In our industry group Sports & Events we have combined our extensive experience in the area of sport and other events.  From amateur to professional sport up to concerts and other cultural and non-cultural events, our specialists provide advice in all the relevant legal areas.  There are a number of different legal fields each of which is represented by members of our Sports & Events industry group.  In this way our expertise from diverse legal fields can be supplemented and consolidated with the industry experience of the respective colleagues from other industry groups.

Within the scope of our PMLG network, we work closely with specialists from other member firms and can therefore also offer you advice on an international level.

Our range of services:

Intellectual Property / Information Technology

• Drafting and implementing marketing concepts
• Safeguarding the personal rights of athletes and artists
• Drafting and implementing protection concepts for industrial and intellectual property rights
• Developing and assessing sponsoring and marketing concepts, merchandising
• Legal assistance with the purchase and sale of media rights in the sports and cultural sector
• Carrying out license checks and assisting with licensing procedures
• Advising in connection with the exploitation of rights in New Media
• Advising on the implementation of cashless payment systems

Real Estate

• Advising on the establishment and operation of sports facilities (stadiums, arenas and other meeting places, golf courses, etc.) including public procurement law advice
• Drafting agreements for the renting and leasing of sports facilities and locations for events
• Drafting facility management agreements for sports facilities and locations for events

Corporate Law

• Comprehensive advice regarding society law, association law and general corporate law
• Advice regarding investments in sports clubs/securing influence

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets 

• Advice regarding the financing of sports and event facilities including feasibility studies
• Drafting and assessing financial concepts for clubs

Litigation and Dispute Resolution 

• Representation in disputes at state courts
• Representation at arbitration proceedings

Employment Law

• Comprehensive legal advice regarding athlete transfers including drafting agreements
• Drafting and checking artists' agreements

EU Law/Antitrust Law

• Assessing European law issues
• Antitrust advice regarding the marketing of sporting events

Tax Law

• Advising clubs and athletes with regard to tax law issues
• Tax law advice in connection with cultural and non-cultural events of all kinds, particularly with international aspects

General contract law and advice particularly with regard to diverse legal fields

• Preparing and checking hospitality concepts
• Drafting agreements with agents/organisers
• Producing sponsoring concepts and drafting and checking sponsoring agreements
• Drafting and checking general terms and conditions for ticketing, usage of sports and event facilities etc

• Advising in connection with sports betting