Sport and business
Our clients
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Sports law
Sports stakeholders
International sports federations
Competition rules, sensitive decisions, contracts with partners and organisers, international bodies.
National sports federations
Statutory operation, relations with leagues, clubs and licence holders, challenges to administrative or disciplinary decisions.
Professional leagues
Relations with the federation and clubs, commercial contracts, commercial rights and decisions on championships.
Professional clubs
Player contracts, transfers, partnerships, financing, relations between shareholders and disciplinary proceedings.
Amateur clubs and sports associations
Statutes, directors' liability, partnership agreements and appeals against a sporting decision.
Athletes and elite sportspeople
Contracts, representation, image rights, partnerships, unpaid sums and disciplinary proceedings.
Sports agents
Drafting the representation agreement, remuneration rules, international transactions and disputes with a player or a club.
Sponsors and commercial partners
Rights granted, media, exclusivity, use of image and termination of a disputed partnership.
Sports event organisers
Contracts with partners, service providers and participants, liability, postponement or cancellation.
Investors and economic players in sport
Governance of the target entity, shareholders' agreement and alignment of the business project with sporting rules.
Business law
Businesses and their partners
SMEs and mid-sized companies
Contracts with customers, suppliers and partners, relations between shareholders, commercial tensions and litigation.
E-commerce businesses
General terms and conditions of sale, relations with platforms and service providers, complaints and disputes.
Founders
Governance choices, roles and changes in share capital, founders' agreement and the first contracts of the business.
Shareholders and partners
Rules on decision-making, information and exit, shareholders' agreements, governance deadlocks and disputes between shareholders.
Start-ups
Relations between founders and investors, governance documents for a funding round, distribution and service agreements.
Investors
Governance and rights attached to the shareholding, information, reserved matters, exit and disagreements between shareholders.
Investment funds
Investor rights, shareholders' agreements, reserved matters, divestment and disputes over performance.
Family holding companies
Powers between shareholders, entry into and exit from the share capital, articles of association, agreement and governance disagreements.
Family offices
Rights attached to shareholdings, transaction documentation, governance and exit terms.
Marketplaces
Terms of access and use, roles of the platform and sellers, relations with service providers and disputes.
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