Sports Law

Introduction

Sports law is an amalgam of laws that apply to athletes and the sports they play. Sports law overlaps substantially with labor law, contract law, competition or antitrust law, and tort law. Issues like defamation and privacy rights are also integral aspects of sports law.

This area of Law was established as a separate and essential entity only a few decades ago. It now has dedicated international courts that consider disputes arising from contracts governed by such laws.

Ahmed Dhaen Al Dhaen Advocates and Legal Consultants offers consultation on drafting as well as interpretation of regulations of sports bodies.
Our list of clients includes sports authorities, clubs, players, referees, and club owners. We participate in and provide legal advice about disciplinary and regulatory tribunals for sports. Our lawyers have experience in several areas of sports law including player transfer agreements, labor, intellectual property, etc.

Ahmed Dhaen Al Dhaen Advocates and Legal Consultants is unique among all law firms nationwide with its wide and deep experience in sports law due to the spread of awareness among the parties of the different sports institutions and bodies and their players. Unique and unspecified for sports and athletes, as the office has modern ways and methods to address all types of issues and disputes that arise between athletes and their clubs. For example:
Drafting, preparing, reviewing, and executing players’ purchase contracts in Arabic and English.

Providing all legal consultations, preparing, drafting, and reviewing all types of contracts, especially the rights of broadcasting or broadcasting of sports competitions as well as sponsorship and advertising contracts. All other business and related matters.

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