Sports law service is an emerging practice field of AnJie Broad Law Firm. Our Firm has a professional team in sports law services with solid theoretical basis and rich practical experience. Our team pays constant attention to the development of sports industry at home and abroad, and we are familiar with sports related guidelines and standards, including sports match rules, sports industry guidelines, sports laws and regulations as well as international sports rules and practices.

Our team core members have been engaged in sports legal services for many years, serving as arbitrators at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and expert in 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics Games. In recent years, our team has served for 2019 FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics Games, 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and other large-scale international sports events.

Our team also provides legal services for a number of industry organizations and governmental departments, including China Triathlon Sports Association, stadium owners, including National Indoor Stadium, and a number of world champions. AnJie Broad sports law team maintains good communication channels with the competent departments of sports industry, and actively made suggestions for the formulation and modification of sports policies and regulations. Our team has also established good cooperative relationships with sports scientific research institutions, and carried out researches on the basic and cutting-edge issues in the field of sports law, as well as new sports formats and applications. The working languages of our team are Chinese and English. At the same time, relying on the integrated AnJie Broad, we can provide customers with comprehensive, fast, efficient and high-quality legal services.

AnJie Broad sports law team is capable of providing the below service areas in the field of sports law:

• Sports events and activities: to provide full cycle legal services for the organization, preparation and hosting of sports events and activities, including the establishment, operation management and dissolution of event committees, as well as the market development of events (including sponsorship, production and sale of chartered goods, ticket sales, etc.), human resource management, cultural activities, news publicity, event insurance and other all-round activities

• Sports industry management and organizations: legal counsel services and special project legal services. We serve as legal counsel for the sports administrative department and industry autonomous organization – we offer services for draft, review and modify relevant contracts for clients, provide consultation and legal advice, and provide special legal service projects for event management, event services and specific needs as instructed by organizations

• Clubs, agencies, and event companies: to provide legal services for the establishment of various sports clubs and entities; provide relevant legal services for establishment, merger, separation and equity reform of sports clubs and other sports companies; to act for athlete/player’s registration and transfer; draft, review and revise the employment contract for club’s staff (including athletes and coaches)

• Athletes, coaches and relevant individuals: to register, transfer and retirement of athletes; draft, review and modify labor contract with the club; provide consultation and legal advice for various cooperation matters; draft, review and modify various contracts such as brand endorsement and social activities; provide legal counsel service and advice, participate in negotiations and handle disputes; submit the defense involving punishment and attend in hearing; protection of such groups' personal rights and other civil rights

• Stadiums and gymnasiums: on the construction, investment and financing, development, leasing and naming of stadiums and gymnasiums; provide legal services for operation and utilization; provide legal counsel service and special legal service projects for the owners of sports venues

• Sports equipment manufacturers and sellers: legal counsel services and special legal service projects. Drafting, reviewing and revising sales contracts, participating in negotiations, providing consultation and legal advice, and providing special legal service projects for sports equipment to meet national and industrial standards and specific needs of sports organizations

• Intellectual property: provide legal services for protection of rights and interests of sports events, sports exhibitions and sports equipment, as well as protection of intellectual property rights of clubs and athletes; Provide legal services for event organizers, authorized broadcasters and rebroadcast platforms to monitor illegal broadcasting of sports events, provide legal advice on intellectual property matters involved, and draft, modify and review contracts related to the broadcasting and authorization of sports events

• Arbitration and litigation: participate in arbitration (including sports arbitration, commercial arbitration and labor dispute arbitration) and litigation procedures on behalf of event organizers, sports industry authorities, autonomous organizations, sports clubs and other entities, athletes, coaches, sports agencies, sports goods and clothing manufacturers, sponsors

• Anti-doping: participate in anti-doping education; act for agencies and individuals in submitting defense related to anti-doping and participate in investigation, hearing and arbitration

• Sports legislation and other activities, carry out interdisciplinary research on sports related ESG, sustainable policies, sports tourism, sports health care, etc