Sport
Our experience includes such matters as:
- Creation of optimal structures for the operation of sports entities
- Negotiating, drafting and advising on player and manager contracts, sponsorship and cooperation agreements, player transfer agreements and other sports-related agreements
- Advising sports clubs on conversion into a limited-liability company or joint-stock company, with particular attention to tax solutions
- Day-to-day legal services for sports clubs, including clubs operating in the form of foundations or associations
- Handling the legal side of player transfers
- Advising on and handling legal matters for individual players and managers, particularly involving failure by sports clubs to live up to individual contracts
- Representing sports entities in civil and commercial disputes and enforcing contract claims
- Advising on disciplinary and rules infraction cases
- Representing sports associations in arbitration proceedings and in proceedings for recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards and proceedings to set aside arbitration awards
- Conducting mediation proceedings aimed at reaching settlement of disputes
- Drafting legal opinions concerning protection of sports-related intellectual property
- Advising on optimal methods for protecting intellectual property rights of sports clubs and protecting the image of players.