The Football Lawyers

The Football Lawyers is a boutique legal practice specialising exclusively in football law and regulation. Our comprehensive service portfolio encompasses all aspects of football's legal landscape, from individual contract negotiations to complex regulatory compliance. We provide expert contract review and advisory services for players, coaches, and football directors, ensuring optimal terms and regulatory compliance. Our team handles FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber applications, minor international transfer applications, and trial form reviews, while offering strategic guidance on football regulations, transfer clauses, and performance-based bonus structures. We also assist football agents with contract reviews, fee disputes, and regulatory compliance matters.

Beyond individual representation, The Football Lawyers provides tailored services to football clubs, leagues, federations and other football organisations. Our club-focused services include comprehensive academy reviews, due diligence assessments for potential acquisitions, and strategic takeover advisory services. We also handle licensing compliance, disciplinary proceedings, image rights negotiations, broadcasting agreements, and governance restructuring. Whether navigating UEFA Financial Fair Play or FIFA or any League Salary cap regulations, managing cross-border employment issues, or resolving commercial disputes, our specialised expertise ensures clients receive bespoke legal solutions that understand both the commercial realities and regulatory complexities of modern football. Our boutique approach allows us to deliver personalised, responsive service while maintaining the depth of knowledge required in this highly specialised field.

 

Legal Services

Peter Paleologos is on the Editorial Board of Football Legal, the world-renowned football law journal, where he has written over 35 legal articles focusing on professional football in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
 

Football Legal: https://www.football-legal.com/authors

Peter has also been appointed as a FIFA pro bono counsel, where he can provide legal aid services for individuals who appear before FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee, FIFA Appeals Committee and the FIFA Ethics Committee to defend themselves at these judicial proceedings.
 

FIFA Pro Bono Counsel List

Peter has leading experience and expertise in the following football legal matters:
 

• negotiating employment contracts/terms for professional players
• drafting player agent/football intermediary agreements for other football player agents
• developing a best practice checklist for Australian football coaches
• providing advice on disputes at the FIFA Player Status Committee, FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and Court of Arbitration of Sport (Football only)
• drafting and negotiating Player Transfer Agreements, Sell-on Clauses, Player Loan agreements, Buy-out Clauses, Sign on Fees, Appearance/Match fees, Player Bonuses and Release Clauses on behalf of players and/or other football player agents
• providing players with templates to seek a club training compensation waiver
• the only Australian football lawyer to advise on and successfully get several Australian players out of their unfair contract with other football player agents
• provided a consulting report for a club who wishes to bid for the proposed Australian National Second Division/B-League