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Cases · Specialist sectors · Sports, athletes & sporting institutions

Set up a sports management or agency business abroad

How do we set up a sports agency in another country?

WONE Global sets up the company, obtains the agent licences and prepares standard representation contracts for the market.

Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · Brazil

The situation

What is happening

An agency wants to represent athletes in a new market.

What is at stake

Agents need licences and compliant representation contracts in each market, or their fees cannot be enforced.

Who faces this

  • Founders and growing companies
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

Football agencyFounder-led company · from United Kingdom · in Brazil

It is opening in Brazil to represent young players.

Where it ends An agency that can operate lawfully in Brazil.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Agent licensing abroad”“Representing athletes in a new market”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global sets up the company, obtains the agent licences and prepares standard representation contracts for the market.

Usually led by Corporate & Entity Services, with Government & Regulatory Affairs, Legal & Contracting and Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Weeks 1-3Company set up.
  2. Weeks 4-6Agent licences.
  3. Week 7Representation contracts.
  4. ThenOperating.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Agent licensing and governing body rules
  2. 02Entity, tax and fee structure
  3. 03Protecting minors and complying with welfare rules

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Licences obtained
  • Entity and contracts in place
  • Compliance procedures for representing minors

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Who handles it

Corporate & Entity Services, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Brazilin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Austria WONE Global Partner Mag. Mario Haider · Tax Consultant Brief this Partner →
  4. Ireland WONE Global Partner Kevin McSharry · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  5. Rwanda WONE Global Partner Lydie N. Murorunkwere · Founder & Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  6. South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. Spain WONE Global Partner Darragh Brady · Partner CIB Finance Brief this Partner →
  8. United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Dr Hajra Nazir · Head Corporate Advisory / Consultancy Division Brief this Partner →
  9. Zambia WONE Global Partner Gerald Zimba · Director Brief this Partner →
  10. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  12. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  13. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

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