Javier Paredes

Lawyer specialized in Sports law and in labour law; and expert in Estate Planning and Sports Business Management

Javier Paredes has combined his education and professional experience as a lawyer with a 15-year long career as a professional football player until his retirement, in September 2017.

Javier is now focusing, with the same determination he used on the football pitch, on serving the clients needs in the best possible way; for which he is equipped with the required resources. In addition to his degree in Law and permanent contact with professional practice, through his family’s own law firm, Javier has completed his training with the aim of providing a highly demanded service in the sports sector. For this purpose Javier did a specialization in Banking and Investment Consulting at the Spanish Open University (UNED) and an MBA in Sports Business Management.

Javier has the required competences to advise stakeholders in amateur and professional sport.

Email: javier.paredes@paez.mislatadigital.com

Languages

Mother tongue.
Professional competence.

Areas of practice

Javier has experience in providing legal advice and representing clients in relation to contractual and litigation matters in the areas of labour law, civil law and administrative/regulatory law.

 

Sports Law

Latest news

On June 11th, our partner, José Páez, participated as panellist in the webinar on sports law arbitration organized by Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje

11/06/2021

2021/06/11|0 Comments

Access the presentation on the options available to parties to a CAS arbitration following the notification of the award (in Spanish) HERE.

Clubs will be able to resort to collective dismissals for the termination of footballers’ contracts

25/05/2021

2021/05/25|0 Comments

Clubs seeking to avail themselves of this possibility may try to rely on the financial losses incurred in the last two seasons. Players under contract may be included in said collective dismissals. For a dismissal [...]

The Supreme Court upholds the ruling that obliges Real Madrid to pay compensation to a former player

15/05/2021

2021/05/15|0 Comments

The club must pay 1.56 million euros to Francisco Manuel Tena, a former member of Real Madrid B team, whose contract was terminated without compensation. Around 95% of the compensation granted was intended to make [...]

Football Stakeholders Committee agrees on key principles pertaining to the third reform package

14/05/2021

2021/05/14|0 Comments

International transfer of minors Squad sizes (loans) Registration periods (transfer windows) Financial regulation Other regulatory matters Read the publication HERE