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Provided by August Debouzy

August Debouzy has solid expertise and a deep understanding of the legal challenges related to sports industry.

Our lawyers have gained significant experience through long-standing relationships with governing bodies, leading clubs, and top brands in this sector. Our teams provide both advisory and litigation support to key players in the sports industry, including sports companies, sports clubs, sports brands, athletes, and sports media groups.

Our expertise spans a wide range of sports law matters, including:

— Legal and financial structuring of sports organizations, often involving important investors, as well as drafting and negotiating contracts with high-stakes implications

— Sponsorship and advertising contracts for professional athletes

— Intellectual property rights protection for sports businesses and athletes, including publicity rights

— Advice to sports media groups on legal issues related to their business, including publicity rights, defamation, and regulatory issues

— Assistance to sports clubs and professional athletes with disputes related to performance and results, publicity rights, and contractual arrangements

— Employment and labor law matters, including fixed-term contracts, secondments, expatriation packages, etc.

— Administrative and public law, as well as urban planning law.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Sport - France

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

August Debouzy garners praise for its comprehensive expertise in sports law. The law firm provides tailored legal counsel to athletes, federations and media groups, offering services such as contract negotiation, acquisitions, sponsorship agreements, intellectual property protection and guidance on construction and competition-related mandates.

Notable practitioners

Alexandra Berg-Moussa and Laurent Cotret are key contacts for the practice.

À propos de l’équipe

August Debouzy est salué pour son expertise en droit du sport. Le cabinet d’avocats fournit des conseils juridiques sur mesure aux athlètes, aux fédérations et aux groupes de médias, offrant des services tels que la négociation de contrats, les acquisitions, les accords de sponsoring, la protection de la propriété intellectuelle et les conseils sur les mandats liés à la construction et à la compétition.

Avocats notables

Alexandra Berg-Moussa et Laurent Cotret sont des interlocuteurs clés pour le cabinet.

Work Highlights

  • August Debouzy advised FC Girondins de Bordeaux and parent company La Dynamie on the development and adoption of their restructuring plan.

  • August Debouzy a conseillé le FC Girondins de Bordeaux et sa société mère, La Dynamie, dans le cadre de l'élaboration et l'adoption de leur plan de restructuration.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

August Debouzy offers local support, availability, responsiveness, and technical expertise in legal matters.

Sport respondent
France

August Debouzy were super thoughtful and creative. The communication was all great, speedy, I am very happy with how it all worked out. It was a great process and it got us where we needed to be.

Sport respondent
France

August Debouzy's sports and media team are very agile and adaptable.

Sport respondent
France

L'équipe sportive et médiatique d'August Debouzy est très agile et adaptable.

Sport respondent
France

August Debouzy offre un soutien local, une grande disponibilité, une réactivité exemplaire et une expertise technique en matière juridique.

Sport respondent
France

August Debouzy a fait preuve d'une grande attention et d'une créativité remarquable. La communication a été excellente et rapide, et je suis très satisfait du résultat. Le processus a été très efficace et nous a permis d'atteindre nos objectifs.

Sport respondent
France