In sports, as in any other area, there are conflicts and violations of rights of qualifying participants. At the same time, special specifics aspects of this type of activity shall be taken into account; for the purpose of provision of relevant legal advice to participants of the sports industry, special qualifications and knowledge are required.
The team of “Aronov & Partners” has great experience in provision of legal support in the area of sports law and is ready to represent your interests both in Russia and at the international level.
Legal advice
Representation of interests in jurisdictional bodies:
- Representation of interests in jurisdictional, disciplinary bodies of national and international sports federations.
- Protection of interests in the jurisdictional bodies of the Russian Football Union (Dispute Resolution Chamber, Players' Status Committee, Control and Disciplinary Committee, Committee for working with intermediaries).
- Representation of interests in UEFA and FIFA.
- Representation of subjects of sports in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS).
Contract and transfer matters:
- Extensive experience in legal support of transfers of football players.
- Legal support when signing labor and transfer contracts.
- Legal support of the process of changing football citizenship.
- Giving advice on matters related to training compensation.
Other legal advice:
- Legal support of executive authorities in the area of physical culture and sports.
- Development of contracts, agreements for subjects of sports industry, including employment contracts, contracts on provision of intermediary/agent services, sponsorship agreements, and others.
- Development of regulations for sports federations, leagues, organizations.
- Legal support for participants in sports business, including leagues, clubs, sports agencies, etc.
- Giving advice on application of laws and regulations on physical culture and sports and sports regulations.
- Giving advice on organization and preparation of international sports competitions.
- Giving advice on sports sponsorship, application, transfer of rights and protection of commercial rights, intellectual and other rights of the organizers of sports competitions.
- Giving advice on labor laws and regulations (the Labor Code of the Russian Federation “Special aspects of regulation of labor of athletes and coaches”).
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