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Sports and sponsorship law

Sports law and sponsorship for athletes, clubs, associations and sponsors.

An annual salary running into several millions, prize money and advertising revenue that are no less high, and the revered hero of millions of people: who would not want to be a successful professional athlete? This and record transfer fees show how much sport has gained not only in personal but also in economic importance.

We are not only sports law professionals but also passionate athletes and sports fans, and as a result we have a great understanding of sporting matters. And we understand sports law and sponsorship law and have been successfully advising various athletes, clubs, associations, agencies and managers in this regard for many years. Our clients also include several professional football clubs.

Hermann Lindhorst is a Specialist lawyer for sports law and a member of the examination committee of the Hanseatic Bar Association (Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer) for this specialist lawyer qualification. He sits on the editorial advisory board of the journal “SpoPrax” and on the appointments committee of the DIS Sports Arbitration Court, organises the Hamburg Sports Law Day (Hamburger Sportrechtstag) every year and teaches sports law as an honorary lecturer at ISDE in Madrid.

Maybe you are a young, aspiring athlete: clubs and sponsors are tempting you with offers and you are unsure whether to accept them. Ask our experts. We draft, review and negotiate, inter alia, management contracts, agency contracts, service agreements and sponsorship agreements on your behalf.

We also assist sports clubs, inter alia, in negotiating transfers, transfer fees, marketing matters and employment contracts. In true sporting fashion, as a team, when questions from employment law, tax law or the like have to be answered in addition to sports law.

As a law firm, we sponsor and support several sports clubs, so we also know from our own experience what is important in a sponsorship agreement and are able to support you optimally in this respect.

In all matters of sports law we can assure you: we are professional, fair, persevering and committed to standing by your side, if necessary also in out-of-court disputes or in litigation before the civil courts or a sports arbitration tribunal.

What we do for you

So contact us if one of the following or other topics from sports law or sponsorship law is relevant for you or if you need legal support:

Sponsorship agreement
Management contract / agency contract
Service agreement / employment contract
Law governing clubs / associations
Change of club / player transfer / transfer fee
Marketing rights / image rights

Contacts

The experts to match.

Dr. Hermann Lindhorst

Partner, Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für IT-, Urheber- und Medienrecht, Fachanwalt für Sportrecht

+49 40 697989-165

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Frequently asked questions about sports and sponsorship law

Answers to the questions athletes, clubs and sponsors ask us most often.

What do I need to look out for in a management contract?

Have it reviewed before you sign. We draft, review and negotiate management contracts, agency contracts, service agreements and sponsorship agreements, for young athletes and experienced ones alike.

What belongs in a sponsorship agreement?

That depends on what both sides expect of each other. As a law firm, we ourselves sponsor and support several sports clubs and know from our own experience what is important in a sponsorship agreement.

How does a change of club work from a legal point of view?

We assist sports clubs in negotiating transfers, transfer fees and employment contracts. Where questions from employment law or tax law have to be answered in addition to sports law, we work together as a team.