Blog by Cabinet Bertrand

The Bertrand & Associés law firm is offering two 6-month internships in sports law (1st semester 2026 or 2nd semester 2026) for student lawyers.

Interviewed by SOFOOT, Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND returns to the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal of June 19, 2025 which ruled the reclassification as a permanent contract of Adrien Rabiot's employment contract with PSG.

Interviewed by ParisTurf a few days after the entry into force of the new regulation on the use of the whip in trotting, Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND had the opportunity to return to the legal issues linked to this reform in horse racing.

In 2025, for its second participation in the Trophées du Droit ceremony organized by Décideurs Juridiques and Leaders League magazines, Cabinet Bertrand was awarded the Trophée d'Or prize for the best law firm in Sports Law.

On December 18, 2024, the Court of Cassation censured the decision of the Court of Appeal which had dismissed the jurisdiction of the CNOSF's Sports Arbitration Chamber in a sports dispute, and clarified the conditions for judicial review in the context of multiple contractual relationships.

Interviewed by Le Figaro, Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND discusses the tax treatment of Olympic bonuses received by French athletes during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In 2024, for its first participation in the Trophées du Droit ceremony organized by the magazines Décideurs Juridiques and Leaders League, Cabinet Bertrand was awarded the Trophée d'Or prize for the best law firm in Sports Law.

For FIFA and the CAS, a national football federation cannot terminate, on the grounds of non-achievement of a sporting objective, unilaterally and in advance the employment contract of the selector or assistant coach of the national team without payment. compensation.

Décideurs TV invited Maître Jean-Jacques BERTRAND to speak in the Lex Inside program on the subject of the status of volunteers at sporting events

On the occasion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, more than 45 volunteers are expected in the capital during the summer of 000. This is an opportunity to recall the status of sports volunteers, their legal definition and the conditions commitment to responsibility