Álvaro Gómez de la Vega Jiménez, Sports Legal Manager at RCD Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D - E102

Álvaro Gómez de la Vega Jiménez is the sports legal manager at RCD Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D. Álvaro speaks to LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell.

• 1:42 - Getting into football and sports law

• 8:25 - Being prepared for transitioning into football

• 9:46 - Dealing with legal issues for a club with a small legal budget

• 11:30 - Lessons from working at Malaga CF

• 14:32 - The structure of Espanyol's legal team and the role of Sports Legal Manager

• 17:58 - Change in the football landscape

• 20:53 - The challenge of developing women's football in Spain

• 23:53 - Salary cap for players in Spain

• 27:33 - The corruption case involving Racing Santander and the financial oversight of clubs - see article - https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/when-football-administrators-end-up-in-prison-the-ongoing-case-of-racing-de-santander-s-former-managers

• 31:07 - Ideal characteristics of outside counsel who advise for football clubs

• 41:11 - The importance of being informed and the continuing professional development

• 44:25 - The future of lawyers in football

We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. 

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