Our Team

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

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, Heiner 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 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’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).

Heiner also advises on contract, commercial and corporate law, in particular for companies in the CSR, media and IT sectors.

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 as “Global Leader Sports” and “National Leader / Thought Leader – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)” in 2021, 2022 and 2023 
• Recognised by Who’s Who Legal as “Future Leader – Arbitration” in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 
• 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 Rechtsanwälte

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

• German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
• London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• Swiss Association for International Arbitration (AIA)
• DIS40 – German Initiative of Young Arbitrators (Regional Coordinator 2014-2017)
• ASA Below 40 – Young Practitioners Group
• Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
• Young Arbitrators Forum of the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce)
• ICDR Young & International (International Centre for Dispute Resolution)
• Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
• Panel of Arbitrators of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
• Network of Young Sports Lawyers (Junges Netzwerk für Sportrecht) (Co-Founder)
• Arab Legal Forum
• German Association for Sports Law (DVSR) – Constance Working Group for German and International Sports Law

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

• “NJW Report on the Development of Sports Law in 2024”,

  David Menz, Dr Heiner Kahlert / November 2024

  in: NJW – 46/2024 edition, p. 3340 et seq. (Autors: David Menz and Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Litigation in Germany”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, Maximilian Wegge / May 2024

  in: Lexology, Platform Panoramic, Dispute Resolution - Chapter "Litigation, Germany" (Authors: Dr. Heiner Kahlert und Maximilian Wegge)
• “The Development of Sports Law in 2023”,

  David Menz, Dr Heiner Kahlert/ November 2023

  in: NJW – Issue 46/2023, p. 3337 et seq, (authors: David Menz und Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Le Tribunal Arbitral du Basketball (BAT)”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert / 2023

  in: jurisport (La revue Juridique et economique du Sport) 2023/05, issue 241, pp.16 (co-author: Benjamin Schindler)
• “Der verfassungsrechtliche Rahmen der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert / 2023

  in: SchiedsVZ 1/2023, p. 2 et seq.
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2022”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz / 2022

  in: NJW 46/2022, p. 3334 et seq. (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz)
• “Sporting Succession at FIBA”,

  Dr. Heiner Kahlert, David Menz / 2022

  in: Cambreleng Contreras/Samarth/Vandellós Alamilla (eds.), Sporting Succession in Football, Issue I-2022, p. 339 et seq. (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz)
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter?”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: SpoPrax 7/2022, pp. 286 (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2021”,

  David Menz, Dr. Heiner Kahlert / 2021

  in: NJW 51/2021, pp. 3700 (co-author: Dr. Heiner Kahlert)
• “Mehr Meinungsfreiheit im Sport”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert / August 2021

  NJW 2021, S. 15 (co-author: Dr Marie-Christin Bareuther)
• “New York Convention”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert / January 2019

  Weigand/Baumann, Practitioner’s Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration, 3^rd edition 2019, p. 1572-1777 (co-author: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas)
• “Chapter 8: Germany”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert / June 2016

  Carl Rohsler (ed.), The Gambling Law Review, 2016, pp. 82-93
• “Vertraulichkeit im Schiedsverfahren”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert / June 2015

  Mohr Siebeck, 2015, 438 pages
• “Privacy and Confidentiality”,

  Heiner Kahlert (co-author) / 2nd ed. 2015

  in: Böckstiegel/Kröll/Nacimiento (eds.), Arbitration in Germany – The Model Law in practice, 2nd ed. 2015 (co-author: Prof Dr Ulrich Haas)
• “Confidentiality in Arbitration – A Tale of Doves, Chromatics and European Divides”,

  Heiner Kahlert / November 2013

  European International Arbitration Review, Vol. 2 Issue 1 (2013), pp. 27-40
• “(In)voluntary submission to Arbitration in Germany, Switzerland and beyond”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert / November 2013

  European International Arbitration Review, Vol. 2 Issue 1, 2013, pp. 175-190
• “Anmerkung zu Schweizer Bundesgericht: Zivilrechtliche Beschwerde gegen Schiedsspruch ohne Begründung”,

  Andreas Zagklis, Heiner Kahlert / July 2013

  SpuRt 3/2013, p. 117 et seq.
• “Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08 Murphy”,

