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SPORTS LAW

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We have in our office legal assistance to people and entities in the practice of sports, professional football leagues, sports administration entities (federations and confederations), sports sponsors and companies in general, interested in investing in this segment.

 

The firm has extensive experience in the area, both in the judicial sphere and in business matters, with the support of an efficient infrastructure, which allows the constant updating of the members regarding the main issues of the sector:

 

• Elaboration of statutes of sports leagues and their implementation;

• Disputes related to employment contracts and / or the right to use the image of professional athletes;

• Assistance in negotiating and drafting sponsorship contracts of the most diverse types, including co-management, brand licensing and naming rights contracts;

• Structuring of financing alternatives for the construction, acquisition and / or renovation of stadiums, gymnasiums and multipurpose arenas (including external financing, or in the local market, with development agencies);

• Advising on the viability of structured financial transactions involving assets related to sports (securitization of receivables, project finance, etc.);

• Adaptations of Club Bylaws to the requirements of specific legislation, as well as the New Civil Code;

• Corporate restructuring involving clubs;

• Advice on specific legal issues of the most diverse sports modalities;

• Elaboration of employment contracts for professional athletes;

• Sale, legalization and transfer of athletes, nationally and internationally;

• Negotiation of contracts for the transmission of sporting events;

• Tax planning for clubs, sports leagues, sports administration entities and sports sponsors;