We offer consulting in all areas of professional sports. We represent professional athletes as well as
clubs, organizations, coaches, managers and functionaries, from different sports, such as ice hockey, equestrian, football etc.
Clients from the aforementioned groups are often faced with specific legal issues in the areas of the law of associations, labor and employment
law, social security law and questions of of liability and damages. Besides that, tax, corporate and economic issues are of increasing importance in the area of professional sports.
In cases of doping and other offences, legal assistance is of utmost importance as well.
In cases of legal disputes, the competence of the particular sport jurisdiction as well as the binding effects of its rulings need to be checked.
If disputes can not be solved out of court, we represent your interests in front of all district courts (Amtsgericht), regional courts (Landgericht) and
higher regional courts (Oberlandesgericht) in Germany as well as in front of all all german labor courts, state
labor courts and the German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht).
Our main areas of focus in sports law are:
Founding of associations and organizations
Consulting of health clubs and gyms
All questions arising from the law of associations and organizations
Labor and employment law
Protection of the personal rights of professional athletes
Questions of corporate law
Professional athletes contracts
Transfers
Coaches’ and managers’ contracts
Liability and damages
Sponsors contracts
Tax, and insurance issues and questions of charity
Representation in criminal law
all other questions typically arising in cases of sports law
24 hour emergency service 0163/88 19 200 Siegburger Straße 153 50679 Köln - Deutz Fon 0 221 / 88 19 20 info@graf-bonn.de