners.
Jason Griffith, Tom Zahn, Bharath Mohan and Hannah Lewis led the McGuireWoods team assisting 1936 on the Trackhouse transaction.
Griffith, Zahn, Lewis and Allison Rosenzweig advised 1936 on its minority investment in the ROCKWOOL Racing SailGP team. SailGP teams race identical F50 catamarans at 13 events across five continents, and the league is one of the fastest-growing global sports leagues. ROCKWOOL is committed as the team’s title partner through 2032.
“We’re truly honored that 1936 trusted us to partner with them in these investments as they build a portfolio across global sports,” Griffith said. “These transactions reflect the increasingly sophisticated nature of sports investing, and our team is excited to race toward the opportunities presented by these kinds of complex deals in team and league ownership around the world.”
McGuireWoods is a nationally recognized leader in M&A and private equity transactions, consistently ranking among the top U.S. law firms in benchmarking league tables. The firm counsels clients on transactions across the sports industry, bringing experience in deals involving nearly every major professional sport and sports league — including the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, European soccer leagues, professional golf and motorsports.