Our Team

• Commercial and Investment Arbitration
• Litigation and Arbitration in Sports
• Legal advice to the sports industry (particularly on association regulations, governance and ethics issues, antitrust issues, data exploitation/sport betting, other complex contracts and player transfers)

Dr Heiner Kahlert acts as arbitrator and as counsel before state courts and arbitral tribunals in complex national and international commercial proceedings. The proceedings he has handled to date have involved, inter alia, the CISG, energy supply contracts, commercial and corporate law, IT law and investment protection. He has broad experience with ad hoc arbitration (including under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules) and with proceedings administered by the AAA/ICDR, DIS, HKIAC, ICC, ICSID and PCA. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Board of DIS and of the HKIAC’s Panel of Arbitrators, among other professional memberships in the arbitration community.

In addition, Heiner Kahlert specialises in proceedings before sports arbitration tribunals and adjudicatory bodies of sports federations. He is particularly experienced in financial disputes, anti-doping and other disciplinary proceedings as well as association law matters. Heiner Kahlert is an arbitrator at the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. Furthermore, as head of case management, he has handled hundreds of arbitration proceedings of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT).

Another focus of Heiner Kahlert’s work is advising international and national sports federations, leagues, athletes as well as companies in the field of sports and e-sports. In particular, he advises on rules and regulations, antitrust issues, player transfers and complex contracts (e.g. on the hosting of events, sponsoring, digitalisation projects such as NFTs or the use of data, for example in the area of sports betting).

For years, Heiner Kahlert has been recommended by “Who’s Who Legal” as one of the leading international lawyers in the areas of arbitration as well as sports law. He also teaches and regularly publishes in those fields of expertise.

• Recognised by Who’s Who Legal / Lexology since 2019 as a leading arbitration practitioner
• Recognised by Who’s Who Legal / Lexology since 2021 as a leading sports law practitioner
• Recognised by the German Institution of Arbitration with the “First Prize of the Sponsorship Award” in 2015/2016 

• Representing an English metal trader in proceedings against a Central African mining company before the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris
• Presiding arbitrator in a DIS arbitration concerning a corporate dispute in the aviation sector
• Presiding arbitrator in a DIS arbitration concerning a corporate dispute in the crypto currency sector
• Sole arbitrator in a DIS arbitration concerning a mechanical engineering dispute
• Presiding arbitrator in an ad-hoc arbitration (German Civil Procedure Code) between a large insurance group and an insurance agent
• Challenging a presiding arbitrator before the Munich Court of Appeals in construction arbitration proceedings
• Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), including ad hoc Division at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
• Arbitrator in several anti-doping arbitration proceedings before the DIS Sports Arbitration Court (DIS-Sport) (until 2021)
• Representing the International Speed Skating Union (ISU) in the proceedings against Claudia Pechstein before the German courts
• Representing Atletico Madrid before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to transfer sanctions
• Representing Panathinaikos Athens before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to a damage claim of USD 40 million
• Comprehensive advice to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) with a particular focus on regulations and contract law matters
• Advising the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) on antitrust law, disciplinary proceedings and financial disputes
• Advising the umbrella organisation of international sports federations (GAISF), inter alia on their Statutes
• Advising individual athletes (e.g. Xabi Alonso, Arturo Vidal or Dennis Schroeder) in sports law and other matters
• Advising an international sports federation on multiple contracts concerning streaming rights and the exploitation of data, in particular for betting purposes
• Member of the Governance Reform Group of the International Boxing Federation AIBA

German, English, French (reading knowledge), Arabic (basic knowledge)

2019 – present
Managing Director of Martens

2011 – 2014
Completed a doctorate at the University of Zurich

2010 – present
Lawyer at Martens Rechtsanwälte

2008 – 2010
Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, including traineeships with White & Case (Hamburg), CMS Hasche Sigle (Hamburg), Beiten Burkhardt (Munich) and the German Embassy in Cairo, Egypt

2007 – 2008
Worked as a freelancer for Taylor Wessing and “i.e. – office for Expertise in Information Law” (both in Hamburg)

2003 – 2007
Studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at the University of Wellington

• Swiss Association for International Arbitration (ASA)
• German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), Member of the Advisory Board since 2021
• Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
• List of Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
• German Association for Sports Law (DVSR) – Constance Working Group for German and International Sports Law

2024
Speaker on “CAS Ad Hoc Division 2024, Paris – ein Erfahrungsbericht”, 5th Sportanwaltstag of the DAV in Berlin, 16 November 2024

2023
Lecture on “Anti-Doping Rule Violations”, Summer School 2023 on International Sports Law at the University of Zurich, 4 July 2023 
Speaker on “Artifical Intelligence in International Arbitration – The Arbitrator’s Perspective”, ICC YAAF event in Berlin, 27 April 2023
Speaker on “Competition law and arbitration: Recent case law of the German Federal Court of Justice”, Inaugural Session of the DIS-CRCICA Working Group, 1 June 2023

2021
Visiting Lecturer for the FIFA Executive Programme in Anti-Doping
Visiting Lecturer for the CIES FIFA Master
Lecture at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt within the Framework of the Key Qualification “Conflict Resolution in National and International Sport”

2019 – present
Visiting Lecturer for the Master in International Sports Law at the Higher Institute of Law and Economics (ISDE), Madrid, Spain

2017
Speaker on ex aequo et bono arbitration at the SCAI Innovation Conference, 2 February 2017; 
Visiting Lecturer for a Moot Court at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, 17 and 27/28 July 20172010 – 2012
Lectures on Sports Law at the Technical University of Munich

2016
Speaker at the Spring Meeting of DIS40 in Hamburg on the Topic “Der Court of Innovative Arbitration – Zurück in die Zukunft der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit” [The Court of Innovative Arbitration – Back to the Future of Arbitration], 26 April 2016; 
Visiting Lecturer for “Arbitration Clauses for Athletes, Clubs and Associations” at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, 22 und 29 July 2016

