By Jean Baptiste Guillot, Partner and Virginie molho, Counsel

Law and sports attorneys

On June 9, 2020, the Conseil de l'Ordre du Barreau de Paris clearly confirmed and affirmed the possibility for sports attorneys to fully exercise their activity and to perform the acts defined in Article L. 222-7 of Sports Code and this, in compliance with the Law of March 28, 2011.

The Council of the Order thus allows the lawyer as a sports representative, to exercise his activity of bringing in contact, for remuneration, the parties interested in the conclusion of a contract, which already existed for the attorney for real estate transactions and attorney for artists and authors.

The payment of fees remains the responsibility of the client of the sports representative lawyer; however, under a tripartite agreement, the sports representative lawyer may have his fees paid by the sports club on behalf of the sportsman.

RIBP, art. P.6.3.0.3:

« The lawyer may, as a sports representative, exercise the activity of bringing together, for remuneration, the parties interested in the conclusion of a contract either relating to the paid exercise of a sports or training activity, or which provides for the conclusion of an employment contract for the remunerated exercise of a sporting or training activity.

The lawyer acting as a sports representative can only be remunerated by his client. This activity must give rise to a written agreement which may, if applicable, stipulate that the player gives the sports club a mandate to pay in his name and on his behalf to the lawyer, the fees corresponding to his mission. ».

Jean Baptiste Guillot

Jean-Baptiste Guillot

Partner

Jean-Baptiste Guillot handles mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, commercial law, company law and contract law matters, with a particular focus on international transactions for Canadian, British and French companies.

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Virginie molho

Counsel

Virginie has acquired a solid expertise in sports law allowing her to support players in the sports industry in all types of legal issues in commercial law, company law, association law and social law applied to sport.