If you have not already heard, Bilzin Sumberg provides legal counsel to the FIFA World Cup 2026 Miami Host Committee, and, through that work, is an Official Miami World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. You can find a really interesting look into Bilzin Sumberg’s work with FIFA in Corporate & Finance Practice Group Leader David Seifer’s article here. As a seasonal soccer fan (when “season” is defined as only the years in which the World Cup is held), working at the firm FIFA chose as local counsel at a time when matches are being played in our backyard is giving me a bit more team spirit this year.
Inside the office, everybody is getting ready for Miami’s first World Cup match next week. While I’m sure some of my colleagues are “realer” soccer fans than I am, some of that hype could be attributed to the weekly raffles that the firm is holding, with the winners receiving tickets to FIFA events. But, employees can’t just put their name in a hat to enter; they need to earn their raffle entry the hard way.
One way to enter is to participate in the Summer Associate FIFA Scavenger Hunt. Each week, one of the summer associates will have a pink soccer ball. No one at the firm (sans our great marketing department) knows which one of us has the ball. To enter this contest, employees will have to walk to each of our offices and take a picture with the summer associate who has the ball.
This is a great way for us summer associates to meet other employees. It’s been fun meeting new people who stopped by on their quest to find the hidden ball. However, I must apologize for the clickbait-style title of this post. To those who clicked this article thinking I would really reveal the location of the ball, you are severely mistaken.
The ball could be in my office. It also could not. Those who have stopped by over the last few days know the truth, but the ball’s location is privileged information that I can’t just give up. There is only one way to find out. You know where I am.