Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: Jirí Janák

Friday, 10 March 2023 Author: Manan Agrawal, Haley Zenenberg

Jiří Janák is a former Czech racing driver who raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and the Porsche Supercup, among other competitions.

He is an attorney-at-law specialising in the fields of sports law, civil and procedure law, and business law. He is a former director of the Czech Anti-Doping Committee

Jiri has previously worked for the disciplinary commissions of different national sports associations and as a Secretary of the Legislative Council of the Czech Olympic Committee.

We sat down with Jiří in February 2023 to conduct this interview. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.

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Tags: Anti-Doping | Career Advice | Czech Republic | Motorsport | Regulation & Governance | Slovakia | Sport

Written by

Manan Agrawal

LawInSport

Manan is currently an Editor at LawInSport and is a media, entertainment and sports lawyer. Before joining LawInSport, Manan practiced law at a leading media and entertainment law firm in Mumbai, India.

He is also the organiser of LawInSport's Sports Law Arbitration Moot competition which is hosted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Haley Zenenberg

Haley Zenenberg is a 2024 J.D. Candidate at Brooklyn Law School. She is currently a staff editor on the Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment Law Blog for the Film and Television section and is undergoing an externship with LawInSport till April 2023. Additionally, she currently serves as the Film and Television Chair in the Brooklyn Law Entertainment and Sports Law Society. Before working at LawInSport, she worked at Sony Music Entertainment.