Our clients include players, coaches, clubs, federations , leagues, sports agencies , players agent , and any other party with a sports-related legal issue.
Our legal services include:
Dispute Resolution
Rokbani & Abbes Sports Law participated in hundreds of procedures before national and international sports jurisdiction’s bodies and arbitration courts such as:
- FIFA Player’s status Committee and Dispute Resolution Chamber.
- FIFA Disciplinary Committee
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS/CAS)
- Basketball Arbitration Tribunal (BAT)
- UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body
- AFC Jurisdiction’s bodies.
- CAF Jurisdiction’s bodies.
- National Jurisdiction’s bodies
- Ad hoc arbitration tribunals.
We advise on dispute resolution in every sport, including, but not limited to:
- Litigation and dispute resolution, including contractual, transfer-related disputes
- Breach of contract
- Outstanding payments
- Eligibility to participate in competitions
- FIFA Training Compensation
- FIFA Solidarity Contribution
- Disciplinary proceedings
- Doping
Legal advice
Rokbani & Abbes Sports Law provides ongoing advice to, players, clubs , coaches, event organizers , intermediaries and federations .
For players and coaches
- Advice, assistance and representation in professional contract negotiation
- Assistance in the transfer of players . registrations , and image rights.
- Protect players and coaches from all arbitrary actions that can be taken against them.
- Support players and coaches throughout their careers.
- Resolve problems such as, unpaid salaries, bonuses and other financial incentives owed by clubs or associations.
- Advice and defence of players before the anti-doping bodies of national and international sports federations and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
For Football Clubs
- advise clubs on all aspects of football-related disputes, covering issues around a player, contract, internal regulation , solidarity mechanism, training compensation .
- Advice, assistance and representation of clubs in transfer deals.
- Resolve problems relating to individual players.
- advise clubs on all aspects of clubs Licensing process.
- Advice and defence of clubs before the anti-doping bodies of national and international sports federations and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- Drafting internal regulations for clubs.
- Drafting and review of sponsoring, marketing, investment contracts.
- Advise and Representation of clubs on Financial Fair Play matters.
- Help and assist clubs in using Transfer Matching System.
- Help and assist clubs to claim the Temporary International Transfer Card.
For Associations & Leagues
- Drafting or review regulations.
- Advise federations and leagues on compliance of national regulations with international requirements.
- Drafting and review of sponsoring, marketing, investment contracts
- Represent federations in their relations with international and regional structures.
- Advice on audio-visual rights, intellectual property rights, their identification, protection and global commercial exploitation.
For Intermediaries
- Draft representation contracts.
- Drafting and review professional players contracts.
- Assist Intermediaries to recover unpaid representation or other contract fees.