Our team has been involved in the development of rules and regulations across many Olympic and non-Olympic sports. For decades, we have advised and assisted numerous international and national sports federations in the drafting and revision of their statutes, regulations and data protection policies, as well as the rules of their sports, including field-of-play and disciplinary rules, anti-doping rules and ethics regulations. When advising on sporting rules and regulations, our clients also benefit from our expertise in antitrust and European law.
Our services do not just include comprehensive advice to sport clubs and associations, but also strategic support on communications and political support for major reform projects, such as amendments to articles of association or restructuring at the board level, as well as the supervision and management of general meetings.
Our team seeks to go beyond expectations and expand limits to understand and incorporate best practices and principles in good governance. We are equipped to conduct governance reviews for sports associations and organisations as part of their internal process or as an independent body. In addition to general recommendations on good governance, we also take monitor standards of good governance in sport and provide them in our recommendations. We understand good governance to also include sustainable action. You can find more information on our special expertise in the ‘Sustainability/ESG’ consulting field here [Link].
Notable cases
- Advising the Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA), in particular on the drafting of statutes and other regulations, including in the area of good governance (e.g. ethics regulations, integrity policy, safeguarding policy)
- Advising the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) on the drafting of various volleyball and beach volleyball regulations
- Good Governance Review for the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (WAKO)
- Member of the Governance Reform Group of the International Boxing Association AIBA (Dr Heiner Kahlert)
- Generally advising the German Table Tennis Federation (e.g. on the revision of the statutes and other regulations)
- Advising the General Assembly of International Sports Federations (GAISF) on the drafting of its statutes
- Advising and representing an international corporate group in connection with a joint venture in the sports sector
- Advising the Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) on the establishment of a joint venture with the National Basketball Association (NBA)