  Heiner Kahlert (co-author) / April 2012

  19 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 1 (2012), pp. 110-119 (co-author: Prof Dr Ulrich Haas)
• “Das “Murphy / Premier League”- Urteil des EuGH – Kein Debakel für Inhaber von Sportübertragungsrechten”,

  Heiner Kahlert / December 2011

  causa sport 4/2011, pp. 323-333
• “Restrictions by EU Member States on Exclusive Grant of Broadcast Rights on Pay-TV Upheld”,

  Heiner Kahlert, Andreas Zagklis / March 2011

  Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Vol. 29 Issue No. 1, Spring 2011, pp. 24-26 (co-author: Andreas Zagklis)
• “Eigenverwaltung des Schuldners”,

  Heiner Kahlert (co-author) / January 2010

   in: Gottwald (Hrsg.), Insolvenzrechtshandbuch, 4. ed. 2010, pp. 1275-1321 (co-author: Prof Dr Ulrich Haas)
• “Strukturkrisenkartelle als zulässige Reaktion auf die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise?”,

  Heiner Kahlert (co-author) / October 2009

  Betriebsberater 2009, 1930-1935 (co-author: Justus Herrlinger)

• Litigation and arbitration in sports
• Legal advice in sports (especially with regard to labour law and association law, organisation of sports events and legal issues in eSports)

David Menz mainly acts as a party representative in sports law disputes. He represents athletes, clubs and sports associations before state courts as well as dispute resolution bodies of federations (e.g.: FIFA DRC, UEFA CEDB, BFV’s internal sports tribunal) and arbitration courts (e.g.: CAS). David has particular experience in the handling of disputes in employment, financial and association law as well as disciplinary cases.

Another focus of David’s activities is advising stakeholders in the sports industry on establishing agreements and regulations. He particularly provides legal advice to federations on drafting and adapting statutes, internal regulations and contracts for the organisation of sports events. Moreover, David is very familiar with the management of all legal aspects of player transfers.

A great passion of David is teaching, which is why he regularly gives lectures and presentations at various German universities (TUM, LMU and DSHS) and at various international programmes (CIES/FIFA Master, FIFA Executive Programme in Sports Arbitration). He co-founded and co-hosts the Network of Young Sports Lawyers (Junges Netzwerk Sportrecht (JNSR)) which is aimed at young lawyers who work in or are interested in sports law. Also through this, David supports the sharing of expertise and the exchnge between young sports lawyers in German-speaking countries.

Furthermore, as Deputy Head of Case Management of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT), David is involved in the administration of approximately 160 arbitration proceedings per year.

Recognised by Who’s Who Legal as “Reccomended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)” in 2023 

• Representing Türkgücü München in proceedings against the Bavarian Football Association (BFV) regarding the participation in the German Cup (before the BFV internal dispute resolution body, the state courts and the BFV arbitral tribunal)
• Representing a German football agency in proceedings before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
• Representing an international sports federation in a lawsuit for damages due to an alleged violation of personal rights
• Representing pentathlete, Annika Schleu, in a criminal investigation regarding the accusation of an incident of animal cruelty at the Olympic Games 2021 in Tokyo
• Assisting in the transfer of Alvaro Odriozola from Real Madrid to FC Bayern Munich
• Representing Fenerbahce Istanbul in a sports law proceeding before CAS
• Representing volleyball player in an anti-doping dispute before CAS
• Representing the German Alpine Club (DAV) in an anti-doping dispute before CAS
• Representing an organiser of national youth basketball leagues in a dispute concerning the validity of nationality clauses.
• Advising the Drone Racing League on the organisation and implementation of a competition at the BMW Welt in Munich
• Representing 1. FC Cologne in disciplinary proceedings before the Appeals Committee of the European Football Association (UEFA).

