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Kazimierz Romaniec

Senior Counsel

Biography

Kazimierz is an attorney-at-law and a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University. He qualified as an attorney-at-law in 1999. For more than 30 years, he has collaborated with leading domestic and international law firms and consulting companies. He has been active in the sports industry for over 35 years and, for more than 15 years, has focused his professional practice on sports law.

He advises sports clubs and associations, athletes, sports agencies, and other entities operating in the sports sector on matters relating to domestic and international football regulations, football transfers, professional sports contracts, and the taxation of athletes and sporting events. His areas of expertise include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transfer agreements, professional football player contracts, coaching agreements, representation agreements, management contracts, and other employment-related documentation within football clubs.

He also represents clients in disputes before national and international judicial and disciplinary bodies, including the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the Polish Olympic Committee, and the relevant bodies of the Polish Football Association (PZPN). Kazimierz advises on the preparation of internal regulations and governance frameworks for sports clubs, supports investors and clubs in acquisition and takeover processes, and provides legal advice on organizational and employment restructuring within sports organizations. He is a co-author of Rules of the Game (2023), the only book-length compilation of football law regulations published in Poland. He is also the author of numerous articles and publications relating to sports law and regularly speaks at conferences, seminars, and webinars in Poland and abroad. Kazimierz is a member of the Polish Sports Law Association (PTPS) and the International Sports Press Association (AIPS).

Since 1991, he has continuously collaborated with Andrzej Gowarzewski’s Fuji Football Encyclopedia as an author, editor, translator, legal adviser, and liaison for relations with FIFA and UEFA.

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