Segev Tal Sports Law has proven legal experience in representing clients in matters related to sports law in national and international arena. The work includes providing legal advice to Israeli players in negotiations with international teams, representing foreign players with Israeli teams, player transfers and loans, handling issues of solidarity payments, representing agents and sports agencies before players and clubs, and more.
Our firm specializes in representing teams in international proceedings, including managing licensing processes, submitting applications, and conducting proceedings at the Arbitration Institute and the courts of the Football Association, FIFA, and CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). The firm has set various precedents in the sports world, including representing Maccabi Netanya Football Club in FIFA until the approval of the exceptional request to participate in European competitions in 2018, representing senior footballers in FIFA’s judicial bodies in connection with various claims, including unilateral termination of contracts, representing teams in demands for solidarity payments, and more.
Our firm’s extensive network of contacts with law firms and various sports bodies abroad in the United States, Britain, China, Brazil, Spain, Africa, and more, allows us to meet our clients’ needs in all matters.
Sports organization in Israel are subject to local and international laws and regulations, in addition to those that apply to any corporation from other sectors. Our firm has the required knowledge of laws and regulations and an in-depth familiarity with the various provisions that allow us to achieve the best results for our clients. We accompany sports organizations, individual athletes, players and sports agencies, in their proper ongoing management, including vis-à-vis the Association, budgetary control, the Ministry of Sports, and more.
Legal services include the preparation of various regulations, advice in negotiations on player transfers, drafting of contracts for coaches, players, and various position holders in sports clubs. In addition, our firm has reach experience in representing sport organizations in league disciplinary committees and ADR’s, advertising and sponsorship agreements, assistance in locating sports technologies and drafting agreements with such technology companies, and accompanying clubs and individuals in legal proceedings in Israel and abroad.
Segev Tal Sports Law has set various precedents in the sports world, including representing Maccabi Netanya football club before FIFA judicial bodies, which ended up in receiving the approval of the exceptional request to participate in European competitions in 2018.
We have extensive knowledge of sports laws and regulations in Israel and worldwide, changes in legislation in the field of sports law, judicial proceedings in local and international frameworks, and various issues in the world of sports law, including labor laws, preparation and drafting of contracts, and litigation. These are essential to provide accurate legal advice to entities operating in the sports world in accordance with the regulations to which they are subject.
We provide legal advice to athletes, amateurs and professional, youngsters and adults, in teams or individual sports, in professional leagues and amateur leagues. The range of legal services includes representation in disciplinary committees, clubs’ transfers, legal procedure for transfer of minors, legal services in the anti-doping field, managing arbitration proceedings in cases of breach of contracts, representation in claims for severance pay and other rights in the Labor law field, and representation before various judicial bodies, including the Football Association, the Athletics Association, the Ministry of Sports, the Ministry of the Interior Affairs, the Olympic Committee, the Player Status Committee, and more.
The firm has set various precedents, including several legal precedents regarding the complex field of release of minors from teams while being under a valid contract.
Most entities operating in the sports field in Israel are incorporated as registered nonprofits or public benefit companies.
These bodies operate under the Registrar of Associations and are subject to various regulations, in order to prevent the misuse of donation funds.
Therefore, a law firm that represents nonprofits and public benefit companies must be alert to the unique needs of those entities, including forming the entity in a manner that enables it to focus on its stated goals.
We advise clients on all stages of an NPO’s or PBC’s life cycle, from establishment and construction of bylaws, through structuring of the entity’s institutions, to participation in general meetings, fundraising (whether from governmental or private donors), and more.
Our firm recognizes the importance of promoting innovation in sports and working alongside entrepreneurs and companies in the fields of new media and sports, who seek to produce various solutions to the challenges that exist in the fitness and health worlds. These include real-time data analysis, improving athletic performance, enhancing the spectator experience, and more. We also represent sports teams looking to implement new technologies.
Thanks to our wide network of connections with leading sports teams in Israel and around the world, we have been closely involved in the pilots of Israeli ventures with leading teams in Europe, European league managers, and more.
Our legal support includes the preparation and editing of cooperation agreements with sports teams, assimilation of technologies, and representation vis-à-vis major figures in the sports world.
We operate not only in popular sports such as football, basketball, handball, and volleyball but also in Olympic sports like sailing and athletics. Additionally, we cover individual sports such as various martial arts, including Thai boxing, judo, taekwondo, kung-fu, and more. We also assist clients with doping prevention issues in sports and other complex legal matters. In practice, our firm provides legal support for every issue in the field of sports law.
19 Mordechai Zeira st.
Tel Aviv, Israel
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