Regulating the Regulators: Competition Law Takes on FIFA’s Agent Rules
Anand Patel
Partner, Level
Anand is a competition/antitrust and regulatory specialist with significant experience advising on competition law and compliance issues, the drafting of rules and regulations, and disputes.
Anand's clients include sports governing bodies, international federations, player associations, clubs, teams, agents and executives. He has a wealth of experience advising sports bodies and stakeholders on competition law issues and the drafting of rules, regulations and policies, and has worked across a range of sports, including football, tennis, cricket, rugby, boxing, motorsport and sailing.
Before joining Level as a Partner, Anand was at Linklaters for over 10 years, practising in London, Brussels and New York.
Anand is passionate about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and served as co-chair of his previous firm’s ethnicity and race network.
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