German, English, French (reading knowledge)

2017 – present
Attorney at Law at Martens Rechtsanwälte

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)

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

2020 – present
Lecturer for sports law at the German Sport University Cologne (Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln) (including the activity as arbitrator in a Moot Court Procedure)
Lecturer for sports law/arbitration at the FIFA course on sports arbitration for executives in sports

2020
Lecturer for sports law/arbitration at the CIES/FIFA Master programme

• “NJW Report on the Development of Sports Law in 2024”,

  David Menz, Dr Heiner Kahlert / November 2024

  in: NJW – 46/2024 edition, p. 3340 et seq. (Autors: David Menz and Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Greenwashing in Sport”,

  David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / January 2024

  in: SpoPrax, 1/2024 (authors: David Menz, Dr. Tinusch Jalilvand, Juliane Schneider)
• “The Development of Sports Law in 2023”,

  David Menz, Dr Heiner Kahlert/ November 2023

  in: NJW – Issue 46/2023, p. 3337 et seq, (authors: David Menz und Dr Heiner Kahlert)
• “Das „IOC Strategic Framework on Human Rights“ – Vorgaben und Folgen für Sportverbände?”,

  David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2023

  in: SpoPrax 2/2023, p. 70 et seq. (authors: David Menz und Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Das Basketball Arbitral Tribunal – ein Schiedsgericht für finanzielle Streitigkeiten im Basketball”,

  David Menz / 2023

  in: Anne Mirjam Schneuwly/Yael Nadja Strub/Mirjam Koller Trunz (publisher), Sportverbandskommentar, 1. Edition (published on 20 July 2023)
• “Wikinote on the Constitution of the arbitral tribunal at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT)”,

  David Menz / 2023

  in: Jus Mundi, "The Tribunal's Constitution (BAT)"
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2022”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz / 2022

  in: NJW 46/2022, p. 3334 et seq. (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz)
• “Sporting Succession at FIBA”,

  Dr. Heiner Kahlert, David Menz / 2022

  in: Cambreleng Contreras/Samarth/Vandellós Alamilla (eds.), Sporting Succession in Football, Issue I-2022, p. 339 et seq. (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz)
• “Going Green? A first look at the German Football League’s Sustainability Criteria”,

  David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: LawinSport, September 2022 (authors: David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter?”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: SpoPrax 7/2022, pp. 286 (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Das berechtigte Interesse an der Verarbeitung von Sportdaten nach Art. 6 I lit. f DSGVO”,

  David Menz, Dr. Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: SpoPrax 2/2022, pp. 60
• “Die Entwicklung des Sportrechts im Jahr 2021”,

  David Menz, Dr. Heiner Kahlert / 2021

  in: NJW 51/2021, pp. 3700 (co-author: Dr. Heiner Kahlert)
• “Political protest in football – is it time for a (legal) debate? Analysing FIFA’s regulations and recent actions in the Bundesliga”,

  Maximilian Wegge, David Menz / June 2020

  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)
• “Implementing the Organizational Structures of Competitive Sports in eSports”,

  David Menz, Dr Paul Fischer / 2020

  in: Martin Maties (ed.), eSport-Recht - Politik, Praxis und Wissenschaft im Dialog (Tagungsband der Forschungsstelle für eSport-Recht), 2020, pp. 101-144

• Law of federations and associations
• IT and Media law, Digital Business
• General legal advice in the field of sports, in particular on contract drafting, and on inner association court and disciplinary proceedings as well as arbitration proceedings

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

Maximilian is regularly involved in assisting associations and clubs in sports law matters. He also advises in connection with ordinary court or arbitration proceedings in the area of general civil law as well as corporate and association law. Maximilian is an honorary arbitrator in the arbitration tribunals of the lander Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saarland 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 Examination in Law (civil law and the profession of a lawyer).”

Recognised by Who’s Who Legal as “Reccomended Lawyer – Sports and Entertainment (Germany)” in 2023 
Recognised by Lexology with the Client Choice Award for Sports & Entertainment in Germany in 2022

• Advising two IT start-ups on the topics of webshop terms and conditions and data protection
• 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
• Advising a Bundesliga soccer club on the filing of a claim before FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber
• Representation of a Greek first division soccer club before CAS against claims for damages of a former player
• Representation of Türkgücü München in a dispute regarding DFB Cup participation 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”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, Maximilian Wegge / May 2024

  in: Lexology, Platform Panoramic, Dispute Resolution - Chapter "Litigation, Germany" (Authors: Dr. Heiner Kahlert und Maximilian Wegge)
• “How Cryptocurrencies, Fan Tokens And NFTs Are Regulated In Germany”,

  Maximilian Wegge / 2023

  on: LawinSport, Februar 2023
• “Kryptowährungen, Fan-Tokens und NFTs – ein Blick durch die Sportbrille”,

  Maximilian Wegge / 2022

  in: SpuRt 2022, 354
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter?”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: SpoPrax 7/2022, pp. 286 (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Political protest in football – is it time for a (legal) debate? Analysing FIFA’s regulations and recent actions in the Bundesliga”,

  Maximilian Wegge, David Menz / June 2020

  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)

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

Dr Paul Fischer has been advising national and international sports federations 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, Dr 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 many years of 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 sports federations are facing.

