Advice
Advice to event organizers and sports clubs in all disciplines
- Olympic movement
- National and international sports federations
- Private organizers
- Sports associations and societies
- Media rights and sports marketing agencies
- Candidates and organization committees for big international events (Olympic Games/World Cups/European Championships, etc.)
- Local authority organizers or partners of sporting events
Drafting of all consultations, agreements and contracts for organizing and financing sporting events
- Competitive bids
- Multimedia rights licensing (television, Internet, mobile phone...)
- Partnership contracts (naming rights, official suppliers, equipment), set-up and management of partner programs – definition of exclusive or non-exclusive sectors – issues related to naming rights.
- Intellectual Property licensing
- Player transfer contracts
- Player employment contracts
- Sports agency contracts
- Ticketing (ticket sales – compliance with European and national competition Law – Terms and Conditions of Sale and Use of Tickets – combating ticket resale and trafficking)
- Sporting regulations (special regulations for events – compliance with national and international Federation regulations).
- Volunteer programs for major sporting events
Supporting all actors in the sports sector as part of their internal and external growth strategy:
- Acquisition of sporting events
- Acquisition of sports companies
- Restructuring of sports clubs (sports associations, societies and non-profit organizations)
Pre-litigation and Litigation
In all jurisdictions, including specialised national and international jurisdictions and authorities:
- Conciliation Commission of the French Olympic and Sporting Committee (CNOSF)
- The Sport Arbitration Chamber (CAS) of the French Olympic and Sporting Committee (CNOSF)
- National sports federations (administrative appeals before the Administrative Court (Tribunal Administratif), Administrative Court of Appeal (Cour Administrative d'appel), Conseil d'Etat
- International sports Federations
- Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland
In ordinary courts
- Defense of the property rights of organizers – infringement, unfair competition and/or copyright proceedings related to trademarks, proprietary rights and knowledge of organizers - Ambush Marketing – Sport gambling
- Antitrust and restrictive practices in the Sports industry
- Image rights of organizers and/or professional players (individual or collective sale of image rights)
- Labor and Employment issues related to Sport
Before French and EU Competition Authorities:
- Assistance and representation of organizers, as plaintiffs or defendants
- Anticompetitive practices (concerted practices - abuse of dominant position)
- Definition of the relevant economic market segments in the sports field
- Granting of rights by the organizers and compliance with Competition Law
- Balancing interest of Federations in their regulatory role and compatibility with their economic activities Sports (conflicts of interest)
- Disputes between the different sports stakeholders (clubs, teams, players, national or international associations of clubs, teams or players)
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