BELGIUM Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Sven Demeulemeester, Willem-Alexander Devlies and Daan Buylaert ATFiELD
ATFiELD is a joint undertaking of the sports law and sports tax departments of the leading and independent Belgian law firms ALTIUS and TIBERGHIEN. ATFiELD advises and represents its clients with regard to all legal and tax issues
in the sports sector. ATFiELD’s clients range from individual athletes to clubs, agencies, fed - erations, owners and sponsors at both the na - tional and international level in all sports.
Authors
Sven Demeulemeester is a partner at ALTIUS. Sven focuses on player contracts, representation contracts, athlete endorsements, regulatory matters and has built a top-tier
Willem-Alexander Devlies advises a wide range of national and international clients on all aspects of sports law, including regulatory matters, disciplinary and arbitration proceedings and
sports litigation and arbitration practice. With close to 25 years of experience, Sven is a trusted adviser to many stakeholders and is well-versed in the day-to-day issues that many in the sports sector face. Sven is a member of the International Football Association (AIAF) and is also the former director of a professional football club. He lectures and publishes on several sports law-related topics.
employment-related disputes. His clients include athletes, clubs, intermediaries and sports federations. Willem-Alexander has regularly acted as ad hoc clerk in arbitration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne and is a judge within a Belgian sports federation. He also regularly gives guest lectures on sports law at the University of Ghent and the University of Lille.
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