OUR TEAM

Meet Cresta’s team of
specialized sports lawyers

All time favourite athlete:
Michael Jordan

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Federer vs Nadal, 2008 Wimbledon Final

Managing Partner
s.ledure@crestafirm.com
+32 486 35 73 78

All time favourite athlete:
Valentino Rossi

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Brazil vs Belgium, 2018 World Cup

Partner
a.kint@crestafirm.com
+32 478 421 999

All time favourite athlete:
John McEnroe

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Raymond Goethals winning the 1993 Champions

Partner
w.janssens@crestafirm.com
+32 492 73 96 10

All time favourite athlete:
Nikola Karabatić

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Jamaica four-man bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games

Counsel – Head of Volleyball
x.mansat@crestafirm.com
+352 661 442 744

All time favourite athlete:
Thierry Henry

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Usain Bolt’s 100m world record, Berlin 2009

Senior Associate
q.vandenbergen@crestafirm.com
+32 494 34 96 29

All time favourite athlete:
Raúl González Blanco

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Remco Evenepoel winning the 2022 World Championships

Associate
l.darcis@crestafirm.com
+32 471 65 76 82

All time favourite athlete:
Carles Puyol

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Chelsea vs Bayern, 2012 UEFA Champions League final

Associate
a.ruelle@crestafirm.com
+32 495 46 12 48

All time favourite athlete:
Didier Drogba

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Belgium vs Japan, 2018 World Cup

Counsel – Head of Women’s Football
f.dekeyzer@crestafirm.com
+32 485 85 69 80

All time favourite athlete:
Alex de Souza

All time preferred sports accomplishment:
Volleyball Nations League 2023 Final

Associate
Attorney with the Ankara Bar (Turkey)
Associated Member of the French-speaking Bar of Brussels
m.ishin@crestafirm.com
+34 699 66 35 31

Great move for @alecvanhoorenbeeck: from @fctwente to @hnkhajduk 🔥 

Congrats, Alec! 👏 Happy to have helped you on the legal side of things. 

#Football #Transfers 
#CRESTA #TheSportsLawFirm #TrustedAdvisors

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Team Goemaere 🤝

#Laurens #Cresta #Football #PowerToThePlayers #TrustedAdvisors

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Team Burgess 🤝

#Christian #Cresta #Football #PowerToThePlayers #TrustedAdvisors

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Madrid, we meet again. 🏀⚖️

@wouter.sportslawyer came back to @isdeuniversity for a lecture on international basketball disputes, part of the Master in International Sports Law. 

On the menu: practical insights on arbitration, with a focus on proceedings before the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (#BAT) and #FIBA. 

Proud to help prepare the next generation of sports lawyers. 👏

#CRESTA #TheSportsLawFirm
#SportsLawyers

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