Sports Law Department

We provide legal services in the field of sports law, offering comprehensive regulatory, contractual, and dispute-resolution advice to participants in both the professional and amateur sports market. We support sports organizations, individual athletes, and other entities active in the sports sector, combining in-depth knowledge of sports law with experience in commercial, criminal, civil, and administrative law.

We advise sports clubs of various legal forms, sports associations, professional leagues, athletes, coaches, agents, and entities investing in the sports and recreational sector. Our professional support covers both the day-to-day operations of sports organizations and strategic projects requiring consideration of complex national, European, and international regulations applicable to sports law in its broad sense.

We deliver solutions tailored to the specific nature of individual sports disciplines. By combining legal expertise with an understanding of the organizational and business realities of the sports market, we effectively safeguard our clients’ interests – both at the stage of planning and conducting operations, as well as in dispute situations.

Our practice also includes services for public entities and entrepreneurs operating in the sports and recreation sector, including legal support for infrastructure investments and other commercial projects related to sport.

What We Provide

• Advice on drafting and adapting statutes, internal regulations, and governance structures of clubs, sports associations, and professional leagues.

• Legal and sports compliance audits of sports organizations, as well as opinions and expert reports on domestic and international sports law.

• Preparation, negotiation, and review of player, coaching, and management contracts, as well as transfer agreements and related arrangements.

• Legal support for sponsorship agreements, sports financing projects, and other commercial ventures operating within the sports market.

• Ongoing legal advisory services for athletes and coaches, clubs, federations, and other organizations active in sport and recreation.

• Representation in sports-related disputes, including proceedings before disciplinary bodies of national and international federations and arbitral tribunals (including the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne).

• Litigation representation before state courts and support in civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings related to sports activities.

• Advice on athletes’ image rights, intellectual property protection, and media relations.

• Legal services for public administration bodies and advisory support in the implementation of sports infrastructure investments.

• Support for businesses operating in the sports and recreation industry, including sports facility operators and entities active in the sports betting and e-sports sectors.

Our Services in This Sector

• Regulatory advisory for clubs, leagues, and sports associations.

• Sports contracts, player transfers, and legal services for sports agents.

• Sponsorship agreements and commercial projects in sport.

• Representation in disciplinary disputes and sports arbitration.

• Ongoing legal services for sports organizations and athletes.

• Image rights protection and intellectual property in sport.

• Advisory services for sports infrastructure investments.

• Legal support for businesses in the sports, recreation, and e-sports markets.

Our Expert

Prof. Leszek Starosta – Attorney, Sports Lawyer

Scientific Coordinator of the Sports Law Centre at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk and Vice-President of the Polish Society of Sports Law.

He specializes in national and international sports law, combining academic scholarship with many years of legal practice. He is the author of several dozen academic publications in the field of sports law, including Theoretical Foundations of Sports Law Science (2024), The Subject of Sports Law in a Multidimensional Theoretical Perspective (2024), Discrimination in Sport Against the Background of the Politicization of Sports Law (2025), and co-author of the Great Encyclopedia of Law, Vol. XXIV – Sports Law (2023).

In his legal practice, he has repeatedly represented athletes and sports associations before sports arbitration tribunals, disciplinary panels of sports federations, and state courts. He has also served as an arbitrator at the Arbitration Tribunal for Sport at the Polish Olympic Committee.

Earlier in his career, he was a professional athlete – a multiple Polish champion and Polish Cup winner in handball with the team “Spójnia Gdańsk.”