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Practice areaA career in sport is short and the contracts around it matter. Straightforward legal support for players, clubs and agents, in plain English.
Whether you are a player, a club, or an agent working across borders in Spanish sport.
Unpaid wages or bonuses are usually pursued first through a formal claim to the club, and if that fails, before the relevant federation body or, in some cases, the ordinary courts. Timing matters here, since contracts and federation rules often set short deadlines to bring a claim.
Image rights cover the commercial use of a player's name, likeness and reputation, separate from the employment contract for playing. Structuring this properly matters both for clarity on what a club or sponsor can use, and because image rights income is taxed differently to salary in Spain.
You are entitled to a formal disciplinary process, including the right to respond to the allegation and be heard before any sanction is imposed. Getting legal representation involved early, before you respond to the federation, makes a real difference to how the case is handled.
Federations do have rules that can block or delay a registration, for example over a contract dispute with a previous club. If you believe a block is wrong or the federation has not followed its own procedure, this can be challenged before the appropriate sports tribunal.
Yes. We regularly represent players, agents and clubs based abroad on matters that touch Spanish sport, whether that is a transfer into Spain, a dispute with a Spanish club, or a contract governed by Spanish law.