2014
Lecture on sports arbitration at the University of Passau, 23 May 2014

• “Anmerkung zu EuGH (Große Kammer) Urteil vom 1.8.2025 – C-600/23 (Royal Football Club Seraing SA/FIFA ua) [“Case note on CJEU (Great Chamber) Judgment of 1/8/2025 – C-600/23 (Royal Football Club Seraing SA/FIFA et al)”, published in German]”, in NJW 38/2025, p. 2758 et seq.
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2025 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2025”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2025, p. 3334 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Im Westen (scil. Luxemburg) nichts Neues für die (Sport-)Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit? [“All quiet on the western front (i.e. Luxembourg) for (sports) arbitration?”, published in German]”, in: SchiedsVZ 4/2025, p. 157 et seq. (Co-Author: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas)
• “Case Note on ECJ, Judgment of 1/8/2025 – C-600/23 (Royal Football Club Seraing SA/FIFA et al)”, in: NJW 38/2025, p. 2758 et seq.
• “Sports Arbitration Under Threat”, in: jusletter  – www.jusletter.ch, May 2025 (Co-Authors: Prof. Ulrich Haas, Prof. Antonio Rigozzi)
• “Die Zukunft der Sportschiedsgerichtsbarkeit nach ISU und RFC Seraing [„The future of sports arbitration after ISU and RFC Seraing“, published in German]”, in: SpuRt 3/2025, p. 221 et seq. (Co-Author: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas)
• “Das Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) und sein neues ‘Payment Order Procedure’ [„The Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) and its new ‘Payment Order Procedure’”, published in German]”, in: SpuRt 1/2025, p. 27 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2024 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2024”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2024, p. 3340 et seq.   (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Litigation in Germany”, in: Lexology, Platform Panoramic, Dispute Resolution - Chapter "Litigation, Germany", 2022-2024 (Co-Author: Maximilian Wegge)
• “Le Tribunal Arbitral du Basketball (BAT) [„The Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)“, published in French]”, in: jurisport (La revue Juridique et economique du Sport) 2023/05, issue 241, p. 16 et seq. (Co-Author: Benjamin Schindler)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2023 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2023”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2023, p. 3337 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2022 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2022”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2022, p. 3334 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Der verfassungsrechtliche Rahmen der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit [“The Constitutional Law Framework of Arbitration”, published in German]”, in: SchiedsVZ 1/2023, p. 2 et seq.
• “Sporting Succession at FIBA”, in: Cambreleng Contreras/Samarth/Vandellós Alamilla (eds.), Sporting Succession in Football, 2022, p. 339 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2021 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2021”, published in German]”, in: NJW 51/2021, p. 3700 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter? [“Juridification of Sustainability – Sport as a Trailblazer?”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 7/2022, p. 286 et seq. (Co-Authors: David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand, Maximilian Wegge)
• “Mehr Meinungsfreiheit im Sport [“More Freedom of Speech in Sport”, published in German]”, in: NJW 2021, S. 15 (Co-Author: Dr Marie-Christin Bareuther)
• “New York Convention”, in: Weigand/Baumann (eds.), Practitioner’s Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration, 3^rd edition 2019, p. 1572-1777 (Co-Author: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas)
• “Chapter 8: Germany”, in: Carl Rohsler (ed.), The Gambling Law Review, 2016, p. 82-93
• “Vertraulichkeit im Schiedsverfahren [“Confidentiality in Arbitration”, published in German]”, Mohr Siebeck, 2015, 438 pages
• “Privacy and Confidentiality”, in: Böckstiegel/Kröll/Nacimiento (eds.), Arbitration in Germany – The Model Law in practice, 2^nd ed. 2015 (Co-Author: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas)
• “Confidentiality in Arbitration – A Tale of Doves, Chromatics and European Divides”, European International Arbitration Review, Vol. 2 Issue 1 (2013), p. 27-40
• “(In)voluntary submission to Arbitration in Germany, Switzerland and beyond”, European International Arbitration Review, Vol. 2 Issue 1, 2013, p. 175-190
• “Anmerkung zu Schweizer Bundesgericht: Zivilrechtliche Beschwerde gegen Schiedsspruch ohne Begründung [“Case note on Swiss Federal Tribunal: Action for setting aside of an arbitral award without grounds”, published in German]”, in: SpuRt 3/2013, p. 117 et seq. (Co-Author: Andreas Zagklis)
• “Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08 Murphy”, in: 19 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 1 (2012), p. 110-119 (Co-Author: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas)
• “Das “Murphy / Premier League”- Urteil des EuGH – Kein Debakel für Inhaber von Sportübertragungsrechten [The ECJ’s “Murphy/Premier League” ruling – No debacle for holders of sports broadcasting rights, published in German]”, in: causa sport 4/2011, p. 323-333
• “Restrictions by EU Member States on Exclusive Grant of Broadcast Rights on Pay-TV Upheld”, in: Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Vol. 29 Issue No. 1, Spring 2011, p. 24-26 (Co-Author: Andreas Zagklis)
• “Eigenverwaltung des Schuldners [“Debtor in possession”, published in German]”, in: Gottwald (Hrsg.), Insolvenzrechtshandbuch, 4. ed. 2010, p. 1275-1321 (Co-Author: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas)
• “Strukturkrisenkartelle als zulässige Reaktion auf die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise? [“Structural crisis cartels as an admissible reaction to the economic and financial crisis?”, published in German]”, in: Betriebsberater 2009, 1930-1935 (Co-Author: Dr. Justus Herrlinger)

• Litigation and arbitration in sport
• Representation of parties in anti-doping disputes
• Advice in sports (in particular on labour law and association law issues, association regulations and problems in eSports)
• Organisation and administration of arbitration tribunals in sports (Basketball Arbitral Tribunal, Dispute Resolution for Riot Games’ Esports (EMEA))
• Legal support for player transfers

David Menz acts as counsel in sports law disputes. He represents sports federations, clubs and athletes before state courts as well as before internal disputes resolution bodies of sports federations (e.g. FIFA DRC, UEFA CEDB, BFV Verbands-Sportgericht) and arbitral tribunals (e.g. CAS).

David Menz has particular experience with financial and disciplinary disputes (in particular anti-doping matters) as well as disputes related to association law.

He also specialises in advising stakeholders in the sports industry on the drafting of contracts and regulations with a particular focus on counselling federations and associations on the drafting and adjustment of statutes, internal regulations and contracts for the organisation of sporting events.

David Menz is furthermore very familiar with the legal aspects of player transfers.

A great passion of David Menz is teaching, which is why he regularly gives lectures and presentations at various German universities (TU Munich, LMU Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt, German Sport University Cologne) and at various international courses (CIES/FIFA Master, FIFA Executive Programme in Sports Arbitration).

In addition, as Deputy Head of Case Management of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT), David Menz is responsible for the administration and legal support of approximately 160 arbitration proceedings per year. David Menz is also responsible for the administration of the Dispute Resolution for Riot Games’ Esports (EMEA) arbitral tribunal.

David Menz is co-initiator and coordinator of the Young Network Sports Law (Junges Netzwerk Sportrecht, JNSR). The JNSR regularly organises events on current sports law topics and thus offers young sports lawyers in particular a forum for exchange and networking.

