FOUNDING PARTNER

Luca Tettamanti

Attorney-at-Law admitted as UE/AELS established lawyer in Switzerland and registered at the Bar of Como, Italy. Before founding his own law firm, in 2013, he was General Director of the Swiss first division Football Club Lugano. He works in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

Passionate about football, F1, boxing, music, history, geopolitics and British style.

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Experience

Founding partner “ELITE LAW SA“
Lugano (CH 2017 – today)

Member “Legal Advisory Panel” European Club Association
ECA (CH 2015 – 2017)

Founding partner “LT Sports Law”
Lugano (CH 2013 – 2017)

General Director “Football Club Lugano SA”,
Lugano (CH 2013 – 2015)

Associate “LIBRA LAW Ibarrola & Ramoni Avocats”,
Lausanne (CH 2010 – 2013)

Independent legal counsel for clients in sport
Como (ITA 2007 – 2010)

Licensed agent FIGC / FIFA
(ITA 2007 – 2009)

Associate “Studio Legale Luppi”
Como (ITA 2005 – 2009)

Trainee lawyer “Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati“
Milano (ITA 2004 – 2005)

Intern “Camera di Commercio”
Milano (ITA 2003)

Education

Specialisation course in “Finance for Non-Finance Managers in Football”
Università Cattolica di Milano (ITA – 2017)

Specialisation course in “Fashion Law”
Università di Milano (ITA – 2015)

LL.M. in “International Sports Law”
Instituto Superior Derecho y Economia (ES – 2010)

Specialisation course in “Management of Sporting Organisations”
Swiss Olympics (CH – 2008)

Specialisation course in “Sports Law and Justice”
Università Statale di Milano (ITA – 2007)

Law degree
University LIUC di Castellanza (ITA – 2004)

Speaker

“Master in sports law and labour relations in sport”
University of Milan-Bicocca, (ITA 2016 – present)

“Specialisation course in sports law and sports justice”
State University of Milan (ITA 2012 – present)

“Sport Arbitration Moot”
SAM Association Geneva (CH – 2022)

“The Sport Agent in the sporting regulations”
Associazione Italiana Avvocati Sport, Milan (ITA – 2019)

“Law and Taxation in Sport”
Organiser IPSOA, Milan (ITA – 2019)

“International Arbitration in Sport: the latest development on Sports Law”
Sports Law and Policy Centre and Centro Studi Diritto Sport, Milan (ITA – 2018)

“The activity of the Sports Attorney – Analysis of the FIFA and FIGC Regulations”
Associazione Italiana Avvocati Sport (ITA – 2017)

“Executive Programme in International Sports Law and Justice”
Sports Law and Policy Centre, Ravello (ITA 2014 – 2017)

“The Reform of the Sports Justice System in Italy”
Milan Bar Association (ITA – 2014)

“Master in Sport Law and Business Organisation”
Sports Law and Policy Centre, Rome (ITA 2012 – 2013)

Wyscout Forum
Milan & London (ITA – UK 2011 – 2015)

“Seminar on Arbitration in Sport”
Swiss-Italian Chamber of Commerce, Milan (ITA 2011 – 2012)

“Football and Business, legal and economic profiles”
SUPSI University congress, Lugano (CH – 2015)

Publications

Chapter on Italy in Transfer of Football Players,, published by Sports Law and Policy Centre (2020)

Chapter on Switzerland The FIFA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries. Implementation at National Level, published by Sports Law and Policy Centre (2015)

Can an International Treaty supersede the FIFA Training Compensation Rules? in “Sports Law Bulletin” n. 7,  published by European Professional Football League EPFL (2010)

Membership

ASSOCIATION SUISSE DE DROIT DU SPORT (ASDS – CH)

THE SPORTS LAW ALUMNI (International)

ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA AVVOCATI SPORT (AIAS – ITA)

ALUMNI CLUB MANAGER SPORTIVI SVIZZERA (CH)

Awards

Associazione Italiana Avvocati Sport: “International Sports Lawyer of the Year” (2019)

Ranked by Who’sWHo Legal among the world’s leading legal professionals in Sports & Entertainment (2018 – today).

 

News on Luca Tettamanti

  • January 30, 2023

    Luca Tettamanti’s participation to the event “Il calcio oggi… fuori dal campo” (“Football today… off the field”)

    Avv. Luca Tettamanti has been invited as a speaker to the event “Il calcio oggi… fuori dal campo” (“Football today… off the field”) held in Milan, Italy, promoted by Italian Sports Lawyers Association with the patronage of CONI. His speech focused on the new FIFA Agents’ Regulations.

  • December 6, 2019

    ECA legal workshop: Football & Tax

    Avv. Luca Tettamanti participated as a representative of the club FC “Kairat” Almaty (KAZ) in the legal workshop “Football & Tax” organised by the European Club Association – ECA at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London (UK)

  • February 14, 2019

    Master in sports law and taxation by IPSOA

    Avv. Luca Tettamanti is among the coordinators of the new master course organised by IPSOA (Milan, Italy) in sports law and taxation

  • March 1, 2018

    Avv. Luca Tettamanti and ELITE LAW SA recognised in the SAFF list

    L’Avv. Luca Tettamanti e Elite Law SA sono stati inseriti dalla Federazione Calcistica dell’Arabia Saudita (SAFF) nella lista chiusa degli studi legali internazionali abilitati a rappresentare gli interessi dei suoi club nella risoluzione di dispute internazionali

  • March 27, 2015

    18th ECA General Assembly in Athens

    L’Avv. Luca Tettamanti ha partecipato, quale rappresentante del club FC “Rubin” Kazan (RUS) alla 18esima Assemblea generale della European Club Association – ECA ad Atene (GR).

  • March 31, 2015

    14th ECA General Assembly in Stockholm

    L’Avv. Luca Tettamanti ha partecipato, quale rappresentante del club FC “Rubin” Kazan (RUS) alla 14a assemblea generale della European Club Association – ECA in Stoccolma (S).

  • September 9, 2014

    13th ECA General Assembly in Geneva

    L’Avv. Luca Tettamanti ha partecipato, quale rappresentante del club FC “Rubin” Kazan (RUS), alla 13esima assemblea generale della European Club Association – ECA in Ginevra (CH).