These arise within the sporting system: player and coach contracts, transfers and unpaid entitlements, disciplinary sanctions, and club disputes with sponsors or agents. They are heard before sports dispute resolution committees rather than the general courts — a distinction that surprises many.
Drafting and reviewing player and coach contracts before signature · Claiming unpaid entitlements before the dispute committees · Representing clubs and players in transfer and termination disputes · Appealing disciplinary sanctions · Sponsorship and commercial rights agreements · Representing agents in commission disputes.
Unpaid entitlements for players and coaches · Unilateral contract termination · Transfer and training compensation disputes · Disciplinary sanctions and suspensions · Sponsorship and advertising contract disputes · Agent commissions · Broadcasting and commercial rights disputes · Disputes between clubs and federations.
Before signing a professional contract — termination, entitlement and penalty clauses are precisely what gets disputed later. And immediately on a disciplinary decision or suspension, because appeal deadlines in the sporting system are very short.
Sports dispute resolution committees hear these cases under the relevant federation's regulations, with internal levels of appeal. Some purely commercial disputes may go to arbitration depending on the contract.
We start with the relevant federation's regulations rather than general law, because deadlines and jurisdiction are set there. We then review the contract and its annexes — many disputes turn on an annex clause the player signed without close reading.
The sporting system runs on its own deadlines, and they are shorter than ordinary litigation. We act on them immediately, with fair and competitive fees set by the value of the contract or claim.
Before sports dispute resolution committees under the relevant federation's regulations, rather than the general courts in most cases.
Yes — among the most common disputes, built on the contract and its annexes together with proof of non-payment.
Short and set in the federation's regulations; missing it makes the sanction final, so you must act immediately.
Yes, alongside players and coaches, including sponsorship contracts and commission disputes.
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