Sport and law — a conversation with Ákos Tallár, sports lawyer

“Sports law is no longer a matter of life and death — it is a great deal more than that,” says Ákos Tallár, attorney-at-law and specialist in sports law. “Our job is to understand the rules, so that our client can concentrate on the game,” he adds. We spoke about what makes sports law distinctive, the complexity of the field and its regulatory system, the work of a sports lawyer, the particular character of sporting matters and disputes, and the questions raised by e-sports.Let us begin with a more personal question. How does someone become a sports lawyer? How did your career arc towards this field?I graduated summa cum laude from Eötvös Loránd University in 2016 and began work as a trainee lawyer in the corporate law group at Oppenheim Law Firm, mainly in mergers and acquisitions. In parallel I was admitted to the doctoral school of the ELTE Faculty of Law, where as a Ph.D. student I researched sports law, and within it the international and domestic regulatory background of international sports federations. I joined Giró Szász and Partners Law Firm while still a trainee, and became a partner there after passing the bar examination. After qualifying I founded Tallár Law Firm, and together we established the Giró Szász and Partners Legal Partnership, which operates in sports law and business law under the leadership of my mentor and partner, János Giró Szász.Read more…