Sport Law

Bacciardi Partners offers a multidisciplinary team of competent and passionate professionals to athletes, sports professionals, entrepreneurs, agents, talent scouts, as well as sports organizations, companies, and associations, providing personalized advice and assistance in the following areas of Sports Law.

OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Employment Law;
• Contract Law and Intellectual Property Law, including copyright, image rights and entertainment.
• Corporate Law;
• Domestic and International Taxation;
• Immigration Law;
• Family, Real Estate, and Succession Law;
• Domestic and International Litigation and Arbitration;
• Wealth Advisory.

THE SERVICES IN DETAIL

• • Within the scope of Employment Law:
    1. drafting and negotiating sports employment contracts;
    2. renegotiating existing sports employment relationships;
    3. national or international transfer of athletes and sports professionals;
    4. registration and release;
    5. credit recovery for professional athletes;

• • Within Contract Law and Intellectual Property Law:
    1. Contractual terms for the promotion of a brand during the practice of sports activities:
       1. Sponsorship contracts;
       2. Advertising promotion contracts;
       3. Merchandising contracts;
       4. Licensing contracts;
    2. Contractual matters regarding the management of television rights;
    3. Contractual matters concerning the exploitation of the athlete’s image:
       1. Exploitation of image rights;
       2. Endorsement and brand ambassador contracts;
       3. Influencer rights.

• • Within Corporate Law:
    1. Establishment of sports associations;
    2. incorporation, mergers, and divisions of sports entities;
    3. Acquisitions or transfers of companies, sports associations, or clubs.

• • Within National and International Taxation:
    1. domestic and international taxation of income derived from sports activities or resulting from the economic exploitation of the company’s/sports association’s brand and/or the athlete’s image rights;
    2. domestic and international taxation of incomes earned through so-called “star-companies”;
    3. assessment of the applicability of the favorable tax regime for inbound sports workers;
    4. Proper setup and management of the social security position of the sports professional;
    5. Taxation of real estate income derived from properties bought and/or sold by sports professionals or from their rental.

• • Within Immigration Law:
    1. Identification of the correct entry visa and residence permit in Italy for foreign sports professionals;
    2. Execution of the necessary formalities to request and obtain entry visas and residence permits in Italy.

• • Within Family, Real Estate, and Succession Law:
    1. Management of legal issues in pre-marital, marital, and post-marital contexts;
    2. Legal assistance for the protection and acquisition of real estate and/or residences by sports professionals;
    3. Legal assistance for the transfer of the athlete’s or sports professional’s assets to family members through inter-vivo transactions or by inheritance.

• Within National and International Litigation and Arbitration:
  1. Management of judicial and/or arbitral disputes before sports justice bodies and/or national and international arbitration panels;
  2. Management of pre-litigation and mediation phases;
  3. Handling of disputes arising from transfers of sports professionals;
  4. Handling of disputes concerning the protection of name and image rights.