2023 recognised by Wirtschaftswoche as “Top Lawyer Sports Law”
2023 recognised by Who’s Who Legal as “Recommended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)”
2025 recognised by Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal as “Recommended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)”

• Representation of an international sports federation in various anti-doping disputes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
• Establishment and administration of the arbitration tribunal “Dispute Resolution for Riot Games” Esports (EMEA)’ for Riot Games
• Representation of Türkgücü München in proceedings against the Bavarian Football Association (BFV) regarding participation in the DFB Cup (before the BFV Association Court, the state courts and the BFV Arbitration Court)
• Representation of a German player consultant agency in proceedings before the CAS
• Representation of an international sports federation in a claim for damages due to alleged violations of personality rights
• Representing the pentathlete Annika Schleu in a criminal investigation on suspicion of cruelty to animals
• Assisting with the transfer of Alvaro Odriozola from Real Madrid to FC Bayern Munich
• Representation of Fenerbahce Istanbul in sports law proceedings before the CAS
• Representing a volleyball player in an anti-doping dispute before the CAS
• Representation of the German Alpine Club in an anti-doping dispute before the CAS
• Representing an organiser of national youth basketball leagues in a dispute concerning the validity of foreigner clauses
• Advising the Drone Racing League on the organisation and implementation of a competition at BMW Welt in Munich
• Representing 1. FC Köln in disciplinary proceedings before the Appeals Commission of the European Football Association (UEF)

German, English, French (reading knowledge)

2017 – present
Attorney at Law at Martens

2021 – present
Coordinator of Junges Netzwerk Sportrecht (JNSR)

2014 – 2016
Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of the District of Munich with internships abroad at the law firm Marcin & Lambirth LLP, Los Angeles, USA

2008 – 2014
Studied law at the University of Munich

• German Association for Sports Law (DVSR) – Constance Working Group for German and International Sports Law
• Working Group Sports Law of the German Bar Association (AG Sportrecht im Deutschen Anwaltsverein)
• Network of Young Sports Lawyers (Junges Netzwerk für Sportrecht) (Co-Founder)
• Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
• DIS40 – German Initiative of Young Arbitrators
• Munich Lawyers’ Association (Münchner Anwaltsverein)

2023 – present
Lecturer for conflict resolution in sport at the Goethe University Frankfurt

2018  – present
Workshop on dispute resolution in sport at the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (LMU Research Centre, Munich)

2017 – present
Lecturer for sports law at the Technical University of Munich

2020 – 2024
Lecturer for sports law at the German Sport University Cologne

2020
Lecturer in sports law/arbitration at the FIFA course on sports arbitration for sports executives
Lecturer for sports law/arbitration at the CIES/FIFA Master’s programme

• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2025 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2025”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2025, p. 3334 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Das Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) und sein neues ‘Payment Order Procedure’ [„The Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) and its new ‘Payment Order Procedure’”, published in German]”, in: SpuRt 1/2025, p. 27 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2024 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2024”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2024, p. 3340 et seq.   (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Greenwashing in Sport”, in: SpoPrax, 1/2024 (Co-Authors: Dr Tinusch Jalilvand, Juliane Schneider)
• “Das Basketball Arbitral Tribunal – ein Schiedsgericht für finanzielle Streitigkeiten im Basketball [„The Basketball Arbitral Tribunal – an arbitration court for financial disputes in basketball“, published in German]”, in: Anne Mirjam Schneuwly/Yael Nadja Strub/Mirjam Koller Trunz (publisher), Sportverbandskommentar, 1. Edition (published on 20 July 2023)
• “Das „IOC Strategic Framework on Human Rights“ – Vorgaben und Folgen für Sportverbände? [“The “IOC Strategic Framework on Human Rights” – Requirements and consequences for sports federations?”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 2/2023, p. 70 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Wikinote on the Constitution of the arbitral tribunal at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)”, in: Jus Mundi, "The Tribunal's Constitution (BAT)", 2023
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2023 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2023”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2023, p. 3337 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Going Green? A first look at the German Football League’s Sustainability Criteria”, in: LawinSport, September 2022 (Co-Author: Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2022 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2022”, published in German]”, in: NJW 46/2022, p. 3334 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Sporting Succession at FIBA”, in: Cambreleng Contreras/Samarth/Vandellós Alamilla (eds.), Sporting Succession in Football, 2022, p. 339 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2021 [“The Development of Sports Law in 2021”, published in German]”, in: NJW 51/2021, p. 3700 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter? [“Juridification of Sustainability – Sport as a Trailblazer?”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 7/2022, p. 286 et seq. (Co-Authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand, Maximilian Wegge)
• “Das berechtigte Interesse an der Verarbeitung von Sportdaten nach Art. 6 I lit. f DSGVO [“The legitimate interest in processing sports data pursuant to Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 2/2022, p. 60 et seq. (Co-Author: Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Political protest in football – is it time for a (legal) debate? Analysing FIFA’s regulations and recent actions in the Bundesliga”, on: LawinSport, June 2020 (https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/political-protest-in-football-is-it-time-for-a-legal-debate-analysing-fifa-s-regulations-and-recent-actions-in-the-bundesliga) (Co-Author: Maximilian Wegge)
• “Implementing the Organizational Structures of Competitive Sports in eSports”, in: Martin Maties (ed.), eSport-Recht - Politik, Praxis und Wissenschaft im Dialog (Tagungsband der Forschungsstelle für eSport-Recht), 2020, p. 101-144 (Co-Author: Dr Paul Fischer)

• Litigation and arbitration in sports
• Law of associations and federations
• Data protection law

Dr Paul Fischer has been advising national and international sports federations and leagues for many years, in particular on the drafting and interpretation of rules and regulations, the preparation and implementation of board and general meetings, contract negotiations, data protection issues and sports-political affairs. Due to his expertise in the law of associations, Paul Fischer is also regularly asked to chair general assemblies of sports federations.

Paul Fischer has successfully represented clubs, athletes, agents and federations in numerous proceedings before national and international dispute resolution bodies (e.g. FIFA Football Tribunal) and arbitration courts (e.g. CAS) as well as before state courts.

Paul Fischer also has in-depth experience as a certified data protection officer for startups and companies in the sports industry. He is experienced in providing solutions for the specific data protection challenges faced by the stakeholders in professional sport.

Paul Fischer is an honorary association judge and lectures on “Dispute Resolution in Sport” at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich for many years.

