Onexim Sports and Entertainment, Mikhail Prokhorov’s holding company for his US investments, announced Wednesday that it has hired of Maureen Hanlon, the Nets longtime outside counsel, as the company’s President, effective Thursday.
O’Hanlon replaces Irina Pavlova, who is leaving Onexim on Wednesday
Hanlon has served as primary outside counsel to Onexim for the past eight years, while a partner at Hogan Lovells, the big Washington law firm where she has worked since 1996. She was instrumental in Onexim’s acquisition of 100 percent equity interest in Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets, as well as its purchase of a majority interest in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.