Niederer Kraft Frey AG handles a range of contentious and non-contentious work across the sports industry. Practice head András Gurovits covers the full spectrum of sports-related matters where he regularly acts as an advisor and advocate for governing bodies and athletes before state courts and arbitral tribunals. Offering a commercial perspective, Daniel Eisele advises a range of organisers of major events. With the opening of the firm's new Geneva office, Boris Vittoz, who joined from Valfor in January 2023, has extensive experience in crisis management where he advised clients facing simultaneous legal and governance challenges. Thomas Hochstrasser regularly represents clients in high-profile cases.
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‘The team has been able to answer my questions very competently and have always been at my disposal and reactive.’
‘The cooperation is very pleasant, and we always receive quick feedback and support in our legal matters.’
‘Andras Gurovits has a great expertise in the field of sports and helps us a lot in our legal matters or questions. It is a very pleasant cooperation.’
‘Very personal approach. Prompt reaction, good interaction between lawyers from different offices, Flexibility in billing arrangements.’
‘Andras Gurovits - very experienced and client orientated partner."
Key clients
- Junckers Industrier A/S
- Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- Ferencváros Budapest Football Club
- Grasshopper Football Foundation
- Grasshopper Football Ltd
- Hungarian Football Federation
- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club
- International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
- Swiss Ice Hockey Federation
- FC Basel Holding AG, FC Basel 1893 AG
- FC Winterthur
- SBE Management AG
Lawyers
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Thomas Hochstrasser
Niederer Kraft Frey AGPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
András Gurovits