• Permanent legal advice to several national and international sports federations
• Advising national sports federations in connection with the one-place principle
• Reform of the licence statute of the German Table Tennis League (TTBL)
• Representation of a German Olympian before the CAS
• Representation of top international soccer clubs before CAS
• Representation of several international sports federations before CAS in relation to actions taken as a result of the Ukraine war
• Advising and representing Bundesliga soccer players in relation to eligibility issues
• Advice on player transfers between clubs from the Bundesliga and the Premier League

German, English

05/2023 – present
Lawyer at Martens 

2020 – 04/2023
Lawyer at Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte

2016 – 2020
Lawyer at Martens 

2014 – 2016
Trainee lawyer at Higher Regional Court of Munich with clerkships i.a. at the German Football Association (DFB) and FC Bayern München AG

2012 – 2017
Doctorate on the autonomy and exclusive structure of sports federations

2011 – 2014
Research assistant and lecturer on Civil Law at the University of Augsburg

2006 – 2011
Law degree from the University of Augsburg as scholarship holder of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”, including an abroad-internship in Beijing, China

• Working Group Sports Law in the German Bar Association
• Young Network Sports Law (Junges Netzwerk Sportrecht)
• Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
• Alumni Network of the German National Academic Foundation

May 2023
Presentation „EU Anti-Trust Law and Ein-Platz-Prinzip – Challenge to Coubertin’s Legacy” (EU-NOK Legal Counsel Meeting)

May 2023
Presentation “EU Anti-Trust Law and One-Place-Principle – Challenge to Coubertin’s Legacy” (EU-NOK Legal Counsel Meeting).

2023 – present
Replacement Lecturer for Lecture on sports law at the Technical University of Munich

2018 – present
Workshop on Dispute Resolution in Sports at the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution (Research Center of the LMU, Munich)

• “How the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection applies to sports federations”, in: LawInSport.com, 31 July 2024 (Co-Author: Mayank Hebbar)
• “EU-Kartellrecht und Ein-Platz-Prinzip nach der Super League Entscheidung – Coubertins Erbe in Gefahr? [“EU antitrust law and the one-place principle after the Super League decision – Coubertin’s legacy in danger?”, published in German]”, in: Spurt - Zeitschrift für Sport und Recht, issue 5/2024, p. 372 et seq. (Co-Author: Jan Wörner)
• “Rezension zu “EU Antitrust Law and Sport Governance. The Next Frontier?” [“Review of “EU Antitrust Law and Sport Governance. The Next Frontier?””, published in German]”, in: SpuRt - Zeitschrift für Sport und Recht, issue 2/2024, p. 158 et seq.
• “Responsible sport and state oversight: sports organisations as civil society organisations and private regulators in France and Germany Responsible sport and state oversight: sports organisations as civil society organisations and private regulators in France and Germany”, in: The International Sports Law Journal, October 2023 (Co-Authors: Dr Martin Stopper, Dr Jacob Kornbeck, Colin Miege)
• “Stichwörter “Sportverein”, “Verbandsgerichtsbarkeit”, “Verbände”, “Verfassung” [Keywords “sports club,” “association jurisdiction,” “associations,” “constitution”, published in German]”, in: Maties (Publisher), Key-word Commentary eSport-Recht. Beratungs- und Anwendungswissen, Baden-Baden 2023 (Co-Authors: Dr Tim Bagger von Grafenstein, Tobias Scholz)
• “Arbitration before the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)”, in: Nuray EKŞİ u.a. (Publisher), Istanbul Journal of Sports Law, Istanbul 2023, volume V, issue 2, p. 3 ff. (Co-Author: Marvin Thormann)
• “UEFA’s 2020/21 eligibility guidelines and the potential for legal challenges by clubs”, in: LawInSport.com, 10 July 2020 (Co-Author: Christian Keidel)
• “Implementing the Organizational Structures of Competitive Sports in eSports”, in: Martin Maties (ed.), eSport-Recht - Politik, Praxis und Wissenschaft im Dialog (Tagungsband der Forschungsstelle für eSport-Recht), 2020, p. 101-144 (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Wichtige Sportrechtsfaelle 2020 [“Important sports law cases in 2020”, published in German]”, in: SpuRt - Zeitschrift für Sport und Recht, 1/2021, 6 seq. (Co-Authors: Christian Keidel, Dr. Martin Stopper)
• “Die Autonomie der Sportverbände: Mehr Rechtssicherheit durch zweckorientierte Inhaltskontrolle [“The autonomy of sports associations: Greater legal certainty through purpose-oriented content control”, published in German]”, in: SpuRt - Zeitschrift für Sport und Recht, 3/2019, p. 99-107
• “Die Rolle des Ein-Platz-Prinzips in der Autonomie der Sportfachverbände. Eine Untersuchung der exklusiven Organisationsstrukturen im Sport [“The role of the one-seat principle in the autonomy of sports associations. An investigation of exclusive organizational structures in sports”, published in German]”, Peter Lang Verlag, Berlin, July 2018
• “Standing to Appeal of Third Parties in Front of CAS”, Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration, Berlin, Heidelberg 2017, p. 41-59 (Co-Author: Christian Keidel)
• “Supporter Excesses and Away Tickets – Contractual Constellations and Implications”, in: World Sports Advocate, Volume 15 Issue 9, September 2017, p. 15-19 (Co-Author: Dr. Tim Bagger von Grafenstein)
• “‘Auswärtstickets’ – Vertragliche Konstellationen und Implikationen am Beispiel der Fußball-Bundesliga [“‘Away tickets’ – Contractual arrangements and implications using the example of the German Bundesliga”, published in German]”, in: SpuRt - Zeitschrift für Sport und Recht, 1/2017, p. 5-9 (Co-Author: Dr Tim Bagger von Grafenstein)
• “Juristisches Glossar [“Legal Glossary”, published in German]”, in: Gier, Helmut (ed.), Paul von Stetten d. J. Selbstbiographie. Die Lebensbeschreibung des Patriziers und Stadtpflegers der Reichsstadt Augsburg (1731-1808). Vol. 2, Augsburg 2015, p. 627-630 (Co-Author: Mehmet Pektas)
• “Bankruptcy in early modern German territories”, in: Safley, Thomas Max (Hrsg.), The History of Bankruptcy. Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe, Oxon 2013, p. 173-184

• General legal advice in the field of sports, in particular on contract drafting and state and internal association court/disciplinary proceedings and arbitration proceedings
• IT and Media Law, Digital Business
• Association and Club law

Maximilian Wegge joined the Martens team in March 2019. Previously, during his legal clerkship, he worked for another law firm specialising in sports law. After completing his legal training, he joined a German commercial law firm specialising in media and entertainment. He therefore has experience in the areas of IT, media law and digital business.

Maximilian Wegge is regularly involved in supporting associations and clubs in sports law matters. He also advises in connection with ordinary court and arbitration proceedings in the area of general civil law as well as corporate and association law. Maximilian Wegge is an honorary arbitrator in the arbitration tribunals of the Baden-Württemberg and Saarland state associations of a political party. In December 2023, Maximilian Wegge was appointed by the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice as an examiner for the second state law examination (civil law and the professional field of ‘advocacy’).

