José Lasa Azpeitia
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Sport
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About
Provided by José Lasa Azpeitia
Career
Partner of Laffer Abogados since 2009.
Before Laffer Abogados, he developed his professional career for five years in the Employment and Sports Law Department of Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira.
José has experience in employment counseling for National corporations, multinational companies, senior managers as well as Sports & Entertainment, providing counseling to athletes, artists, producers, etc.
Due to his prior experience as a professional athlete, he has profound knowledge of the sports sector and of the needs of the contracting parties.
He specializes in soccer and basketball player transfers, providing advice on the diverse legal issues related to transactions, contracting image rights, Sponsorships, TPO, claims for intermediaries, etc.
In addition, he has broad experience in International disputes before national and International bodies and in arbitrations before chambers and Arbitration courts of FIFA and FIBA as well as before the Arbitration Court of Sports in Lausanne (TAS).
Professional Memberships
Member of the Bar Association of Madrid and of the AIAF (International Association of Football Lawyers).
Publications
Coauthor of several books regarding sports law and frequent collaborator in specialized legal media and in press media (Aranzadi, Marca, Iusport, etc.)
Personal
José was a professional basketball player with experience in the Spanish, Italian, Greek and Portuguese leagues.
Chambers Review
Europe
José Lasa Azpeitia frequently assists football and basketball players with contractual issues and transfers.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is able to advise on highly complex tasks with great success and is always thinking about optimising the result of all the agreements on which he has advised us."
"He has always been there when needed and is very effective."
"He is someone with strong sports law knowledge."
"I think he understands the market of the world of sport perfectly, which allows him to propose a very appropriate commercial strategy."
"He is able to advise on highly complex tasks with great success and is always thinking about optimising the result of all the agreements on which he has advised us."
"He has always been there when needed and is very effective."
"He is someone with strong sports law knowledge."
"I think he understands the market of the world of sport perfectly, which allows him to propose a very appropriate commercial strategy."
