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Master in International Sports Law

Program director:

Mr. Luis Fernando Pamplona Novaes
Mr. Dev Kumar Parmar

Campus:

Madrid

Date:

September 2026, January 2027

LANGUAGE:

Inglés

ACADEMIC STAY:

University of Cambridge / Switzerland

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Turn sport into a field of justice, strategy, and global opportunity.

The Master’s Degree in International Sports Law offers high-level training to understand, analyze, and operate within the complex legal ecosystem surrounding sport on a global scale. This program combines solid legal knowledge with a strategic understanding of the rules, procedures, and structures governing competitions, agents, clubs, and sports institutions worldwide.

Through a practical methodology focused on the analysis of real cases and the development of applied skills, you will build the competencies needed to provide sound advice on contractual, regulatory, dispute resolution, and sports compliance matters, both in national and international contexts. This preparation positions you to take on leadership roles in specialized law firms, sports entities, international organizations, and projects where sport intersects with law, ethics, and strategic management.

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Introduction and objectives

If Law deals with all the ways we interact, few things connect us in the way that Sport does. In a way, it has become a global language. Such is the power of the Law that regulates it and the professionals who work in it.

After many successful editions, ISDE’s Master in International Sports Law is considered the reference in the sector. It is a full-time Master, which combines lectures sessions on site, where you receive training from the most qualified professionals of the sector, with a second period of internships, in one of the collaborating firms, organisations or clubs.

The excellence of its training speaks volumes about the positions its former students hold today. For this reason, it is not only a training opportunity, it is a gateway into the business and the best opportunity to achieve the Networking and Business Synergies that are essential in this Industry.

Structure, location and calendar

Two phases:

Phase one: Classroom instruction:

  • One academic semester.
  • Fridays dedicated to personal study, group work and workshops.
  • The Master in International Sports Law includes two educational stays abroad. The first one at the University of Cambridge. The second one in Switzerland, visiting the most important international sport institutions.

 

Second phase: Integration in internships:

  • Obligatory phase. Between 3 to 6 months in law firms or legal departments of large companies, clubs or sports institutions.

Career Opportunities

  • Law firms, audits and Big Four
  • National or international sports intermediary
  • Representative Agencies
  • Private and public federations and institutions
  • National or international sports entities
  • Sports Entertainment Industry
  • E-Sports and video games
  • Organisation and management of sports events

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS LAW

  • General introduction to sports law
  • State law vs. sports law
  • Legal forums and development of Lex Sportiva
  • Sources of law and development of Lex Sportiva
  • Introduction to CAS and its impact on Lex Sportiva

 

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORTS LAW AND OTHER AREAS OF LAW

  • Labor law
  • Contract law
  • Civil law and criminal liability of athletes
  • Economic and financial principles of sport
  • European law in the context of sports law: competition
  • Tax law
  • Corporate law (M&A)
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Entertainment Law

 

THE SPORTS MODEL

  • The sports agreement

 

FOOTBALL GOVERNANCE WORLDWIDE AND IN EUROPE

  • FIFA
  • UEFA
  • EPFL
  • ECA
  • CONCACAF
  • CONMEBOL
  • AFC

 

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

  • Alternative dispute resolution: national and international level
  • General introduction to alternative dispute resolution at the international level
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Conciliation

 

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: NATIONAL LEVEL vs INTERNATIONAL LEVEL: FEDERATIONS AND TAS / CAS

  • General information
  • Ad-hoc divisions and relevant awards

 

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORTS LAW AND SWISS LAW IN EUROPE

  • Swiss Civil Code and Swiss Code of Obligations
  • PILA
  • Swiss Federal Tribunal

 

DOPING

  • WADA and the Anti-Doping Code
  • Doping and state law
  • Doping procedures

 

SPORTS LAW IN SPAIN

  • Regulatory framework
  • Higher Sports Council
  • Professional Football League
  • Federations

 

SPORTS LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (In collaboration with the University of Cambridge)