2025 recognised as ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ in the Lexology Index Client Choice Report
2024 recognised as ‘Recommended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)’ in the ‘Who’s Who Legal Germany Report 2024 (hosted by Lexology)’
2023 recognised as ‘Recommended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)’ in the Who’s Who Legal Germany Report 2023

• Advising two national sports federations on (antitrust) legal issues in connection with the so-called one-place principle
• Advising an international sports federation on the revision of its athlete agreement and privacy policy
• Advising an international sports federation on its dispute resolution mechanism for financial disputes
• Ongoing advice to two IT start-ups on the topics of general contract drafting, webshop terms and conditions and data protection
• Advising a Bundesliga football club on the submission of a complaint to the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber
• Representing Türkgücü München in a dispute over participation in the DFB Cup before association courts and state courts

German, English, French

2019 – present
Attorney at Law at Martens Rechtsanwälte

2018 – 2019
Attorney at Law at SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte

2016 – 2018
Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of the District of Munich with internships at, inter alia, the law firm Lentze Stopper (Munich)

2012 – 2013
Semester abroad at Jean-Moulin Lyon III University, Lyon (France)

2010 – 2016
Studies of law at Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

• Munich Bar Association
• AG Sports Law in the German Bar Association
• DIS-40 – German Initiative of Young Arbitration Lawyers
• Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)

2019 – present  
Lectures on Sports Law at the Technical University of Munich

• “Litigation in Germany”, in: Lexology, Platform Panoramic, Dispute Resolution - Chapter "Litigation, Germany", 2022-2024 (Co-Author: Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “How Cryptocurrencies, Fan Tokens And NFTs Are Regulated In Germany”, on: LawinSport, Februar 2023
• “Kryptowährungen, Fan-Tokens und NFTs – ein Blick durch die Sportbrille [“Cryptocurrencies, fan tokens, and NFTs – a look through sports glasses”, published in German]”, in: SpuRt 2022, 354
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter? [“Juridification of Sustainability – Sport as a Trailblazer?”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 7/2022, p. 286 et seq. (Co-Authors: David Menz, Dr Heiner Kahlert, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Political protest in football – is it time for a (legal) debate? Analysing FIFA’s regulations and recent actions in the Bundesliga”, on: LawinSport, June 2020 (https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/political-protest-in-football-is-it-time-for-a-legal-debate-analysing-fifa-s-regulations-and-recent-actions-in-the-bundesliga) (Co-Author: David Menz)

• Compliance in sport
• Sustainability (ESG) and sustainability management in sport
• Data protection law, particularly in sport and for companies in the CSR/IT/media sector

Dr Tinusch Jalilvand has been part of the Martens team since 2020. Previously, he worked at the law firms Hengeler Mueller and SWD Rechtsanwälte / ISICO Datenschutz GmbH as a research assistant and trainee lawyer and obtained his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin.

Tinusch Jalilvand primarily advises sports clubs, sports associations and companies. His focus is on compliance (implementation of compliance management systems; training, compliance consulting) and on questions of sustainability regulation (e.g. supply chain monitoring, purposeled sponsoring, strategy, reporting, avoidance of greenwashing, etc.).

Tinusch Jalilvand also specialises in data protection law issues, in particular the challenges that need to be considered when applying data protection law in sport. The focus of this work is on the legally secure utilisation of sports data and the protection of athletes against the unlawful use of their data.

In addition to his work as a lawyer, Tinusch Jalilvand is also an academic. He has several teaching assignments at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg / Centre for Sustainability Management, including on sustainability regulation in sport, legal issues of compliance, the protection of human rights in sport and the relationship between business and human rights.

He is also a lawyer at the think tank ‘sportainable’, which is dedicated to the topics of sustainability and sport from a scientific perspective. As part of his work for sportainable, Tinusch Jalilvand also takes on the role of project manager in various major research and consultancy projects in sport.

In his dissertation, Tinusch Jalilvand already investigated various questions of human rights protection in atypical stakeholder structures, e.g. in relation to companies or in relation to data protection.

Tinusch Jalilvand is a competitive athlete himself and is active as a middle and long-distance runner. His heart beats for the marathon.

• Advising sports associations and clubs of the German Football League on legal compliance issues (e.g. implementation of compliance management systems, drafting of codes of conduct, prevention of corruption, bribery, match-fixing, etc.)
• Advising the German Football League (DFL) on the further development of the DFL sustainability guidelines
• Advising the German Table Tennis League (TTBL) on the implementation of sustainability criteria in the licensing regulations (development of a licence status with sustainability criteria in the areas of human rights, climate and environmental protection as well as compliance and good governance for the German Table Tennis League)
• Advising Bundesliga clubs on legal issues relating to sustainability management & sustainability reporting in accordance with the CSRD (including legally compliant sustainability communication, including sustainability reporting and avoidance of greenwashing; legally compliant design of sustainability reports)
• Advising Bundesliga clubs on human rights protection issues and the implementation of human rights due diligence obligations (including the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)) as well as child protection in the analogue and digital space; conducting human rights risk analyses & human rights impact assessments in various Bundesliga clubs)
• Advising the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) on various legal issues
• Advising various sports clubs, sports associations and companies on data protection issues, including the protection of data subjects’ rights and the implementation of data protection management systems
• Advising various athletes on athletes’ rights (including in cases of bullying, coercion, doping, etc.)
• Representing the modern pentathlete Annika Schleu in the criminal investigation proceedings for the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo

German, English, Farsi, Spanish (basic knowledge)

2024 – present
Senior Associate at Martens

2021 – 2024
Associate at Martens

2024
Certificate: Compliance Officer

2022 – present
Inhouse counsel and project lead at the think tank “sportainable”

2022 – present
Scientist and lecturer at Leuphana University Lüneburg (sustainability and human rights in sport and business)

2021 
Qualification as certified Data Protection Officer (TÜV) according to the GDPR and the new German Federal Data Protection Act

2019 – 2021 
Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin, including traineeships with SWD Rechtsanwälte / ISICO Datenschutz GmbH (Berlin) and Martens Rechtsanwälte (Munich)

2015 – 2019
Completed a doctorate at the Free University of Berlin as a scholarship holder of the State of Berlin and the Elsa-Neumann-Foundation for doctorate candidates of the State of Berlin

2018
Research term at the University of Hong Kong

2016 – 2019
Research Assistant at SWD Rechtsanwälte / ISICO Datenschutz GmbH

2015 – 2016
Research Assistant at Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten

2010 – 2014
Student Assistant at the Chair of Criminology and Criminal Law at the Free University of Berlin

2011 – 2012
Semesters abroad at the University of Oxford und the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London

2008 – 2014
Studies of law at the Free University of Berlin as a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

• Junges Netzwerk Sportrecht (JNSR)
• Alumni of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

2022 – present
Lectureships at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (selection):