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

• Permanent legal advice to several national and international sports federations
• Advising on player transfers between clubs from the Bundesliga and the Premier League
• Representation of top international soccer clubs in transfer disputes 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
• Legal Representation of a German Olympic athlete before the CAS

German, English

05/2023 – present
Lawyer at Martens Rechtsanwälte

2020 – 04/2023
Lawyer at Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte

2016 – 2020
Lawyer at Martens Rechtsanwälte

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 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)

• “UEFA’s 2020/21 eligibility guidelines and the potential for legal challenges by clubs”,

  Paul Fischer / 2020/2021

  in: LawInSport, 10 July 2020 (co-author: Christian Keidel)
• “Implementing the Organizational Structures of Competitive Sports in eSports”,

  David Menz, Dr Paul Fischer / 2020

  in: Martin Maties (ed.), eSport-Recht - Politik, Praxis und Wissenschaft im Dialog (Tagungsband der Forschungsstelle für eSport-Recht), 2020, pp. 101-144
• “Wichtige Sportrechtsfaelle 2020”,

  Paul Fischer / 2020

  in: SpuRt - Zeitschrift für Sport und Recht, 1/2021, 6 seq. · 1 January 2021 (co-authors: Christian Keidel, Dr. Habil. Martin Stopper)
• “Die Autonomie der Sportverbände: Mehr Rechtssicherheit durch zweckorientierte Inhaltskontrolle”,

  Paul Fischer / May 2019

  SpuRt 3/2019, p. 99-107
• “Die Rolle des Ein-Platz-Prinzips in der Autonomie der Sportfachverbände. Eine Untersuchung der exklusiven Organisationsstrukturen im Sport”,

  Paul Fischer / July 2018

   [Publication in German] Peter Lang Verlag, Berlin 2018
• “Standing to Appeal of Third Parties in Front of CAS”,

  Christian Keidel, Paul Fischer / December 2017

   Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration, Berlin, Heidelberg 2017, p. 41-59
• “Supporter Excesses and Away Tickets – Contractual Constellations and Implications”,

  Paul Fischer / September 2017

   in: World Sports Advocate, Volume 15 Issue 9, September 2017, pp. 15-19 (co-author: Dr Tim Bagger von Grafenstein; revised and modified English Version of the publication in SpuRt)
• “‘Auswärtstickets’ – Vertragliche Konstellationen und Implikationen am Beispiel der Fußball-Bundesliga”,

  Paul Fischer / Januar 2017

  SpuRt, 1/2017, pp. 5-9 (co-author: Dr Tim Bagger von Grafenstein)
• “Juristisches Glossar”,

  Paul Fischer / March 2015

   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, pp. 627-630 (co-author: Mehmet Pektas, Attorney at Law)
• “Bankruptcy in early modern German territories”,

  Paul Fischer / January 2013

  in: Safley, Thomas Max (Hrsg.), The History of Bankruptcy. Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe, Oxon 2013, pp. 173-184

• Human rights and sustainability in sport
• Data Protection Law, in particular in sport as well as for businesses in the CSR/IT/media sectors
• Criminal Law in Sport, with a focus on compliance

Dr Tinusch Jalilvand has been a member of our 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 respectively, and completed his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin.

Tinusch Jalilvand primarily advises sports clubs, sports associations and companies. His focus is on issues of sustainability regulation (e.g. the inclusion of sustainability in licensing and other regulations, avoidance of greenwashing, etc.). He is particularly dedicated to the protection of human rights in sport, e.g.  the implementation of requirements of the German Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz) and in the area of child and youth protection in sport.

Furthermore, Tinusch Jalilvand is dedicated to data protection law, especially the challenges arising from the application of data protection law to sport. This work focuses in particular on the lawful exploitation of sport data and the protection of athletes’ privacy rights.

Tinusch Jalilvand also advises clients from the sports sector on criminal law issues, in particular in the area of compliance.

