Johanna Schwartz Miralles
Counsel
Johanna’s legal practice focuses on international commercial contracts, compliance and whistleblower programs (Sapin II), and business litigation.
A graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D.) and Aix-Marseille University (PhD in private law), Johanna began her legal career in the United States at one of the world’s largest law firms, where she helped to represent clients in qui tam lawsuits, insurance coverage disputes, products liability lawsuits, and fraud and bribery investigations.
She has taught courses in American business law at the University of Montpellier and ESSEC Business School.
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Sports sponsorship: how the “Athlete-Brand” is reshaping contract drafting
A recent documentary aired on France Télévisions, “Kylian Mbappé, la diplomatie du ballon rond“ (“Kylian Mbappé: The Diplomacy of the Beautiful Game”), highlighted an inescapable reality of modern sport: the elite athlete is no longer merely a sportsperson — they are a geopolitical entity, a vehicle of soft power, and above all, a brand in […]
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France’s New Professional Sport Act: Key Changes for 2026
Promulgated on 3 August 2026, Act No. 2026-725 on the organisation, management and financing of professional sport marks a major overhaul of the French Sports Code (Code du sport). The reform seeks in particular to secure the sector’s economic sustainability by safeguarding certain sources of club revenue (notably income from broadcasting rights), and to strengthen […]
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Financing models for football clubs: developments and legal challenges
Professional football today faces a complex economic equation, driven in particular by growing demands for sporting competitiveness against a backdrop of instability in certain traditional revenue streams. In this context, clubs can no longer rely solely on income from broadcasting rights, matchday revenues or conventional sponsorship. Over the past fifteen years, a marked diversification in […]
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