As it is generally known, sports are no longer a national event but gained an international dimension. To be successful in any branch of sports one should know all the national and international rules, regulations and laws of a particular sport branch. As Biten Law firm, we contribute to development of national and international sports law. Therefore, we aim sports federations and sports clubs at a certain developed stage to utilize services of lawyers who have been trained and participated in academic studies. In this respect while working on sports law, we do not only take sportspersons and sport clubs considerations into account but also determine the deficiencies in solving the disputes.
As Biten Law Firm, we provide these services to local and international companies and people encompassing all branches of sports with our experienced lawyers and consultants specifically trained in Sports Law.
Our sports law legal services are as follows:
- Participating to all sportspersons’ transfer meetings with their sport clubs and drafting related contracts
- Preparing player licenses, working and residence permits, citizenship applications,
- Naming and image rights of sport clubs and sportspersons,
- Drafting professional sportspersons contracts
- Transfer of broadcasting rights of sports activities
- Preparing contracts for advertising on jerseys, product sponsorships and other advertisement and marketing activities
- Managing the transfer and registration processes of sportspersons
- Providing trainings about Sports Law for institutions active in sports
- Responsibilities of sportspersons and sport clubs against torts in and out of sport field,
- Drafting sportspersons’ representation contracts,
- Protecting individual rights of sportspersons against personal attacks on visual and written media
- Resolving the tax disputes of sportspersons and sport clubs
- Resolving the disputes related to national and international institutions such as Turkish Football Association, UEFA and FIFA
- Resolving the monetary disputes between sportspersons and sport clubs
- Resolving the monetary disputes between sport clubs and managers/agents
- Resolving the monetary disputes between sportspersons and managers/agents
- Representing the sportspersons and sport clubs before CAS, FIFA decision making committees, UEFA decision making committees and arbitration and discipline committees that are international judiciary institutions
- Representing the sportspersons and sport clubs before dispute resolution committee, arbitration committee and ethics committee that are national judiciary institutions