In addition to his work as a lawyer, Tinusch Jalilvand is active in the field of science. He holds several lectureships at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg / Center for Sustainability Management, including on sustainability regulation in sport, the protection of human rights in sport and the relationship between business and human rights.

Furthermore, he is the inhouse counsel of the think tank “sportainable”, which is dedicated to the topics of sustainability and sport from a scientific perspective. At sportainable, Tinusch Jalilvand is also the project lead in various large research and consulting projects in the world of sport.

Tinusch Jalilvand already dedicated his dissertation to 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 himself a competitive athlete and active as a middle and long-distance runner. His heart beats for the marathon.

• Advising sports federations on the implementation of sustainability and human rights in the federation’s regulations.
• Advising Bundesliga clubs on legal issues of sustainability management (including legally compliant sustainability communication, e.g. in sustainability reporting and avoidance of greenwashing)
• Advising Bundesliga clubs on human rights protection and the implementation of human rights due diligence (including the German Supply Chain Act) as well as on child protection in the analogue and digital space
• Advising Bundesliga Clubs on compliance issues
• Advising the World Basketball Association (FIBA) and the World 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, doping etc.)
• Advising the Modern Pentathlete Annika Schleu in the criminal investigation after the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

German, English, Farsi, Spanish (basic knowledge)

2021 – present
Lawyer at Martens Rechtsanwälte

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

Since 2022 

Lectures at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Center for Sustainability Management:

• “Legal aspects of sustainability and sustainability management in the sports business” (within the syllabus of the study program “Sustainability Management in Sport and Sports Business” co-initiated by the German Football League (Deutsche Fußballiga / DFL), participation of representatives of all clubs of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga)
• “The German Supply Chain Act and sustainable supply chain management”
• “MBA Sustainability Management: Human Rights, Business and Supply Chains”

2022
Webinar on data protection in sport for sports federations

2021
Seminar on (inter alia) data protection law in sports at the Free University of Berlin

2018 – present
Lecturer for criminal law at the Humboldt University in Berlin

• “Greenwashing in Sport”,

  David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / January 2024

  in: SpoPrax, 1/2024 (authors: David Menz, Dr. Tinusch Jalilvand, Juliane Schneider)
• “”,

  Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / December 2023

  in: Nomos Praxis-Newsletter Sportrecht 12/2023 (link to article in German)
• “Protecting human rights in the digital sphere: Sustainable data processing (in sports) – Part 2”,

  Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / July 2023

  in: LawInSport 2023
• “Protecting human rights in the digital sphere: Sustainable data processing (in sports) – Part 1”,

  Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / March 2023

  in: LawInSport 2023
• “Das „IOC Strategic Framework on Human Rights“ – Vorgaben und Folgen für Sportverbände?”,

  David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2023

  in: SpoPrax 2/2023, p. 70 et seq. (authors: David Menz und Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Going Green? A first look at the German Football League’s Sustainability Criteria”,

  David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: LawinSport, September 2022 (authors: David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Verrechtlichung der Nachhaltigkeit – der Sport als Vorreiter?”,

  Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: SpoPrax 7/2022, pp. 286 (authors: Dr Heiner Kahlert, David Menz, Maximilian Wegge, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand)
• “Das berechtigte Interesse an der Verarbeitung von Sportdaten nach Art. 6 I lit. f DSGVO”,

  David Menz, Dr. Tinusch Jalilvand / 2022

  in: SpoPrax 2/2022, pp. 60
• “Der Einfluss der Volksrepublik China auf die Auslegung der Meinungsfreiheit im Internet”,

  Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / August 2021

  published by Duncker & Humblot

• Litigation and arbitration in sport
• Legal advice on eSports, gaming and gambling laws
• Criminal law

Vishakh Ranjit is an India-qualified attorney who works with Martens Rechtsanwälte as Of Counsel. 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, and subsequently started working as an independent legal consultant. Since then, his practice has been focussing on sports law.

Vishakh has worked with international sports federations, clubs and agencies in disputes, contractual issues and anti-doping matters. He has worked on disputes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and internal judicial bodies of international sports federations such as FIFA, FIBA and FIVB. In addition, he is working as a case manager for the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal. Vishakh has also been appointed as Ad Hoc Clerk in CAS cases.

In addition to his work with Martens Rechtsanwälte, Vishakh represents 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.

