Services
Advisory
STUDIO CIVALE participates in the negotiation of sports contracts of all kinds and offers advice on several matters, such as:
- Transfer of Players
- Employment matters
- Settlement agreements
- Taxation on football contracts and preparation of tax returns
- Endorsement, TV, Image Rights and sponsoring agreements
- Representation Contracts with agent, manager, or attorney-in-fact
- Scouting agreements
- Purchase or exploitation of intellectual property rights
- Financial Fair Play & Club licensing
- Statutes and Regulations of Clubs and Sports Institutions
- Sports tournaments and Charity Events
- Organisation of Training camps
- Shareholders’ agreements
- Basic advice on accounting, treasury, labor, tax, and commercial matters
- Doping
Litigation
STUDIO CIVALE represents clients football related dispute before the Ordinary Courts in Italy, Switzerland and several other countries through its external consultants. The Law Firm counts on a deep knowledge of the rule governing the procedures before the following sports courts:
- Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)
- FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (FIFA DRC)
- FIFA Players’ Status Committee (FIFA PSC)
- FIFA Disciplinary Committee (FIFA DISCO) & other FIFA bodies
- Football Confederations bodies (UEFA, AFC, CAF)
- International & national football associations bodies
- Anti-Doping Tribunals
- European Handball Federation Court of Arbitration (ECA)
- Union Cycliste Internationale Bodies (UCI)
