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We focus on your specific needs

Our focus is on the specific needs of our clients. Our aim is to offer you the best specially designed services to allow you to focus on the real part of your profession, the sports.

Clubs

Proper legal advice is always necessary in sports clubs. The legislative and regulatory challenges are always there, and for every action, you need the “team-mate” with the right skill set in order to overcome the various legal complexities. Our specialised team of lawyers can advise you on the following:

  • Employment Contracts with Players and Coaches;
  • Transfer and Loan Agreements;
  • Representing the club before the judicial bodies of the National Sports Associations and the relevant international Confederation
  • Guiding clubs regarding the use of the FIFA Legal Portal
  • Advising clubs on the use of the FIFA Transfer Matching System (FIFA TMS)
  • Advising clubs on compliance with Greek Laws and the Regulations of FIFA, UEFA and the relevant national association,
  • Representing clubs before the CAS, the BAT, and the other judicial and arbitral tribunals.
  • Representing clubs on disciplinary cases
  • Claiming and monitoring training rewards (training compensation and solidarity contribution)
  • Advising clubs on all issues arising from the new FIFA Clearing House Regulation
  • Registration of Minors
  • The drafting and monitoring of the proper application of the Club’s Internal Regulations
  • Foundation of amateur clubs in Greece
  • Foundation of professional clubs in Greece (Societe Anonyme)
  • Acquisition of the shares of a Football Club in Greece

Athletes and Coaches

It is very common for professional athletes to face numerous legal challenges from a very young age and in foreign countries. We are happy to make the lives of our clients easier by safeguarding their professional rights and their compliance with their obligations. Thus, athletes are able to enjoy their sports and develop as professionals without distractions. We offer legal services to athletes regarding the following:

  • Professional athletes contracts with sports clubs
  • Transfer & Loan Agreements
  • Dispute Resolution (overdue payables, termination of contracts)
  • Disciplinary Cases
  • Taxation issues in Greece
  • Sponsorship / endorsement agreements and image rights agreements
  • Handling Notary services
  • Permission of Stay and Work in Greece for Athletes
  • Change of National Team (sporting nationality)
  • Enforcement of international decisions in Greece

Agents/Intermediaries/Sports Professionals

In the sports sector, the activities of agents are of a highly international nature, dispersed in different countries across the world. Our expertise and contacts in different countries are here to facilitate and safeguard your activities and the compliance of your counter-parties with the relevant agreements. You can be advised and represented by οur office on the following issues:

  • Representation Agreements
  • Transfer Mandates
  • Intermediation Agreements
  • Preparation for FIFA Agents' Exams
  • Registration with the relevant National Sporting Association
  • Disciplinary Cases
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Enforcement of arbitral awards and International Federations’ decision in Greece
  • Taxation