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international sports law firm Roma (ITA) Lausanne (SUI) isportlaw
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international sports law firm
Roma (ITA) Lausanne (SUI)
isportlaw
About Us isportlaw 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 of
sports bodies
Sports
Contracts
Rules
Compliance
IPR (Image,
TV rights)
Sports
Integrity Consultancy
Transfer
of Players
Sports Justice
The isportlaw core sectors of expertise are in the
sports justice and in national and international
dispute 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 National
Federations; Other dispute resolution chambers.
Disciplinary proceedings before:
DC (Disciplinary Commissions) and DT
(Disciplinary Tribunals) - of federations and other
sports Courts.
Ordinary proceedings before:
civil, criminal and administrative Courts.
Additionally, isportlaw provides other services:
Recognition and enforcement of domestic
and foreign arbitral awards (New York
Convention of 1956).
Governance of sports bodies
isportlaw has expertise in corporate law, which
ensures the optimization of clients’ governance.
The services include among the others:
Constitutive documents: articles of association,
statutes, by-laws.
Ordinary governance: general meetings of
shareholders, executive board meetings,
shareholders agreements, internal regulations,
code of conducts, affiliations.
Extraordinary operations: due diligence, assets
evaluations, capital calls.
Negotiation, draft and enforcement of contracts.
Networking and relationships by and between:
the IOC, International Federations, National
Olympic Committees, National Federations
and other sport governing bodies.
Sports Contracts
isportlaw negotiates, drafts and enforces sports
agreements 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 of
national and international rules and regulations of
sports governing bodies, such as the interpretation
and 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 sports
stakeholders have an enormous importance in the
actual world of sport.
Brand image, sponsorships agreements, marketing and
merchandising strategies, actions against ambush
marketing and protection of trademarks are part of
any business of sports entities.
Image rights and endorsement represent a major
source of revenue for athletes. isportlaw assists and
supports his clients (entities or individuals) with their
IPRs, making them a valuable asset.
isportlaw negotiates, drafts and enforces agreements
by and between licensor and licensee of IPR such as
TV & Media and image rights.
The isportlaw team also includes professionals with
competence in the registration and protection of
trademarks before the WIPO (World Intellectual
Property Organization) and the EUIPO (European
Union Intellectual Property Organization).
Transfer of Players
isportlaw provides representation, intermediary
and consultancy services to clubs and players
related to the transfer of players.
isportlaw has specific expertise in football (FIFA
and UEFA’s transfer rules, registration of the
contract, training compensation, TPO’s ban),
basketball (FIBA’s transfer rules, Convention of
Cotonou, letter of clearance), waterpolo (LEN
rules) and other sports.
Team isportlaw includes an immigration lawyer,
who ensures the respect of the relevant
immigration rules in case of an international
no-EU player’s transfer, and provides services
related 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 #ProTectIntegrity
campaign of EU Athletes
Consultancy
isportlaw provides ancillary consultancy services
to sports individuals and entities, including:
tax;
immigration & citizenship;
accounting;
insurance;
education and dual career.
Team
Alessandro Oliverio Attorney at Law
Emanuela Grussu Press & Media
Nicola Noth Attorney at Law
Francesca Gullotta Senior Assistant
Cristian Sfara Attorney at Law
Ylenia Coronas Attorney at Law
ITALY
Rome
Via delle Cave 42
IT-00181
+39 06 78 85 862
SWITZERLAND
Lausanne
Rue de Bourg 9
CH-1003
+41 79 424 17 15
isportlaw.com @isportlaw
