Sports Law
Sport today is a complex business field with a wide range of legal challenges. Whether you are a club, association, athlete, sponsor, marketing company or agent, we provide comprehensive advice on all aspects of sports law, particularly on contractual issues or disciplinary proceedings (e.g. doping, ethics), and litigate before the relevant authorities, such as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
We particularly offer advice, negotiation support, and litigation representation in the following areas:
- Sports-related investigations and disciplinary procedures
- Representation before state courts as well as association tribunals and sports arbitration tribunals
- Matters relating to anti-doping and allegations regarding match-fixing, betting fraud or corruption
- Association law
- Data protection and IT law in sports and entertainment
- Event and venue law
- Contract law (e.g. transfer, player, sponsorship, licensing, ticketing, merchandising, marketing, and management contracts)
- Drafting association statutes, rules and regulations (e.g. competition rules, and codes of conduct)
- Good governance and compliance
- Selection and nomination matters
- Safeguarding (prevention and appropriate response to discrimination and all forms of interpersonal violence)