We are specialized in providing legal services across all the areas of sports law. We offer high-standing legal advice based on a diverse experience in the sports industry, both "internally" in sports federations and "externally" as party representatives. We have a very detailed understanding of all the relevant legal issues and also of all the political and economic aspects of the sports industry.
We advise national and international federations, associations, clubs, leagues, athletes, coaches, intermediaries, sponsors, media companies, broadcasters, TV rights holders, marketing agencies and match agents.
Specifically, our areas of expertise include:
- Providing advice and party-representation regarding:
- Negotiation, renegotiation and drafting of employment contracts;
- Assistance in the transfer of players, negotiating and drafting all sorts of contracts, including transfer agreements, representation agreements or pre-contracts;
- Review, analysis and drafting of all governance and regulatory issues, including drafting of Statutes, disciplinary and ethics regulations, review of governance structures, etc.;
- Negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements;
- Third party ownership matters;
- Financial fair play matters;
- Admission to competitions;
- eSports matters.
- Setting up corporate structures for sports organisations at all levels, including the drafting of sports regulations and procedural regulations;
- Setting up family office structures for individual athletes and their families.