  • Introduction to English law and common law in the United Kingdom
  • Common elements in UK sports legislation
  • UK sports law vs. global sports law
  • Relevant UK sports legislation and institutions
  • Premier League and Football Association

 

SPORTS LAW IN THE UNITED STATES

  • Introduction to sports law in the United States and the American sports model
  • Sports law and national identity
  • Common elements of U.S. sports legislation
  • Antitrust framework for professional sports
  • Dispute resolution in professional sports in the United States
  • Amateur sports in the United States (NCAA)
  • Intellectual property disputes in sports in the United States

 

SPORTS LAW IN LATIN AMERICA

 

BASKETBALL

  • FIBA
  • EuroLeague
  • BAT

 

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

  • Tennis – ITF
  • Boxing and martial arts: AIBA, WKF, UFCXV.

 

MOTOR SPORTS

 

LEGAL WRITING AND SKILLS

  • Contract drafting and negotiation
  • Written submissions to FIFA
  • Written submissions to CAS
  • Opening and closing statements
  • Examination and cross-examination of witnesses
  • Presentation of evidence

 

SPORTS TECHNOLOGY

  • Legal framework of e-Sports
  • Blockchain and e-Sports
  • Players’ rights in commercialization: from image rights to wearable technology.
  • VAR – Video Assistant Referee

 

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Games and sports betting
  • Match-fixing
  • Agents and intermediaries

 

*The program is subject to possible modifications by the ISDE academic team or the program management

