José specializes in sports law, arbitration, and EU and competition law and is a partner at Nebot & Páez Abogados. He is qualified to practice in Spain and, having passed all the solicitors qualifying exam assessments, is applying to the SRA for admission to the roll of solicitors of England and Wales.

José has held a position as legal counsel at FIFA, and has acted in CAS proceedings as court clerk and as counsel. He advises sports organizations as well as athletes on contractual and regulatory matters, and represents them in litigation.

Among many other articles and works, José is author of a study on the application of the economic rules of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to sport, and co-author of the chapter dedicated to employment-related CAS case law in «Relações de Trabalho no Desporto – Direito Nacional e Comparado».

Other than Spanish, his mother tongue, José is fluent in English, French and Italian and has good knowledge of German and Portuguese.