• Module: “Sustainable Supply Chain Management”, MBA “Sustainability Management” (introduction to the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, introduction to human rights risk analysis in own business area and at suppliers, introduction to the establishment of preventive and remedial measures as part of human rights due diligence)
• Seminar: “Human rights: From the United Nations to business and society”
• Certificate programme: “Sustainable Supply Chain Management” (introduction to the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, introduction to the implementation of human rights due diligence obligations in companies)
• Certificate programme: “Sustainability Reporting and Accounting”
• Certificate programme: “Sustainability and Sustainability Management in the Sports Business2 (basics of (social) sustainability law, human rights protection, child protection, supply chain management, reporting obligations, competition law / greenwashing)
• Certificate programme: “ESG Professional” (basics of human rights protection for specialists and managers in companies; basics of compliance and compliance management and their links to human rights protection)

2022
Webinar on data protection in sport for sports organisations

2021 – today
Various guest lectures on sustainability, human rights, compliance and data protection at various universities in Germany

2018 – today
Lecturer in in criminal law at the Humboldt University of Berlin

• “Zum aktuellen Stand der Rechtsentwicklung im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit (ESG) bei DFL und UEFA – zugleich ein Ausblick auf eine mögliche Verzahnung von ESG-Performance und „Financial Sustainability” [“The current state of legal developments in the area of sustainability (ESG) at DFL and UEFA – along with an outlook on the possible integration of ESG performance and financial sustainability, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 6/2024, p. 60 et seq.
• “How sustainability criteria are being integrated into club licensing regulations (Part 1: DFL & UEFA)”, in: LawInSport, 19 November 2024
• “Greenwashing in Sport”, in: SpoPrax, 1/2024 (Co-Authors: David Menz, Juliane Schneider)
• “Protecting human rights in the digital sphere: Sustainable data processing (in sports) – Part 2”, in: LawInSport, July 2023
• “Protecting human rights in the digital sphere: Sustainable data processing (in sports) – Part 1”, in: LawInSport, March 2023
• “Das „IOC Strategic Framework on Human Rights“ – Vorgaben und Folgen für Sportverbände? [“The “IOC Strategic Framework on Human Rights” – Requirements and consequences for sports federations?”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 2/2023, p. 70 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Going Green? A first look at the German Football League’s Sustainability Criteria”, in: LawinSport, September 2022 (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter? [“Juridification of Sustainability – Sport as a Trailblazer?”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 7/2022, p. 286 et seq. (Co-Authors: David Menz, Dr Heiner Kahlert, Maximilian Wegge)
• “Das berechtigte Interesse an der Verarbeitung von Sportdaten nach Art. 6 I lit. f DSGVO [“The legitimate interest in processing sports data pursuant to Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR”, published in German]”, in: SpoPrax 2/2022, p. 60 et seq. (Co-Author: David Menz)
• “Der Einfluss der Volksrepublik China auf die Auslegung der Meinungsfreiheit im Internet [“The influence of the People’s Republic of China on the interpretation of freedom of expression on the internet”, puglished in German]”, published by Duncker & Humblot, August 2021

• Litigation and arbitration in sport
• Representation of parties in anti-doping disputes
• Legal advice on eSports, gaming and gambling laws
• Criminal law

Vishakh Ranjit is an India-qualified attorney who works with Martens as Foreign Associate. He worked as Associate at a litigation chamber in New Delhi, India for multiple years, before undertaking a master’s degree in International Sports Law at ISDE, Madrid. Subsequently, he started working as an independent legal consultant while also working with Martens as Of Counsel. Since 2024, Vishakh Ranjit has been working with Martens full-time.

Vishakh Ranjit has worked with international sports federations, clubs and agencies in disputes, contractual issues and regulatory matters. He has worked on disputes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, both as counsel and as Ad Hoc Clerk. In addition to his extensive experience in anti-doping matters, he also handles disputes before internal judicial bodies of international sports federations. Furthermore, he working as a case manager for the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal.

During his time as an independent legal consultant, Vishakh Ranjit represented entities and individuals in the sports and gaming sectors in India including football clubs, agencies and Indian market leaders in Gaming & eSports. He also has considerable experience in litigation before Indian courts, especially in criminal cases.

• Representation of an international sports federation in anti-doping disputes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
• Advised an international sports federation on anti-doping results management proceedings including cases arising from organized protection schemes
• Appointed as Ad Hoc Clerk by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in nine cases involving issues such as transfers, disciplinary issues, doping, association/club elections and contractual disputes
• Advised an international sports federation on a hosting contract for an international-level competition in the Middle-East
• Advised an international sports federation on a match-fixing case and a conflict-of-interest case
• Represented prominent Indian gaming companies before various High Courts in India and the Supreme Court of India, in constitutionality challenges against laws banning gaming applications and websites

English, Hindi

2024 – present
Foreign Associate at Martens 

2021 – 2024
Of-Counsel at Martens 

2020 – 2024
Independent Legal Consultant

2019
Master in International Sports Law, Instituto de Derecho y Economia (ISDE), Madrid

2016 – 2018
Associate, Wadhwa Law Chambers, New Delhi

2011 – 2016
 B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore

• Bar Council of Delhi

• Litigation and Arbitration in sport
• Legal advice in sports (especially with regards to employment and association law, organisation and governance in sports, eSports, and human rights)
• Human rights in sports

Ling Goh has been a member of our team since 2022. Previously, Ling was working in Singapore as a certified lawyer since 2017, while she pursued her L.L.M. in Melbourne, Australia. Ling is completing her doctorate at University of Zurich in sports law and human rights.

Ling Goh primarily works in sports dispute resolution, assisting in cases before international dispute resolution bodies. In particular, she has been appointed as Ad Hoc Clerk in many cases before the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). Further, Ling advises athletes and sports associations, with focus on employment law, good governance and human rights. Ling Goh also teaches sports law at the University of Melbourne.

In addition to her work in sports law, Ling Goh has extensive experience representing individuals and entities before Singapore courts, including the Court of Appeal (the highest court of Singapore).

Outside of her work as a lawyer, Ling Goh is a national middle-distance runner, representing Singapore in multiple major competitions, and holds seven national records in running.

