Sports and Entertainment-北京观韬律师事务所

Guantao is one of the few PRC law firms with experience in sports legal service market. As a pioneer in China’s sports and entertainment legal service market, we are known and trusted by clients for our capability of and significant experience in services for large scale global sporting events, including 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Our clients benefit from our specialised and forward-looking advice brought to sports and entertainment. We advise on all aspects of the sports and entertainment sector, ranging from large scale international sporting events, protection of athletes’ rights, sports event sponsorship, sports event venue, theme park, publication, new media, advertisement, print media, video game, music, to related services in intellectual property and dispute resolution. We represented clients in arbitrations before specialist sports tribunals, including the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Our strength is the ability to bring expertise from our global team across industry and legal practices, including dispute resolution, compliance, intellectual property, investment and financing, M&A, as well as our unique advantage in collaboration and communications with regulators and international organisations, to give our clients the optimal solutions in compliance with the Chinese legal and regulatory requirements. Many members of the sports and entertainment team have vast experience in administrative law, and actively participate in legislative and academic research.

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Scope of Services

Investment and Financing in Sports and Entertainment

Business formation, dispute resolution, compliance, tax, intellectual property, investment and financing, M&A, and listing in the sports and entertainment sector Research, analysis and investment structuring for foreign investment industry access Formation, fundraising, investment and management of entertainment and sports media funds

Music and Sound Recording

Registration, licensing and transfer of copyrights of music works; production, reproduction, distribution, import, export, network transmission, and karaoke use of audiovisual products (including gramophone and MTV); use of mobile phone value-added services and other new forms of use Formation and operation of business entities of audiovisual products (publishing, production, reproduction, distribution and agency) Network transmission of audiovisual products

Sports Events and Professional Sports

Legal services relating to the staging, introduction, licensing and derivative development of sports events, the acquisition, naming and partnership of sports franchises, and the players' portrait licensing; and general commercial matters affecting athletes, coaches and other celebrities Athlete signing and transfer, daily operation, application for work permits for foreign employees in China, sports dispute resolution, among other matters, of professional sport clubs

Commercialisation and Marketing of Films and Television Works

Legal services in relation to films, TV series, animations, variety shows, web series, mini-plays, videos, games, music, derivatives, artworks, performance brokerage, shows, theme parks, and other cultural products, services and sectors

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