Sports Law

Schelstraete Lawyers is active in the niche of sports law, which is a combination of laws that apply to both athletes and the sports they participate in. It includes contractual issues, delictual claims, agency, antitrust, labour issues, trademarks, discrimination and tax issues.

Litigation

• We offer our extensive legal services to national and international clients involved in an array of sports before sporting, arbitration and judicial organs, in particular:
  • Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)
  • National and international federations of sport authorities

Contracting

• We assist clients in all aspects of contacting within the field of sports and we are experienced in:
  • Sponsor contracts
  • Labour contracts
  • Agreements with managers, agents and media bureaus

Advice

• We offer our legal support to national and international sports federations, national Olympic committees, sports clubs, athletes, etc. in terms of representation and/or negotiation
• We also implement anti-doping rules that are required by the World Anti-Doping Agency

Anti-Doping

• We represent our clients and assist them before anti-doping organisations such as the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)

Tax & VAT Issues concerning cross-border transactions

• We offer our assistance in respect of the tax implications of international relocation
• We offer financial and tax planning for athletes