English, Chinese, German (basic)

2023 – present:
Ph.D. at University of Zurich, Rechtswissenschaftliches Institut (Thesis on the Rights of Athletes (Sports and Human Rights) (expected completion 2025), before at University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School (March 2021 – September 2023)

2022 – present:
Trainee Lawyer at Martens Rechtsanwälte

2019 – 2023:
Sport Scholarship and Elite Athlete Programme at University of Melbourne

2021 – 2023:
Melbourne Research Scholarship at University of Melbourne

2021 – 2022:
Sports Law Scholarship at Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association (ANZSLA)

Invited Visiting Student (PhD)/ Academic Guest at Faculty of Law (Rechtswissenschaftliches Institut), University of Zürich

Assistant to Arbitrator in sports arbitration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CH) and Sport Resolutions (UK)

2021
Visiting researcher at the Centre of Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore and the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law

2019 – 2020
Master of Law (LL.M.) at University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School

2017 – 2021:
Legal Associate (Litigation/ Corporate Department) at Edmond Pereira Law Corporation

2011 – 2015
Bachelor of Laws, Honours (LL.B.) at National University of Singapore (NUS), Faculty of Law

2011 – 2013
Sports Scholarship at National University of Singapore

• Advocate and Solicitor at the Supreme Court of Singapore
• Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association
• Asian Society of International Law
• Singapore Academy of Law
• Law Society of Singapore

since 2022
Lecturer and Tutor for LAWS20011 Sport and the Law (Full Teaching Load), Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

• “The evolution of a human rights-based approach to participation and gender eligibility in women’s sports”, in: LawInSport, Blogpost 31 May 2024 (Co-Author: Juliane Schneider)
• “Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter and Freedom of Expression”, in The Regulatory Review, 22 March 2022 (Co-Author: Jack Anderson)
• “The Credibility of the Court of Arbitration for Sport”, in 13(2) Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law 233, 2022 (Co-Author: Jack Anderson)
• “A Comparative Case Study of Match-Fixing Laws in Singapore, Australia, Germany, And Switzerland”, in 17 Asian Journal of Comparative Law 286, 2022 (Co-Author: Björn Hessert)
• “Gender Fluidity in Sports”, in 2International Sports Law Review 20, 2021 (Co-Author: Björn Hessert)
• “The Challenges of Regulating Doping and Non-Doping Performance Enhancing Strategies”, in International Sports Law Journal 47, 2021
• “Sun Yang Eligible For 2024 Paris Olympics: WADA V Sun Yang & FINA – 2nd CAS Award”, in LawInSport, 22 July 2021
• “The Social License to Operate in Esports: The Glorification of Violence, Discrimination, and Gaming Addiction in Esports”, in 14(1) Australia and New Zealand Sports Law Association Journal 139, 2021
• “To what extent does the Paralympic Games promote the integration of disabled persons into society?”, International Sports Law Journal 36 (DOI 10.1007/s40318-020-00164-w), 2020
• “Promoting safe sports in Singapore: education, due diligence and disciplinary processes”, in LawInSport, 19 June 2020
• “The opportunities & challenges facing an emerging sports law jurisdiction”, in LawInSport, 28 May 2020
• “Investigation and Legal Report on Players’ Health and Safety”, (Lightning Events), Professional Football Australia, 2019 (Co-Author: John Didulica)

• Women’s rights and the rights of female athletes
• Sustainability in sport
• Human rights in sport

Juliane Schneider completed her law studies at the University of Leipzig and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. During her subsequent legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Munich I, she spent part of it at Martens and worked for a commercial law firm in Los Angeles. During her time as a legal clerk, Juliane Schneider also worked as a research assistant in the field of intellectual property law at a law firm in Munich. Since 2023, she is once again part of Martens. 

In addition to her work at Martens, Juliane Schneider is doing her doctorate at the University of Augsburg. She is working on classifications, in particular classical dualism, and human rights in sport.

Juliane Schneider is a competitive athlete herself. She has been a passionate basketball player for 20 years, currently in the south-east regional league.

She is also active as a contact person for Munich as part of the “Netzwerk Berufseinstieg” of the German Women Lawyers’ Association.

German, Englisch (fluent), French and Spanish (basic)

2025 – present
Attorney at Law at Martens

2024 – present
Doctorate at the University of Augsburg

2023 – 2025
Research associate at Martens 

2021 – 2023
Legal clerkship at Munich Regional Court I with stations at Martens and Fredricks & von der Horst International and Domestic Business Law in Los Angeles, among others

2020 – 2021
Research assistant in the field of intellectual property at Maiwald Patentanwalts- und Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Munich

2017 – 2019
Student assistant at Rechtsanwälte Schumertl in Munich

2014 – 2021
Studied law at the University of Leipzig and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

• German Women Lawyers Association e.V.
• Honorary member of the Association of Legal Trainees in Bavaria e.V.

• “The evolution of a human rights-based approach to participation and gender eligibility in women’s sports”, in: LawInSport, Blogpost 31 May 2024 (Co-Author: Ling Goh)
• “Greenwashing in Sport”, in: SpoPrax, 1/2024 (Co-Authors: David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)

• Legal advice for international and national associations, leagues, clubs and companies in the field of sport (primarily on issues relating to company law, association law, antitrust law, unfair competition law, data protection law and public procurement law)
• Corporate and insolvency law
• Commercial arbitration proceedings

Johannes Breitenhuber studied both business administration and law and has been part of the Martens Rechtsanwälte team since August 2025. During his studies and legal clerkship, he focused on the joint aspects of business and law, primarily in restructuring consulting and insolvency administration. Johannes Breitenhuber spent his legal clerkship at Martens in 2024 before returning to Martens after an elective station at the German Embassy in Athens and the successful completion of his legal clerkship.

Johannes Breitenhuber is primarily involved in providing ongoing advice to associations and clubs. His main areas of expertise are corporate and association law as well as antitrust law, taking into account the specific characteristics of sport as a business.”

German, English and Spanisch (fluent), French (basic)

2025 – present
Attorney at Law at Martens

2023 – 2025
Legal clerkship at the Munich Higher Regional Court with placements at Martens and the German Embassy in Athens, among others

2023 – 2024
Research assistant and lecturer at the Chair of Civil Law, German and International Commercial and Economic Law at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

2023 – 2024
Completion of the ‘Munich Training Programme for Business Mediators (Eidenmüller/Hacke/Fries)’

2022 – 2023
Research assistant in insolvency law at White & Case LLP Insolvency Administration in Berlin

2016 – 2022
Studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City

2012 – 2021
Cusanuswerk scholarship holder as a student of business administration and law

2019 – 202
Student assistant at Jaffé Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB in Munich

2012 – 2016
Dual bachelor’s degree in business administration at the Technical University of Ingolstadt and the University of A Coruña with training as an IHK industrial clerk at OSRAM Licht AG in Munich and Stockholm

2023 – 2024
Lecturer in corporate law and accounting law at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

• Office management, event management, marketing and electronic data processing management
• Development and implementation of innovative dispute resolution systems
• Administration and organisation of various institutional courts of arbitration
• Further development, planning and implementation of internal projects; devising corresponding training programmes and providing training courses

As an employee from the very beginning, Janet Reinhold has had a significant influence on our corporate culture. She worked closely with Dr Dirk-Reiner Martens for more than 20 years and played a key role in the founding of our firm.