FACULTY

  • Omar Ongaro – Switzerland
    Lawyer, Head of Players’ Status & Governance at FIFA
  • Pedro Garcia Correia – Portugal
    Sports Lawyer – Partner at CSA – Law Firm
  • Dennis Koolaard – Netherlands
    Attorney at De Kempenaer Advocaten
  • Ramón Mullerat – Spain
    Lawyer, Partner at PWC
  • Mitch Nathanson – USA
    Lawyer, Villanova University
  • Ricardo Oliveras – Spain
    Partner at Écija
  • Íñigo Quintana – Spain
    Lawyer, Partner at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira
  • Luis Alonso – Spain
    Lawyer, Partner at Clifford Chance
  • Roberto Álvarez – Spain
    Lawyer, Partner at Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
  • Leonardo Andreotti – Brazil
    Lawyer, Partner at Andreotti Advocacia Desportiva
  • Andrew Brandt – USA
    Lawyer, NFL
  • Delia Castaños – Spain
    Lawyer, Gómez Acebo & Pombo
  • Brianna Quinn – Switzerland
    Lawyer at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
  • Javier Hernández Galante – Spain
    Lawyer, Partner at Ashurst
  • Rodrigo García Lucas – Spain
    Lawyer, Laffer Abogados
  • Julien Sieveking – Canada
    Chief Legal Manager at WADA
  • Vered Yakovee – USA
    Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Miami HEAT
  • Daniel Cravo – Brazil
    Partner at Cravo, Pastl, Balbuena
  • Alfonso Gómez-Acebo – Spain
    Partner, Cuatrecasas
  • Robert Pongracz – Romania
    Vice President en Liga Profesionista de Fotbal
  • Daniel Muñoz – Spain
    Partner at Muñoz & Arias Sports Lawyers
  • Desirée Bellia – Switzerland
    Director of Professional Football Relations and Development at FIFA
  • Rodrigo Arias – Switzerland
    Integrity Manager – FIFA Security Division
  • Gregory Bloom – USA
    Partner at Chase Lawyers
  • Oliver Jaberg – Switzerland
    Director of Integrity & Institutional Legal, FIFA
  • Mike Morgan – UK
    Partner at Morgan Sports Law LLP
  • Dr. Marc Lenz – Switzerland
    DFL Head of Corporate Strategy; UEFA Club Licensing Committee
  • James Bunting – Canada
    Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, LLP
  • Ulrich Haas – Switzerland
    University of Zurich
  • Ariel Reck – Argentina
    Sports Lawyer
  • Jeff Miller – USA
    Lawyer
  • Takehiko Nakamura – Japan and USA
    President and CEO at Blue United Corporation
  • Íñigo de la Calle – Spain
    Partner at Senn Ferrero
  • David Casserly – UK and Switzerland
    Barrister
  • Sarah Ochwada – Kenya
    Sports & Entertainment Lawyer, Arbitrator
  • Daniel Lorenz – Portugal
    Head of Internationalization at FC Porto
  • Loïc Morin – France
    Responsable Service Juridique LFP
  • Kate Porter – USA
    Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  • Claude Ramoni – Switzerland
    Partner at Libra Law
  • Wouter Lambrecht – Switzerland
    Head of Legal at the European Club Association
  • Mario Vigna – Italy
    Italian Olympic Committee
  • Stephen Bock – Switzerland
    Legal Affairs Manager at Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
  • Elisenda Salrach – Spain
    Legal Director at Euroleague
  • Alberto Fortún – Spain
    Lawyer, Partner at Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
  • Benjamin James Rutherford – UK
    Senior Director, Legal at International Tennis Integrity Agency
  • Pierfilippo Capello – Italy
    Head of Sport at Deloitte Legal Italy
  • Sergio Barrasa Antón – Spain
    Lawyer, Zurbarán Abogados
  • Hugo Pazos de Provens – Spain
    Key Account Manager at YouFirst
  • Luis Cassiano Neves – Portugal
    Partner at 14 Sport Law
  • Thierry Aballéa – France
    President, Bretons du Berreau
  • Daniel Cerejido Arias – Switzerland
    Club Relations Senior Manager at ECA
  • Alfonso Gómez Acebo – Spain
    Partner at Cuatrecasas, International Arbitration
  • Georgi Gradev – Bulgaria
    Co-founder, SILA International Lawyer
  • Anna Smirnova – Spain
    International Sport Law Attorney
  • Marcelo Franklin Dos Santos Filho – Switzerland
    Member of the International Fencing Federation Doping Disciplinary Tribunal
  • Alexandre Mathieu Lousberg – Belgium
    Football Scouting Coordinator at Standard de Liège SA
  • James Kitching – Australia
    Managing Director at The FC
  • Guilherme Von Cupper – Portugal
    CEO at Berlin Sports
  • Blaz Tomazin – Slovenia
    Co-founder, Bolcar Law Office
  • Juan de Dios Crespo Pérez – Spain
    CEO at RH & C Sports Lawyers
  • Claude Ramoni – Switzerland
    Founding Partner at Libra Law
  • Wouter Janssens – Belgium
    Partner at CRESTA Law Firm
  • Olivier Ducrey – Switzerland
    Partner at TimesAttorney
  • Francesco Macrì – Italy
    Lawyer – Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • Andreas Jens – Germany
    Partner at BluePort Legal
  • Patrizia Diacci – Italy
    Lawyer, Sport Dept.
  • Ignacio Trigero – Spain
    Partner at Senn Ferrero
  • Nasr el dim Azzam – Egypt
    Partner & Attorney at Law Sport Makers
  • Matthew Kaiser – US
    Counsel, Dispute Resolution Unit at US Olympic & Paralympic Committee

 

*The faculty is subject to modifications

ACCREDITED DEGREE

Once the relevant Program has concluded and ISDE has verified that the STUDENT has completed their work satisfactorily, the STUDENT will receive the corresponding Degree certificate for the PROGRAM.

In compliance with current legality and, specifically, as set forth in article 4.4 of decree 84/2004, it is noted that ISDE’s programs are professionally oriented and therefore, unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are courses that do not lead to the acquisition of a title with official value, but to that of a proprietary title from ISDE.

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  • The Master in International Sports Law at ISDE is for you if you want to practise as a lawyer in the sports industry: clubs, federations, leagues, agencies or specialised law firms. It is a full-time programme, in English and with students from many countries, so it suits you if you can dedicate a full academic year to it and want an international career.

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