Sports and law

A passion for sport

Our lawyers have played sports themselves at all levels, so they know exactly what your situation calls for. They can empathise, know the procedures and have experience and a large network in the sports world. Our team of sports lawyers is at your service day and night, because top-level sport demands it.

In the sports world, financial interests play an increasingly important role and, partly as a result, legal assistance and advice to people involved in sport is becoming increasingly important. Our sports lawyers advise athletes, sports associations and professional sports companies on legal issues or on resolving business conflicts.

Expertise in sports & law

Our knowledge and experience cover:

• Advising on transfer contracts between clubs in international and national professional football
• Advising on the formation of employment contracts between clubs and players, both nationally and internationally
• Conducting arbitration proceedings before international bodies such as CAS, UEFA and FIFA, and national bodies such as KNVB and IRS
• Conducting legal proceedings in District Courts and Appeal Courts at home and abroad
• Providing legal support and advice to sports associations, athletes and professional sports companies
• Legal support and advice on sponsorship contracts with major parties in sport such as Nike, Adidas or Puma
• Sports-related issues around image rights, copyrights and infringements of them

Leave your legal affairs to other professionals. Our professionals!

You want to be able to concentrate on the sport without any other worries. We ensure that all legal matters and conditions are properly taken care of for you and any legal problems are resolved as quickly and as satisfactorily as possible. There are good reasons why we have been representing various athletes and sports companies for years, on a daily basis, to their great satisfaction.

Examples of recent cases include:

• Alleged doping of a cyclist
• Acting in proceedings relating to representation for an agent against a player
• Proposed exclusion from participation in the Olympic Games for a skater
• Acting for a player against a foreign club in a wage dispute before CAS
• Advising an athlete in a dispute with his shoe sponsor ahead of an international tournament
• Advising on the completion of a transfer of a footballer from an Italian to a Spanish club

Do you need legal advice? We would be delighted to help. Contact one of our lawyers who specialise in sports and law.