Corporate Lawyer Warren Friss on Sports

It can easily be said that it is Warren Friss’ varied experience that provides him with the knowledge and the skill to guide client businesses, executives and even individuals to the best possible outcome in virtually every legal business matter. Best of all, he will guide his clients to success in the most cost-efficient manner possible, thus ensuring a measure of business success.

Back when he was the general counsel for Topps Company, the largest sports card and memorabilia company anywhere, Warren Friss stood out, and he still stands out as a top lawyer and partner in charge of the corporate practice for with Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, better known as Ingram. This, despite the fact that he is quite literally surrounded by some of the highest-powered talent available. That is because Warren Friss puts clients first. He is capable of using the skills he has developed over his career to get the best results for every single client. Warren has also been a prolific speaker for years, giving lectures about the law to many media groups, including the Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur.com, among many others.

For Warren Friss, Experience Makes the Difference

Warren Friss has a much higher and broader level of than most corporate attorneys. in part, that is because he once served as general counsel and executive with a humongous private-sector company, in addition to being an attorney in private practice for nearly three decades. It can be said that his wide and varied experience makes him uniquely able to guide client businesses and executive to the best possible outcome in nearly every legal matter, and to so so in the most cost-efficient manner possible. By providing his clients with legal services from a unique business-minded perspective, he uses the impressive skills to get the best results for all of them.

By now, Warren Friss is considered to be a top-tier corporate attorney capable of helping clients get the best results in virtually every legal situation for any company of any size and at any stage of business development. He is now a partner with Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP (Ingram), one of the most important corporate law firms in New York City. As a managing partner for Ingram’s corporate practice area, Warren Friss leads one of the most talented groups of corporate attorneys anywhere. They not only have been rated as the best by their clients; their peers also consider them to be among the best anywhere.

The high level of skill and experience possessed by Warren Friss makes him stand out in the corporate legal realm, even in New York City. Throughout his long career, Warren has provided clients with legal services that comes from a more business-minded perspective than many attorneys can manage. Warren represents companies and other organizations in both the private and public sectors. He also represents non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs and start-ups, as well as investors and senior executives.

Profile: Attorney Warren Friss

Warren Friss has clients all over the United States and all over the world. That is because his counsel covers every aspect of business in every stage of the business life-cycle, from start-ups to established public companies. The businesses he represents range in size from small private companies to gigantic public companies and everything in between. He has been involved in numerous cases involving ownership restructuring and transitions.

One interesting specialty Warren Friss has comes with his ability to work with sports leagues, players’ associations and consumer product companies when it comes to licensing, sponsorships and promotions, personality rights and intellectual property matters. Warren actually spent a considerable amount of time as a general counsel for The Topps Company, which is one of the most prominent sports cards and memorabilia companies in the world. While there, he oversaw virtually every aspect of that company's legal and compliance functions. However, he also was an integral part of Topps many contract negotiations, its financial transactions, intellectual property, Human Resources, and employment law matters. Warren Friss is uniquely capable of providing the best possible legal counsel in virtually every area of corporate law. He has dealt with the negotiation of contracts, business formation and regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, private placements, joint ventures and strategic alliances. He is also highly experienced and skilled with such issues as debt financing and employment law.

While at Topps, Warren Friss also became an executive, leading the Topps Internet and Sports & Entertainment Division, where he was responsible for all business functions, not just the legal matters. As an attorney with Ingram, Warren has also been a prolific speaker, giving lectures about the law to many media groups, such as the Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur.com, among many others.