Your Rights – Our Goal
Your Rights
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Our Goal
Like a sprinter at the starting line – fully prepared, determined, and focused on the goal – we are ready to compete for our clients.
This is our commitment and the standard we strive to achieve in our profession. We are determined to protect your interests, applying all our expertise and years of experience.
Because your rights are our goal – and we are committed to achieving them for you.
DERUNGS LEGAL is your law firm in Zurich for contract law, employment law, job placement, sports law, and litigation with a national and international focus.
With over 20 years of experience in advising and representing clients in court, we offer competent, solution-oriented, and cost-effective legal advice.
We are particularly specialized in the field of sports law – we represent athletes, players and coaches, players' agents, athletes' managers and investors, clubs, associations and event organisers in contract drafting and in legal disputes before civil and arbitration courts.
News
20/21 November 2025
Attorney Dr. Vitus Derungs attended the International Sports Law Conference of the Italian Sports Lawyers Association (AIAS) in Naples.
The two-day conference addressed the latest topics in the world of sports law, with a particular focus on anti-doping law, the impact of international court decisions – Seraing, Diarra, Semenya – on sports law, and the latest case law from the FIFA Football Tribunal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in arbitration appeals.
18 November 2025
Another event organised by the Zurich Sports Lawyers, this time at the Sports Office of the City of Zurich in the Letzigrund Stadium.
We had the pleasure of welcoming the Zurich’s City Councillor and Head of the Department of Education and Sports, Filippo Leutenegger, as well as the Director of the Sports Department, Attorney at Law Urs Schmidig. During a live talk, the two guests provided interesting insights into the structure of the City Sports Office, the organisation of major sporting events in Zurich – such as the UCI Cycling World Championships 2024, the UEFA Women's Football European Championship 2024, and the upcoming IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship 2026 – as well as the endless story of the new Hardturm Stadium construction.
Finally, we coud round off a relaxed evening with an Apéro Riche and networking among colleagues in the VIP area of Letzigrund Stadium.
14 November 2025
Before the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) of the FIFA Football Tribunal, we successfully defended a football club from Asia against the claim of a player, who had opened a procedure against the club based on a contractual offer.
As we could demonstrate that the contractual offer was not meant to be binding by the parties, the claim of the player was considered as unjustified and therefore was fully rejected.
31 October 2025
The Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (ASDS), in collaboration with the Swiss Sports Tribunal (SST), holds a one-day sports law conference at the BCF Arena in Fribourg, focusing on the topic “Swiss Sports Tribunal – State of play after the first 500 days”.
Dr Vitus Derungs has the honour of chairing an expert panel at this conference on the subject “Practical Matters: Proceeding before the Swiss Sports Tribunal”.
24 October 2025
As of today, our firm's website features a new design that is visually appealing, user-friendly and informative. Visitors will find comprehensive information about Vitus Derungs and all of the firm's practice areas. The website is complemented by a news section and a complete overview of all publications and lectures by Vitus Derungs.
Studio Rasumowsky from Zurich is responsible for the successful implementation of this project.