On September 17, 2020, Starleague, LLC, a portfolio company of Access Management Holdings Company, LLC, a Baltimore-based private investment firm focused on buy and build strategies, completed its acquisition of certain assets of WorldGaming Network LP, a leading amateur and semi-pro esports tournament network, and Collegiate Starleague Inc., the largest college esports business with over 1,800 schools and 11,000 teams across the US and Canada.
Cassels acted as Canadian counsel to Access Management with a deal team that included Frank DeLuca and Michael Britton (Private Equity and M&A), Corinne Grigoriu (Tax), Adrian Jakibchuk and Stefanie Di Francesco (Employment & Labour), and Marco Ciarlariello (Intellectual Property).