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MLL Legal

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MLL Legal represents team owners, individual athletes, and sports organisations in both contentious and non-contentious matters including drafting of employment, service and agreements, athlete transfers, litigation, and disciplinary proceedings. In Geneva, the team is headed by Jean Marguerat whose practice involves representing clients before CAS. Zurich team head Peter Schramm has extensive expertise in matters concerning ambush marketing.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘I had the chance to work with Jean Marguerat. Although the issue was hard to understand due to volume of files including thousands of pages of legal opinion and annexes; Jean developed a unique understanding of the matter within a very short period of time. He was always prompt and ready to answer our questions.’

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Key clients

  • FIFA
  • Trabzonspor
  • P.R.O. International AG
  • Curaçao CSOF
  • Alexander Povetkin & Universe of Sport LLC (formerly, World of Boxing LLC)
  • BWF (Badminton World Federation)
  • Watford Association Football Club Limited

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jean Marguerat, Peter Schramm

Other key lawyers

Dmitry A. Pentsov, Urs Boller, Tomás Navarro Blakemore, Yannik Hässig