Everest‘s team of ’dedicated lawyers’ has an exclusive focus on sports and is active across an array of advisory and contentious work ranging from advice on football transfers to match-fixing litigation and disciplinary investigations. Former competitive cyclist Mathieu Baert heads up the team and centres his practice on sports-related dispute resolution; he is praised for working ‘fast and with focus’.
Testimonials
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‘The firm has a specialist on almost every different aspect which makes it easy for us to rely on them for all the advice we need.’
‘Mathieu Baert works fast and with focus. He is very creative, professional and a nice person to work with.’
Key clients
- International Tennis Integrity Agency
- International Tennis Federation
Work highlights
- Assisting the International Tennis Integrity Agency in its position as civil party in an international match-fixing case involving an organised criminal network and more than €9m of criminal transactions.
- Represented the Pro League in sports-related litigation before both sports related tribunals and government courts; cases vary from licensing files, calendar and championship disputes and television rights issues.