Having previously worked for many years in an international commercial law firm, Janet Reinhold is very familiar with the competent administrative support of international projects, extensive due diligence mandates and arbitration proceedings. There, she also headed up the in-house training team. As part of this role, she supported the programming and enhancement of the firm’s proprietary lawyer software, developed comprehensive training plans and user manuals, and was responsible for the rollout of the software as well as for the training courses in Germany and abroad.

As office manager of our law firm, Janet Reinhold keeps all the threads of the office organisation together. She is the first point of contact for our lawyers and clients in all organisational matters. As an impulse generator and project manager, she is also tirelessly committed to the further development and successful implementation of internal and client-related projects. This includes, in particular, the organisation and support of internal and external events, such as the BAT User Conference, as well as the further development and implementation of our IT.

In addition, Janet Reinhold has extensive experience in the administration of dispute resolution mechanisms. Since 1998 she has been coordinating the FIBA Appeals’ Panel.  Furthermore, she has been instrumental in the development and continuous expansion of the administrative and technical concept of two institutional arbitration tribunals developed and administered by our law firm: the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) and the Court of Innovative Arbitration (COIA). Janet is a case manager and accounts manager for these institutions.

Janet Reinhold also supports the Young Network Sports Law (Junges Netzwerk Sportrecht, JNSR), which was co-initiated by the law firm in 2021, as co-administrator.

German, English, French, Russisch (Grundkenntnisse)

2009 – present
Office Manager at Martens

2007 – present
Accounts Manager at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)

1998 – present
Case Manger at the FIBA Appeals’ Panel

2007 – 2024
Case Manager at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)

1996 – 2009
Partner’s Personal Assistant and Head of the Secretarial Training Department at Beiten Burkhardt (Munich)

1996
Advanced Diploma in Administrative Management from the Institute of Administrative Management (Telford, UK)

1995 – 1996
Bachelor of Arts degree in European Administration from the University of Lincolnshire & Humberside (Hull, UK)

1994 – 1995
Studied at the Merkur Academy (Karlsruhe), qualifying as a State-accredited European Secretary

• Office Management, Event Management
• Administrative and Assistance work, Client Relationship and Support
• Accounting / accounts receivable

Saskia Güntzel joined the Martens team as Junior Office Manager in 2025.
With her many years of experience in office management, she provides reliable support to the firm and contributes significantly to its smooth running.

Her commercial training formed the basis for her subsequent work in various administrative areas. Furthermore, she worked in office management, as a team assistant, commercial employee and management assistant at previous companies.

During this time, she was able to continuously develop her skills in office organisation, appointment and travel coordination, invoicing, receivables management and preparatory accounting, among other things.

At Martens, in addition to general office management, she focuses on accounts receivable and account management and the planning and implementation of internal events. With her structured working style and eye for the essentials, she ensures efficient processes in the day-to-day running of the firm.

Parallel to her professional career, Saskia Güntzel studied philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy and successfully completed her studies with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

German, English, French (basic)

2025 – present
Junior Office Manager at Martens

2024
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Philosophy

2010 – 2024
Worked in various companies in the areas of organisation, administration, office management, management assistance and team assistance

2007 – 2010
Training as an Office Clerk

• Administrative and Assistance work, Client Relationship and Support
• Travel Management
• Bookkeeping / Accounts Payable

Linda McCracken joined Martens in 2009. She had already worked previously for many years with the firm’s founder, Dr Dirk-Reiner Martens, and his team in an international commercial law firm.

Thanks to her extensive experience with the work processes in international law firms, Linda McCracken has supported the establishment and development of the law firm from the very beginning. As an assistant, she not only supports the entire Martens team but also attaches great importance to the cooperation with the clients.

Linda McCracken is responsible for accounts payable and account management as well as the organisation of all business travel for our team. In addition, she supports the entire office management, especially during events.

English, German, Spanish (reading knowledge)

2009 – present
Assistant at Martens

2006 – 2009
Assistant at Kirkland & Ellis (Munich)

2000 – 2005
Assistant at Clifford Chance (Munich) and qualifying as Buerokauffrau (office clerk)

1991 – 1998
Assistant at Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener (Munich)

1987 – 1991
Training as a Legal Assistant at Clifford Chance (London)

1980 – 1987
Assistant at Lloyds Bank (London), Clearing and Administration Department

• Administration of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)
• Management and administrative support of BAT arbitration proceedings
• Payment processing of BAT arbitration proceedings
• Administration of the arbitral tribunal “Dispute Resolution for Riot Games’ Esports (EMEA)”

As Lead Case Manager at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) Carmen is responsible for the administrative handling of arbitration proceedings and payment order proceedings. She is the central interface between the parties and the arbitrators and ensures the efficient handling of proceedings and smooth communication between all parties involved. Since joining Martens, Carmen Paulsen has administered hundreds of BAT arbitration cases as well as numerous Payment Order proceedings and has established herself as the first point of contact for all BAT administrative matters.

Since 2024, she has also been responsible for the payment processing of BAT arbitration proceedings.

Carmen Paulsen is also Case Manager for the arbitration tribunal “Dispute Resolution for Riot Games’ Esports (EMEA)”, which was founded in 2024.

With her many years of experience in international companies, Carmen Paulsen brings in-depth expertise in organization and process management. Before joining Martens in 2011, she worked in an international commercial law firm for two years and then spent several years as the right-hand woman of the International Retail Director of a global fashion company.

German, English and French

2024 – present
Case Manager Dispute Resolution for Riot Games’ Esports (EMEA)

2024 – present
Account Manager of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)

2011 – present
BAT Case Manager of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)

2004 – 2011
Executive Assistant at Escada AG, Munich

2001 – 2004
Assistant at Beiten Burkhardt, Munich

1998 – 2001
Studied at the Foreign Language Institute Munich, graduating as a state-certified translator and interpreter, specializing in economics (English, French)

1996 – 1998
Studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

• Administration of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)
• Case Management

Eva Hatalova joined the team at Martens in 2022. Since May 2022 she has been a Case Manager to the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) founded by Dirk-Reiner Martens, acting as the link between the parties and the arbitrators in BAT arbitration proceedings. She is responsible for setting and monitoring deadlines for incoming payments and the submission of documents, dealing with correspondence to parties and answering general queries regarding the BAT.

Slovak (mother tongue)
English, Czech, (fluent)
Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian (advanced),
Polish, German, French (basic)

2022 – present
BAT Case Manager at Martens 

2022 – present
Operations Associate (part-time) at Vertrical GmbH

2020 – 2021
Financial Advisor & Paralegal at Tatra Banka Slovakia

2018 – 2020
Co-Founder and Manager at BIOBA

2017 – 2018
Executive & Legal Assistant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers Slovakia

2016 – 2017
Legal Intern  at UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

2012 – 2018
Studied International & European Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in Den Haag, Netherlands (Specialisation: International Criminal & Humanitarian Law)