Dr. Hermann Schlindwein

Dr. Hermann Schlindwein
Contact
Tel:
+49 (0) 69 972 65 60-60
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+49 (0) 69 972 65 60-99
E-Mail: [email protected]
Languages: German, English
Dr. Hermann Schlindwein, Partner, is a recognized expert in sports law as well as
M&A and private equity. He advises on sports marketing, sponsoring, law of
associations, sports employment law, player transfers and TV marketing. His clients
include international sports marketing agencies, sports associations, football clubs,
football trainers, players and other individual athletes as well as companies involved
in the sports field. He is one of the attorneys listed in "Best Lawyers" in the field of
corporate law. Dr. Hermann Schlindwein leads the firm's practice group for sports
law.
Specialization
 Advice on the development and realization of overall marketing concepts and
events;
 Advised on more than one hundred player transfers, for example, Thomas Häßler,
Emerson, Lincoln, Edu, Kevin Kuranyi, Raúl, Huntelaar, Carlos Eduardo or Luiz
Gustavo;
 Appointment to the list of arbitrators of the German Court of Arbitration of the DIS
as an arbitrator in the field of sports;
 More than 20 years' experience in the field of M&A and private equity. Advice for
investors, companies and clubs in various types of transactions in the sports,
media and entertainment sector.
Dr. Hermann Schlindwein
Selected Matters / Projects
 DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH on the tendering for national TV and other
media rights for the German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, the cooperation with
mmc sport with regard to content management of the homepage
www.bundesliga.de, cooperation with Getty Images and the standard employment
agreement for the licensed football players in the German Bundesliga and 2.
Bundesliga;
 DFL Sports Enterprises GmbH on the marketing of media clips and archive
pictures of the German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga and on the standard
agreement regarding the international marketing of TV and other media rights of
the German Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga;
 International Management Group (IMG) on its activities in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland (e.g. the marketing of 1. FC Köln, VfL Wolfsburg, TSV 1860 München,
GAK Graz, the four hills tournament (Joint Venture with RTL and all marketing
contracts), the German Open Tennis Tournament and the Betty Barclay Cup and
the marketing of individual athletes, the Berlin Fashion Week, player transfers;
 Sportfive on the conclusion of the media agency contract with the UEFA
concerning the UEFA EC 2008 and with FIFA for the FIFA WC 2010;
 Hamburger Sportverein (HSV) on its marketing agreement with UfaSport (which
was a fundamental economic basis for the construction of the new stadium).
 FC Schalke 04 on player transfers as well as other legal matters for the Club's
licensed players department;
 VfL Bochum for player transfers, marketing, sponsoring as well as other legal
matters for the club;
 Karlsruher Sport-Club (KSC) on numerous legal issues for the club, in recent
times for the construction of the stadium, player transfers, sponsoring, tendering
procedure for overall marketing, litigation with Kölmel;
 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH on the transfer of its player Emerson to AS
Roma;
 Juventus Turin on issues concerning the transfer of various players;
 Licensing matters for a football club with the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH;
 Advice on numerous national and international Transfers of football players
(approximately 40 transfers just in 2010, for example, Kevin Kuranyi, Gonzaléz
Blanco Raúl, Carlos Eduardo, Heiko Westermann, Luiz Gustavo, Jurado, KlaasJan Huntelaar, Kevin Prince Boateng, Rafinha);
 EnBW/Yello Strom on the conclusion of the first national sponsoring contract
with the FIFA for the FIFA WC 2006 in Germany;
 Dresdner Kleinwort on the planning and realisation of a professional triathlon
team (including Normann Stadler and Timo Bracht) as well as on the
