Manuel Rivero, Of Counsel from the Disputes and Arbitration practice, and Disciplinary Judge for the Spanish Professional Football League, explains the basic elements of a branch of law that has had an increasing presence in recent years: sports law. The enormous financial weight of sport and the vast number of international and domestic regulations – and the conflicts that they trigger – make sports law a must for all law firms.
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