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Robert Gianchetti

Special Counsel

New York +1 212 841 1159

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    Robert Gianchetti is special counsel in the firm’s New York office. Robert specializes in complex commercial litigation. He represents sports, media, and entertainment clients as a member of Covington’s nationally leading Sports practice. His practice also includes complex business litigation, transactional disputes, securities and shareholder derivative litigation, and other corporate governance matters, including in federal and state court and the Delaware Court of Chancery. In 2025, Robert was named a Sports & Betting Rising Star by Law360 and selected to Law360’s Sports & Betting Editorial Advisory Board.

    In addition to Robert’s commercial litigation practice, Robert maintains a robust advisory practice, advising sports, media, and entertainment clients on litigation risk in connection with various business transactions and disputes, including related to media rights agreements, collective bargaining agreements, licensing agreements, and cybersecurity issues. Robert has worked with clients across a wide range of industries, including sports, media and entertainment, technology, financial services, and life sciences. Robert also maintains an active pro bono practice, including serving as first-chair trial counsel in a civil rights trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of an indigent prisoner.

    Robert has substantial experience across all stages of litigation, including drafting motions, managing complex discovery, taking and defending depositions, arguing motions in court, examining witnesses and delivering opening statements at trial, and briefing appeals.

    From 2016-2017, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Colleen McMahon on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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    • Representing a major e-commerce technology company in significant state antitrust litigation.
    • Represented the National Football League and member clubs in litigation concerning the relocation of the Rams from St. Louis to Los Angeles, the Raiders from Oakland to Las Vegas, and the Chargers from San Diego to Los Angeles.
    • Representing the National Football League in insurance coverage litigation related to concussion-related claims and costs incurred in connection with the Sunday Ticket antitrust litigation.
    • Represented the National Football League in a labor arbitration and follow-on federal court litigation involving a former NFL player.
    • Represented certain NFL member clubs in adversary proceedings brought in bankruptcy court relating to NFL ticket purchases.
    • Representing Altice in insurance coverage litigation related to damage to Altice transmission and distribution lines in connection with Hurricanes Laura and Isaias.
    • Representation of companies, officers, and directors, including Peloton and Merck, in securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, and other securities matters.
    • Representing a pharmaceutical company in a breach of contract lawsuit related to a collaboration and license agreement.
    • Representing a blockchain gaming company in litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery concerning alleged misappropriation of the company’s intellectual property.
    • Representation of Delaware companies, officers, and directors in business litigation before the Delaware Court of Chancery.
    • Representing manufacturer of electric vehicle component parts in litigation relating to long-term supply agreement.
    • Representing plywood supplier in arbitration related to breach of covenant in settlement agreement with plywood customer.
    • Represented a Fortune 500 company in an SEC investigation and related internal investigation concerning accounting practices.
    • Advise professional sports entities on cybersecurity issues.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2016
        • magna cum laude
        • Order of the Coif
        • New York University Law Review, Executive Editor
        • Florence Allen Scholar
        • Larry Fleisher Memorial Foundation Prize
    • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2013
        • Philosophy, Politics & Economics
        • summa cum laude
        • Phi Beta Kappa
        • Benjamin Franklin Scholar
    Bar Admissions
    • New York
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Colleen McMahon, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2016 - 2017
    Pro Bono
    • First-chair trial counsel for indigent prisoner in civil rights trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging claims of deliberate indifference against various prison officials related to altercation in Sullivan County Jail.
    • Representation of Oklahoma transgender students in case challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma SB 615, with co-counsel at the ACLU, ACLU of Oklahoma, and Lambda Legal.
    • Representation of transgender individuals in putative class action challenging President Trump’s Executive Order and related State Department policy prohibiting transgender people from obtaining passports that reflect their gender identity, with co-counsel at the ACLU and ACLU of Massachusetts.
    • Representation of former Oklahoma prisoners challenging the administration of initial bail hearings in Canadian County District Court, with co-counsel at the ACLU and ACLU of Oklahoma.
    • Representation of former Alabama prisoners challenging the imprisonment of Alabamians beyond their legally mandated release dates.
    • Representation of Salvadoran refugees before the Board of Immigration Appeals in connection with removal proceedings initiated by the Department of Homeland Security.
    Accolades
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Law360, Sports & Betting Editorial Advisory Board (2025)

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