Sports Law

The Netherlands is a real sporting nation. The performance standard of both our professional and amateur athletes is high, with a relatively high number of sportspeople with top-level ambitions. The Dutch sports sector is besides pioneering in the field of innovation, in particular thanks to technological breakthroughs in materials, nutrition and information. In short: the sports sector is on the up!

Sports Law Practice

The Sports Law practice consists of experienced lawyers who specialise in a particular area of law. However, they all have one thing in common: an affinity for sport. Within the Sports Law practice, legal matters can arise across quite diverse areas, for example  in the field of:

• employment law (labour disputes, contract negotiations, transfer agreements), 
• IP law (image rights, merchandising), 
• corporate law (statutes, sponsorship contracts, M&A), 
• liability law (personal injury), 
• tax law, 
• property law (rental, ownership, leasehold), 
• disciplinary law (codes of conduct, regulations, doping, match-fixing) or arbitration (CAS). 

Emotions

We understand that sport involves more than rules alone. The emotions experienced and the dynamic nature of the world of sport mean that a different approach needs to be adopted to issues involving sports law. Our aim is to make life as easy as possible for clubs, athletes, associations, sponsors and players’ agents – at an amateur and professional level – by taking care of legal aspects for them, which frees up valuable time for them to focus on what really matters: sport itself.