The International Sport Lawyers Association -
ISLA - is a worldwide association
of international, mainly European based sports lawyers that
was established
under the laws of Switzerland. The legal environment in professional and
non-professional sports is expanding constantly.
Also, complexity and commercialization in this field is permanently broaden.
Many sports(wo)men and sports clubs are not able to keep pace with the rapid
development of the areas that surrounds sports. The role of the media, marketing
issues and the incremental development from sports to business requires from
legal advisors who are dealing with these matters a continued education and
preoccupation with the latest developments.
ISLA membership not only grants
the necessary up-to-date expertise. Thanks to the international network of the
ISLA members, they can quickly serve
their clients at any time with professional advice.
The Goals of ISLA are
□ The worldwide representation of the interests
of athletes
and sports clubs;
□ Help with the search for and placement
of a legal
counsel;
□ Active cooperation with the respective
organizations and
institutions, such as the
International
Court of Arbitration
for Sport
□ Offering of seminars and
events
regarding sports law and
recent sports law related topics;
□ Publications
of reports and
important awards with respect to
sports law;
□ Offering of a platform where all people
dealing with sports
can meet;
□ Offering of substantial
services
for members and third persons.
ISLA is an association of lawyers for athletes
and sports organizations. ISLA members take care that the world of sports go
round, and that all people dealing with sports can conduct their business free
of thoughts of legal problems and, thus, being able to concentrate on the training
or on whatever their task in the huge sports world may be
We invite you to surf our website and to get information, to
contact
us if you need help or if you have comments!