Contract between a football club and an equipment manufacturer: How to compare two bids from two jersey suppliers?

In the context of a dispute between a football club and its jersey partner, the matter was referred to the Court of Cassation. The question raised before it was how to compare two competing offers from two sports suppliers. The Court of Cassation ruled that the comparison of two equipment suppliers' offers cannot be made …

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Contrat entre un Club de football et un équipementier : comment juger si une offre est plus intéressante qu’une autre ?

La comparaison de deux offres d'équipementiers ne peut pas se faire sur les seuls éléments financiers. La comparaison doit se faire au regard des différents critères. Les juges ne peuvent donc pas se fonder que sur les éléments financiers d’un contrat pour dire si une offre est mieux-disante, identique ou moins-disante qu’une autre offre.

Is the sports agent’s mandate concluded by e-mail exchanges null and void?

By a decision of 11 July 2018 No. 17-10458, the Court of Cassation (french civil superior court) ruled on a dispute on the validity of a contract concluded between a football club and a sports agent which was concluded by exchanging e-mails.   A sports agent company initiated proceedings against a professional football club to …

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