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Sports organisers, stadium operators, sponsors, booking agencies, Bundesliga clubs, sports associations or sports consultants. Our clients come from all areas of the sports industry.

We can help with
  • Building law issues

    We examine and advise on typical building law issues relating to events and provide support with building applications and advice on safety and fire safety concepts.

  • Questions of liability

    We review contractual and other risks and help to identify and minimise risks, define responsibilities and allocate liability risks on the basis of contracts.

  • Sports contracts

    We advise and support in the drafting and negotiation of all types of contracts within the sports industry, e.g. athlete/player contracts, sponsoring and advertising contracts, media contracts, event contracts, consultancy contracts.

  • Rights and licences

    Images, brands, naming rights, music, content. We help when rights need to be established, transferred or enforced in the sports and event sector. We draft and negotiate licence agreements.

  • Media & PR

    Sports, events and the media: we help when things go wrong in the media presentation of artists, athletes, managers or institutions (hier: Verlinkung zur Rubrik “Presse & Medien”), we advise on broadcasting rights and public viewing projects.

  • Privacy

    Data protection issues also arise in the sports and events sector, whether in advertising concepts, customer relations, loyalty programmes, guest management or when sensitive data from the areas of health, sexual abuse, doping or corruption is involved. We offer a full range of advice on data protection law.

  • Advertising | Marketing

    Sports and events are financed by a combination of advertising, sponsoring and marketing. We help to put advertising partnerships and marketing ideas on a secure legal footing. For instance, we assist with influencer and social media campaigns, competitions, cooperation with endorsements or advertising in public spaces.

  • Licences

    We assist in the drafting of licence agreements, chain of title and/or individual clauses to obtain and transfer rights and obligations.

  • E-sports

    We provide advice on all aspects of E-sports, be it questions regarding the implementation and marketing of E-sports events, the founding of clans, contracts with players or advertising and merchandising rights.

References
ARGE Sports Law | ISLA | Partner

Robert Golz and Fabian Reinholz are members of the Sports Law Working Group of the German Bar Association; Fabian Reinholz is involved in the organisation of the International Sport Lawyers Association (ISLA). Our firm is a member and partner of the sports and business marketing network ESB.

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Police fees at the expense of the DFL are constitutional

11. February 2025
by Fabian Reinholz & Nicolas Porwitzki

Fair financial burden sharing or a dam break for the financing of public security policy? In its judgement last Tuesday, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the levying of fees for police operations at high-risk matches at the expense of the DFL in the form of the Bremen fee schedule is constitutional. Is the decision correct? Is the confirmed procedure for charging fees in Bremen a fair distribution of the financial burden or is it a breach of the dam for the private financing of public security policy? An overview:

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Press & Media

We can provide comprehensive support in all areas of the law governing the media and the right to make statements, from examining a planned publication to accompanying legal proceedings related to publications. Our clients include publishers and other media as well as businesses and people affected by press coverage.

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Brands & Design

Protecting intellectual property is essential for a business to succeed. Advice on all questions relating to the acquisition and protection of trademarks and designs is therefore one of the core areas of our firm. We help you to find the best strategy for securing and asserting your rights, whether at home or abroad.

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