Fellous Avocats · Sports law

Sports event organisers

Contracts with partners, service providers and participants, liability, postponement or cancellation.

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Your priorities

Your needs

  1. Coordinate the commitments of partners, service providers and participants.

  2. Allocate liability and deal with contractual contingencies.

  3. Structure the commercial exploitation of the event and communication around it.

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Our support

How the firm can help

Examples of our work

  • Review key contracts before an event is launched.
  • Examine the options in the event of postponement or cancellation.
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Relevant areas of expertise

  1. 01

    Sports contracts

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  2. 02

    Sponsorship

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  3. 03

    Commercial litigation

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The firm

Your contacts

The firm’s lawyers who handle these matters. Each profile sets out their background and areas of practice.

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Further reading

Other sports stakeholders

  • Investors and economic players in sport
    Governance of the target entity, shareholders’ agreement and alignment of the business project with sporting rules.
  • International sports federations
    Competition regulations, sensitive decisions, contracts with partners and organisers, international bodies.
  • National sports federations
    Statutory operation, relationships with leagues, clubs and licence holders, challenges to administrative or disciplinary decisions.
  • Professional leagues
    Relationships with the federation and clubs, commercial contracts, exploitation rights and decisions on championships.