development and the implementation of an award winning anti-doping concept in
cooperation with the German Triathlon Union and the National Anti-Doping
Agency;
 Germany – "Land of Ideas" on the image campaign of the German Federal
Government and the German Federation of industry (BDI) for the FIFA WC 2006 as
well as on the image campaign for the federal government and the foreign office
relating to the Olympic Games 2008;
 Marketing für Deutschland GmbH on the project "German House 2010" for the
FIFA WC 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa;
Dr. Hermann Schlindwein
 German Sports Associations (German Fencing Association, German Hockey
Association, German Table Tennis League, German Golf Association, Association
of German Bicyclists);
 DSM (Deutsche Sportmarketing) on issues in connection with the merger of DSB
and NOK;
 Foundation Deutsche Sporthilfe on issues of marketing;
 Olympic Committee of Qatar: development and implementation of a concept for a
professional football league;
 Proceedings in arbitration and for association: including Bayer 04 Leverkusen
before the UEFA; Chris (Eintracht Frankfurt) before the CAS; BDR in proceedings
against Lens Lehman;
 Advent International on the acquisition of Sportfive;
 Advent International on the auction procedure and the sale of Sportfive to
Lagadére;
 International Management Group GmbH (IMG) on the planned acquisition of the
upsolut GmbH;
 International Management Group GmbH (IMG) on the sale of sportal.de to a
group of private investors;
 International Management Group GmbH (IMG) on the spin-off of a sports
department;
 T21plus on its incorporation;
 International Management Group GmbH (IMG) on the sale of 100 per cent. shares
of Nunet AG, the world market leader mobile AV content aggregator and
distributor , to KIT digital, Inc.;
 Deutsche Tischtennis Liga on the incorporation of the league under corporate
law and laws of association.
Publications, lectures
 "The work of the Attorney in the Football Transfer Window" ("Die anwaltliche
Arbeit im Fußball-Transferfenster"), lead article in Bayerischer Anwaltsbrief, July
2010;
 "Success catapults Football Clubs to new Dimensions for Sales" ("Erfolg
katapultiert Fußballclubs in neue Umsatzdimensionen"), article in the Börsenzeitung
(special supplement for finance and football), issue dated 5 June 2010;
 "Mainly liquidity; the Licensing Process of the National Football League and its
Limits" ("Hauptsache Liquidität; Das Lizenzierungsverfahren der Fußball-Bundesliga
und seine Grenzen"), special supplement "Financing in Professional Football" in
the magazine GoingPublic 2010;
 Lecture in connection with the workshops at the SpoBiS 2010 on the topics
"Granting Territorial Television Rights" ("Territoriale Fernsehrechtevergabe") and
"Hospitality";
 Lecturer at the 15th German Sponsoring Convention on 10 November 2009 on the
topic "HSB Hospitality in the B-2-B field" ("HSB Hospitality im B 2 B-Bereich") and
"Sponsoring in Light of the 13th Agreement between the German States amending
the Broadcasting Agreement ("Sponsoring im Lichte des 13.
Rundfunkänderungsstaatsvertrages (13. RÄStV))";
 "The CAS Decision in the Matuzalem Case " ("Die CAS Entscheidung im Fall
Matuzalem") in the magazine in the German Football League 08/2009;
Dr. Hermann Schlindwein
 Lecture on the topic of training for negotiation at the University of Zurich on
22 April 2009;
 "Question Remain open in Sports and the Law" ("Bei Sport und Gesetz bleiben
Fragen offen"), an essay in EXTRA Sportrecht, Horizont Sportbusiness 4/2009;
 Lecturer at the 14th German Sponsoring Convention on 22 October 2008 with the
topic "Innovative Sponsoring Concepts – Strategy, Planning, Implementation,
illustrated with the Sponsoring Concept of the Dresdner Kleinwort Triathlon
Team" ("Innovative Sponsoringkonzepte – Strategie, Planung, Umsetzung, dargestellt
am Sponsoringkonzept des Dresdner Kleinwort Triathlon-Team";
 Lecturer at the 13th German Sponsoring Convention on 14/15 March 2007 with the
topic "Traps and Current Problems in Event Contracts and Team Sponsor
Contracts" ("Fallstricke und aktuelle Probleme bei Event- und
Teamsponsorverträgen");
