Master in International Sports Law
Program director:
Mr. Dev Kumar Parmar
Campus:
Madrid
Date:
September 2026, January 2027
LANGUAGE:
English
ACADEMIC STAY:
University of Cambridge / Switzerland
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.
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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
1. Foundations of International Sport Law
- Internal Federations
- Swiss Law
- Masterclass: Sportainment
- Globalization in Sports
2. Transfer Systems and Agent Regulation
- FIFA RSTP and tribunal
- Training Compensation and Solidarity Mechanisms
- Transfers
- FFAR and Agents
- Life o fan agent.
3. Key Leagues and Sport Bodies in Europe
- La Liga
- Premier League
- ECA
- FIFPRO
4. The U.S. Sports Model
- US Sport Model
- MLB
- NBA
- Introduction to IP
FACULTY
- Omar Ongaro – Switzerland
CAS arbitrator - Pedro Garcia Correia – Portugal
Sports Lawyer – Partner at CSA – Law Firm - Dennis Koolaard – Netherlands
Attorney at De Kempenaer Advocaten - Ricardo Oliveras – Spain
Partner at Écija - Rodrigo García Lucas – Spain
Lawyer, Laffer Abogados - Vered Yakovee – USA
Managing Partner, Yakovee Law - Daniel Cravo – Brazil
Partner at Cravo, Pastl, Balbuena - Alfonso Gómez-Acebo – Spain
Partner, Cuatrecasas - Desirée Bellia – Switzerland
Director of Professional Football Relations and Development at FIFA - Gregory Bloom – USA
Partner at Chase Lawyers - 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 - Stephen Bock – Switzerland
Legal Affairs Manager at Fédération Internationale de Volleyball - Benjamin James Rutherford – UK
Senior Director, Legal at International Tennis Integrity Agency - Sergio Barrasa Antón – Spain
Lawyer, Zurbarán Abogados - Luis Cassiano Neves – Portugal
Partner at 14 Sport Law - Thierry Aballéa – France
President, Bretons du Berreau - Daniel Cerejido Arias – Switzerland
Senior Club Relations Manager at EFC - 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 Times Attorney - Francesco Macrì – Italy
Lawyer – Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport - Patrizia Diacci – Italy
Partner. Sports Law Deaprtment Andersen. - 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
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.