Stefano La Porta

Stefano La Porta focuses his professional practice on assisting domestic and international clients active in the media and entertainment and professional sports industries.

He regularly renders his services to some of the leading players of the audiovisual sector in relation to the production and distribution of motion pictures, TV series and documentaries, including the related financing, benefits and incentives. Over the years, he has developed a peculiar expertise in dealing with the production and distribution of animated works and the exploitation of the relevant rights.

In the sports sector, Stefano has more than 20 years of experience in assisting and representing federations and confederations, leagues, clubs, athletes and agents in contentious and non-contentious matters, including the litigation before national and international dispute resolution bodies, the management and exploitation of media and marketing rights, the financing and acquisition of sports clubs, the organization and management of major international sports events.

He has served (till 2021) as member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and the FIFA Players’ Status Committee, and is currently member of the UEFA Players’ Status, Transfer and Agents and Match Committee, legal expert of the UEFA Licensing Office of the Italian Football Association and general counsel of the International Padel Federation.

He is a regular contributor to national and international reviews, books and publications specializing in sports law and is often asked to lecture at graduate and post-graduate courses on media and/or sports law organized by national and foreign Universities and other educational institutions.

He is a graduate cum laude of the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, is of Italian mother tongue, speaks fluent English and works regularly in Spanish and French. Stefano was admitted to the bar of Roma in 2001 and was enrolled in the special registry of the Supreme Court litigators in 2015.

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Expertise

Media and Entertainment
Sports law

Qualifications

Avvocato, Rome
Higher Jurisdictions, Italy

Education

JD with honors, La Sapienza University of Rome

Languages

Italian
English
Spanish
French