Sports Law

Our Sports Law practice provides comprehensive legal services to stakeholders across the global sports industry, including clubs, federations, leagues, investors, sponsors, athletes, and intermediaries. We advise on both contentious and non-contentious matters, combining sector-specific regulatory expertise with strong capabilities in cross-border transactions and dispute resolution.

On the advisory side, we assist clients in structuring and negotiating a wide range of commercial arrangements, including player transfers, representation agreements, sponsorship and endorsement deals, media and broadcasting rights, and event hosting contracts. We also counsel on governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks established by international and national sports bodies, ensuring alignment with applicable rules and ethical standards.

Our team has an extensive experience in resolving sports-related disputes before leading international and domestic forums. Our lawyers represent clients in arbitration proceedings before bodies such as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as well as in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under various rules. Our expertise covers disciplinary matters, contractual disputes, eligibility issues, doping cases, and appeals against decisions of sports governing bodies.

In addition, we advise on the intersection of sports and public law, including issues relating to state aid, competition law, and regulatory investigations, as well as on the protection and commercialisation of intellectual property rights in the sports sector.

With a strong international outlook and a deep understanding of the legal and regulatory environment governing sport, our practice delivers strategic, commercially driven solutions tailored to the specific needs of each client.

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