English, Hindi

2021 – present
Of-Counsel, Martens Rechtsanwälte

2020 – present
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”,

  Ling Goh, Juliane Schneider / May 2024

  in: LawInSport, Blogpost 31 May 2024 (Authors: Ling Goh, Juliane Schneider)
• “Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter and Freedom of Expression”,

  Ling Goh / 2022

  in The Regulatory Review, 22 March 2022
• “The Credibility of the Court of Arbitration for Sport”,

  Chui Ling Goh, Jack Anderson / 2022

  in 13(2) Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law 233, 2022 (authors: Chui Ling Goh and Jack Anderson)
• “A Comparative Case Study of Match-Fixing Laws in Singapore, Australia, Germany, And Switzerland”,

  Björn Hessert, Chui Ling Goh / 2022

  in 17 Asian Journal of Comparative Law 286, 2022 (authors: Björn Hessert and Chui Ling Goh)
• “Gender Fluidity in Sports”,

  Chui Ling Goh, Björn Hessert / 2021

  in 2International Sports Law Review 20, 2021 (authors: Chui Ling Goh and Björn Hessert)
• “The Challenges of Regulating Doping and Non-Doping Performance Enhancing Strategies”,

  Chui Ling Goh / 2021

  in International Sports Law Journal 47, 2021
• “Sun Yang Eligible For 2024 Paris Olympics: WADA V Sun Yang & FINA – 2nd CAS Award”,

  Chui Ling Goh / 2021

  in LawInSport, 22 July 2021
• “The Social License to Operate in Esports: The Glorification of Violence, Discrimination, and Gaming Addiction in Esports”,

  Chui Ling Goh / 2021

  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?”,

  Chui Ling Goh / 2020

  International Sports Law Journal 36 (DOI 10.1007/s40318-020-00164-w), 2020
• “Promoting safe sports in Singapore: education, due diligence and disciplinary processes”,

  Chui Ling Goh / 2020

  in LawInSport, 19 June 2020
• “The opportunities & challenges facing an emerging sports law jurisdiction”,

  Chui Ling Goh / 2020

  in LawInSport, 28 May 2020
• “Investigation and Legal Report on Players’ Health and Safety”,

  Chui Ling Goh, John Didulica / 2019

  (Lightning Events), Professional Football Australia, 2019, (authors: Chui Ling Goh and 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 Rechtsanwälte 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 Rechtsanwälte

In addition to her work at Martens Rechtsanwälte, 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)

2024 – present
Doctorate at the University of Augsburg

2023 – present
Research associate at Martens Rechtsanwälte

2021 – 2023
Legal clerkship at Munich Regional Court I with stations at Martens Rechtsanwälte 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”,

  Ling Goh, Juliane Schneider / May 2024

  in: LawInSport, Blogpost 31 May 2024 (Authors: Ling Goh, Juliane Schneider)
• “Greenwashing in Sport”,

  David Menz, Dr Tinusch Jalilvand / January 2024

  in: SpoPrax, 1/2024 (authors: David Menz, Dr. Tinusch Jalilvand, Juliane Schneider)

• 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 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 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 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.

German, English, French, Russisch (Grundkenntnisse)

2009 – present
Office Manager at Martens Rechtsanwälte

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

1998 – present
Case Manger at the FIBA Appeals’ Panel

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

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

Linda McCracken joined Martens Rechtsanwälte 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 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 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 Rechtsanwälte

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)
• Case Managment

Carmen Paulsen joined the team at Martens Rechtsanwälte in 2011. Since December 2013 she has been a Case Manager to the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT), which was developed by Martens Rechtsanwaelte. As a case manager,  she is acting as  the link between the parties and the arbitrators in BAT arbitration proceedings. Carmen is responsible for setting and monitoring deadlines for incoming payments and the submission of documents. She is dealing with correspondence to parties and answering general queries regarding the BAT.

German, English and French

2011 – present
BAT Case Manager at Martens Rechtsanwälte

2004 – 2011
Assistant at Escada AG (Munich)

2001 – 2004
Assistant at Beiten Burkhardt (Munich)

1996 – 1998
Studied at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich

1998 – 2001
Qualified as a State-certified translator and interpreter, specialising in business and economics (English and French), from the Institute of Foreign Languages in Munich

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

Eva Hatalova joined the team at Martens Rechtsanwälte 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 Rechtsanwälte

2022 – present
Operations Associate 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)