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international sports law firmRoma (ITA) Lausanne (SUI)
isportlaw
About Usisportlaw interprets and adopts the place and the role of Olympism in the present world.
Olympism is a set of principles, ideas and visions, and isportlaw embraces these principles taking on challenges and opportunities that the world of sports has to offer.
The cross cultural, academic and multilingual background of our team,make isportlaw an international sports law firm
The core sectors of expertise are in national and international
sports dispute resolutions
Services are dedicated to: governing bodies, clubs, athletes, sponsors,
unions, associations, universities and other organizations
isportlaw, through its international network, offers its
services on a worldwide basis
Sports Justice
Governance ofsports bodies
SportsContracts
RulesCompliance
IPR (Image,TV rights)
SportsIntegrity Consultancy
Transferof Players
Sports Justice
The isportlaw core sectors of expertise are in thesports justice and in national and internationaldispute resolutions, which includes:
Arbitral proceedings before: CAS – Court of Arbitration for Sports; DRC – Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA; BAT – Basketball Arbitral Tribunal of FIBA; Arbitral bodies of International Federations,National Olympic Committees and NationalFederations; Other dispute resolution chambers.
Disciplinary proceedings before: DC (Disciplinary Commissions) and DT(Disciplinary Tribunals) - of federations and othersports Courts.
Ordinary proceedings before: civil, criminal and administrative Courts.
Additionally, isportlaw provides other services:Recognition and enforcement of domesticand foreign arbitral awards (New YorkConvention of 1956).
Governance of sports bodies
isportlaw has expertise in corporate law, whichensures the optimization of clients’ governance.The services include among the others:
Constitutive documents: articles of association,statutes, by-laws.
Ordinary governance: general meetings ofshareholders, executive board meetings,shareholders agreements, internal regulations,code of conducts, affiliations.
Extraordinary operations: due diligence, assetsevaluations, capital calls.
Negotiation, draft and enforcement of contracts.
Networking and relationships by and between:the IOC, International Federations, NationalOlympic Committees, National Federationsand other sport governing bodies.
Sports Contracts
isportlaw negotiates, drafts and enforces sportsagreements by and between: clubs, athletes,agents and other third parties.
Some examples:
player – club agreement;
player – agent agreement;
club – club agreement;
clubs - supplier agreement;
sponsorship and endorsement agreements.
Rules Compliance
isportlaw assists his clients with the compliance ofnational and international rules and regulations ofsports governing bodies, such as the interpretationand execution of normative or procedural provisions.
Some examples:
compliance with the Olympic Charter, statutes of
national and international federations;
financial fair-play provisions,
WADA code and anti-doping procedure;
status of athletes, and immigration
law requirements.
IPR (image, TV rights)
The IPRs – Intellectual Property Rights – of a sportsstakeholders have an enormous importance in theactual world of sport.
Brand image, sponsorships agreements, marketing andmerchandising strategies, actions against ambushmarketing and protection of trademarks are part ofany business of sports entities.
Image rights and endorsement represent a majorsource of revenue for athletes. isportlaw assists andsupports his clients (entities or individuals) with theirIPRs, making them a valuable asset.
isportlaw negotiates, drafts and enforces agreementsby and between licensor and licensee of IPR such asTV & Media and image rights.
The isportlaw team also includes professionals withcompetence in the registration and protection oftrademarks before the WIPO (World IntellectualProperty Organization) and the EUIPO (EuropeanUnion Intellectual Property Organization).
Transfer of Players
isportlaw provides representation, intermediaryand consultancy services to clubs and playersrelated to the transfer of players.
isportlaw has specific expertise in football (FIFAand UEFA’s transfer rules, registration of thecontract, training compensation, TPO’s ban),basketball (FIBA’s transfer rules, Convention ofCotonou, letter of clearance), waterpolo (LENrules) and other sports.
Team isportlaw includes an immigration lawyer,who ensures the respect of the relevantimmigration rules in case of an internationalno-EU player’s transfer, and provides servicesrelated to VISA and citizenship matters.
Sports Integrity
Thanks to a training program made by Interpol,isportlaw has the expertise in sports integrity,which includes:
match-fixing and other context of manipulation
of competition;
criminal and civil liability of match fixers and
their modus operandi;
sports liability of athletes (disciplinary
proceeding before the competent body);
the 3R educational programme (Recognise –
Resist – Report) designed for athletes against
match-fixing;
sports betting.
isportlaw supports the #ProTectIntegritycampaign of EU Athletes
Consultancy
isportlaw provides ancillary consultancy servicesto sports individuals and entities, including:
tax;
immigration & citizenship;
accounting;
insurance;
education and dual career.
Team
Alessandro OliverioAttorney at Law
Emanuela GrussuPress & Media
Nicola NothAttorney at Law
Mohammad RezaeianAttorney at Law
Cristian SfaraAttorney at Law
Ylenia CoronasAttorney at Law
ITALYRome
Via delle Cave 42IT-00181
+39 06 78 85 862
SWITZERLANDLausanne
Rue de Bourg 9CH-1003
+41 79 424 17 15
isportlaw.com@isportlaw