 Lecturer at the 12th German Sponsoring Convention on 5/6 April 2006 with the
topic "Fragmentation of Media Rights" ("Fragmentierung der Medienrechte");
 "M&A in Germany", Bloomberg TV live interview guest on 9 January 2006;
 "Carrots and Sticks – How Financial Investors involve the Management in
Acquired Companies" ("Zuckerbrot und Peitsche – Wie Finanzinvestoren das
Management übernommener Firmen einbinden") in Handelsblatt on 28 December
2005;
 "WM 2006 – Sponsors and Trademark Rights", ("WM 2006 -Sponsoren und
Markenrechte"), Bloomberg TV interview guest on 27 July 2005;
 Lecturer at the 11th German Sponsoring Convention on 9/10 March 2005 with the
topic "Marketing Agreements";
 "The games should be repeated" ("Spiele sollten wiederholt werden"), article in the
FAZ on 31 January 2005;
 Lecturer at the club forum organized by Sponsor's 2005 in Frankfurt, Hanover,
Leverkusen and Stuttgart with the topic "Structuring Professional Marketing
Agreements" ("Gestaltung professioneller Vermarktungsverträge");
 Lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz for the lecture series on
sports law;
 Live telephone interview on the topic "FIFA Sponsoring Rights" on 14 May 2004,Radio You FM;
 "The Fight for the WM Championship, or: Who does German 2006 belong to?"
("Der Kampf um den WM-Titel, oder: Wem gehört Germany 2006?"), article in
Horizont Sport Business in the issue 04/2004;
 "Unrequested Work in Advertising: The Oliver Kahn Case as a Warning Example"
("Ungefragter Werbeeinsatz: Der Fall Oliver Kahn als warnendes Beispiel"),
Newsletter Horizont Sport Business 04/2004;
 "The Licensing Systems of DFL", lecturer at the T.M.C. Asser Institut in Utrecht
during the event "Licensing Systems and the Financing of Professional Football in
Europe" on 10 June 2003;
 "Contracts, Clubs, Associations and the related Legal Issues and Potential
Disputes" ("Verträge, Vereine, Verbände und die damit verbundenen Rechtsfragen
und möglichen Streitfälle"), Bloomberg TV interview guest, Horizont Sport
Business TV on 15 January 2003;
 Live interview guest in the ZDF Sportstudio on the issue of reductions of salary in
the National Football League on 30 November 2002;
 "A good Contract never lands before the Courts" ("Ein guter Vertrag kommt nie vor
Gericht"), interview published in Horizont Sport Business, issue 10/2002;
Dr. Hermann Schlindwein
 "Marketing of Sports Rights" ("Vermarktung von Sportrechten"), presentation at
the ISLA Congress on 3 and 4 May 2002 in Klagenfurt;
 "Marketing of Individual Athletes" ("Vermarktung individueller Athleten"),
contribution to Sport Management Beck/Vahlen, publishers: Dr. Galli and Prof.
Dr. Gömmel (University of Regensburg);
 Presentation at the experts workshop "NADA – Possibilities on Establishing a
Permanent Arbitral Tribunal" ("NADA- Möglichkeiten der Errichtung eines
ständigen Schiedsgerichts") on 6 and 7. February 2002 at the Academy for
Management and Administration of the German Athletic Association in Berlin;
 "Marketing Rights and the Holders of the Rights" ("Vermarktungsrechte und ihre
Träger") in "Marketing of Sports Rights" ("Vermarktung von Sportrechten"), ISLA
publication, publisher: Dr. Fritzweiler, 2002;
 "New Fifa-Transfer Rules", presentation at the congress "Football & Finance" ,
Madrid, 2002;
 "Sports Arbitral Tribunals – Prerequisites for their Acceptance"
("Sportschiedsgerichte - Voraussetzungen für ihre Akzeptanz"), presentation during
the seminar at the European Academy of Law on 28 November 2001 in Trier;
 "Marketing national team image rights in Germany: And the winner is …", article
in SportsandCharacter Licensing, 15 April 2001;
 "Ducks in the EU Pond" ("Enten im EU-Teich") (guest comment on the dispute
between the EU and the International Football Association FIFA), article in
Horizont, issue 03/2001;
 "Who has the Right to the Image of the National Team? A Practical Analysis"
("Wer hat das Recht am Bild an der Nationalmannschaft? Eine Betrachtung aus
praktischer Sicht"), presentation at the Academy for Management and
Administration in Berlin of the German Sports Association in February 2001;
 "The National Team as a Business – Source of Money for the Associations?!"
