Joes Blakborn

Sport und Recht
Arbeitsrecht

Joes Blakborn specialises in employment law, sports law and litigation.

For instance, he acts in substantial dismissal cases, both for employers and employees, more specifically for board members. An experienced litigator, he has now been conducting complex proceedings, including provisional relief matters, in a wide variety of contractual disputes for 20 years.

As a partner, Joes Blakborn also manages the Sports & Law practice group he built up within the firm from 2005 onwards, focusing personally on football cases. He advises footballers, agents and clubs nationally and internationally on, and assists them in, a range of legal matters. If there are disputes, he conducts proceedings before the KNVB Arbitration Committee, the District Court, the FIFA DRC and the CAS. As agent registered with several national football associations (such as KNVB and FA), he also assists players and/or professional clubs during transfer and contract negotiations.

Joes is obsessed with sports, specifically football. While studying, he played football for AFC Ajax and FC Volendam. He then played for several years at the highest amateur level. Joes loves travelling and going out to eat.

Funktion
Lawyer, Partner
Anwalt seit
2005
Standorte
Amsterdam
Sprachen
Dutch, English
Schulungen
  • Dutch Law at the University of Amsterdam
  • Specialization course in Sports and Law
  • Masters in Labor Law and Private Law

Beispiele aus der Praxis
  • Advises and litigates in dismissal cases for employers and employees.
  • Advises and litigates in the field of employment conditions and (threatened) employment disputes.
  • Conducts (summary) proceedings in contractual (collection) disputes.
  • Represents football players, intermediaries and clubs in disputes and any resulting proceedings before the KNVB, FIFA DRC, CAS and the District Court/Court of Appeal.
  • Advises various football players, professional clubs and intermediaries at national and international level on the conclusion of employment, transfer and commission agreements.

Mitgliedschaften und Nebenaktivitäten
  • Association for Labor Law (Vva)
  • Association for sports and law
  • Various publications in the field of Sports and law