Tal Segev Law Firm 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.
Tal Segev Law Firm has 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.
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.
Tal Segev Law Firm 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.
As part of our unique understanding in the field of sport, We also provide legal services to coaches, players agents, groups and more.
19 Mordechai Zeira st.
Tel Aviv, Israel