("Unternehmen Nationalmannschaft – Geldquelle der Verbände?!"), presentation
during the seminar at the Management Academy for Management and
Administration in Berlin on 12 February 2001;
 Article "Who owns the Image of the National Team?"("Wem gehört das Bild an der
Nationalmannschaft?"), lecture at the JuraForum Münster on 21 November 2000 in
Münster;
 "Sports between free and pay television: point of view of sports clubs", lecture at
the conference of the European Academy of Law in Trier on 3 and 4 November
2000 in Athens;
 "Virtual Advertising in Sports" ("Virtuelle Werbung im Sport"), lecture at the
conference of the European Academy of Law on 19 and 20 October 2000 in Trier;
 "Structuring Contracts in Practice" ("Die Praxis der Vertragsgestaltung") in
"Marketing Rights in Sports" ("Vermarktungsrechte im Sport"), Academy for
Management and Administration in Berlin of the German Sports Association,
1999, pp. 61-103;
 "Initial Public Offering for a Football Club" ("Börseneinführung eines
Fußballvereins"), together with Dr. Herbert Harrer in: Special Supplement, "Going
Public" for the Börsenzeitung dated 25 April 1998;
 "Enforceability of Athlete's Rights" ("Durchsetzbarkeit der Athletenrechte" in
"Rights of Athletes" ("Rechte der Athleten"), Academy Publication of the Academy
for Management and Administration in Berlin of the German Sports Association,
1997, pages 77 – 91;
Dr. Hermann Schlindwein
 "Model for a Marketing Structure using the Example of a National Football
League" ("Gestaltung einer Vermarktungsstruktur am Beispiel eines FußballBundesligavereins") in "Professional Clubs – Patent Recipe for all Leagues?"
("Profigesellschaften – Patentrezept für alle Ligen?"), Academy Publication of the
Academy for Management and Administration in Berlin of the German Sports
Association, 1996, pages 55-71.
Memberships / Appointments
 Member in numerous German and international professional organizations;
 Lecturer at the University of Gießen on the topic "Legal Doctrine of Negotiations"
("Juristische Verhandlungslehre") (since 2010);
 Guest lecturer at the University of Zurich (MAS International Organization) on the
topic "International Sports Organizations" since the winter semester 2009/2010;
 Class on purchasing companies at the University of Mainz in the winter semester
2003/2004;
 5 years guest lecturer for sports law at the European Business School (20022006).
Career / Education
 since 2011 Partner at Klinkert ;
 2001 – 2011 Partner at Ashurst, Frankfurt;
 1992 – 2001 Attorney and after 1994 Partner at Rädler Raupach
Bezzenberger/Oppenhoff & Rädler;
 1991 – 1992 Attorney at Nabarro Nathanson, London;
 1989 – 1991 Attorney at Dr. Schlatter & Kollegen, Heidelberg;
 1987 - 1989 Doctoral Thesis in tax law at Prof. Dr. Paul Kirchhof, University of
Heidelberg;
 1983 – 1986 Legal clerk and Second State Exam in Heidelberg;
 1977 – 1982 Study at the university of Heidelberg;
 1976 – 1977 Administrative inspector at the county offices in Karlsruhe;
 1972 – 1976 Training and studies in business management (technical university).