As chair of the firm’s Sports & Entertainment Practice, Alain advises clients on both business and personal matters, including brand development and enforcement; endorsement, name, image and likeness (NIL), and other licensing agreements; television, film, music, and choreography contracts; broadcast and streaming agreements; and league and NCAA compliance. He also represents clients in high-stakes disputes when necessary. His clients include professional and amateur athletes, entertainers, agencies, agents, teams, leagues, brands, creatives, and executives.
Alain is deeply committed to community service. He serves on the boards of Crossroads (as Vice Chair), The Wily Network, Shooting Touch, and the Eddie-Mae Robbie Foundation, and on the advisory boards of The Foundation To Be Named Later, the Concussion & CTE Foundation, and Harlem Lacrosse Boston. Through his pro bono work, he advocates for clients in domestic and sexual violence matters, and asylum cases.
His legal and community work has been recognized by numerous organizations, including the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, City Awake, Diverse Representation (Sports & Entertainment), the U.S. Haitian Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, the National Black Lawyers 40 Under 40, Chambers, Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers.
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* Alain handled some of the above representations prior to joining Foley Hoag.
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