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international sports law firm Roma (ITA) Lausanne (SUI)
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
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Sports Justice
Governance of sports bodies Sports Contracts
Rules Compliance
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IPR (Image, TV rights)
Sports Integrity Consultancy
Transfer of Players
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Rules Compliance
isportlaw assists his clients with the rules 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 represents 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).
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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) and 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.
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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.
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
Team
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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
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