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K&L Gates Welcomes Leading Motorsports Lawyer as Charlotte Partner
June 2, 2010


Charlotte- The Charlotte office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added C. Chad Warpula as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice. Warpula joins K&L Gates from Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, LLC, where he was Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He also served as General Counsel to the Chip Ganassi Racing Teams in the IZOD Indy Racing League and GrandAm Series League.

Warpula was involved in a wide variety of legal, financial, organizational, and contractual matters for these companies, including licensing; new media; driver and sponsorship agreements; intellectual property procurement, maintenance, and enforcement; corporate structuring and governance; litigation and dispute resolution, and real estate, among others. Having represented racing teams, leagues, drivers, licensees, and sponsors throughout his career, he also served as the lead legal advisor to more than a dozen NASCAR teams in the formulation of an industry licensing trust which consolidated and restructured the licensing models for NASCAR, team, and driver intellectual property rights.

“Charlotte is located in the middle of NASCAR country, and Chad offers us the opportunity to serve that multi-billion dollar industry with more than 1,800 lawyers who are part of a global practice,” said Eugene C. Pridgen, Administrative Partner of K&L Gates’ Charlotte office.

K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis stated: “With Chad’s arrival, K&L Gates’ leading sports practice takes another step forward, and our Charlotte office adds an important practice dimension.”

To learn more about K&L Gates’ corporate practice, please visit the firm’s website.

K&L Gates includes lawyers practicing out of 36 offices located in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and represents numerous GLOBAL 500, FORTUNE 100, and FTSE 100 corporations, in addition to growth and middle market companies, entrepreneurs, capital market participants and public sector entities.

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