Jean-Louis Dupont, Simon Chadwick, Thomas Peeters and Siniša Petrović had already spent decades inside the forces that shape professional sports.
They argued the legal cases that changed sport, studied the economics that drive it and analysed the politics that move it.
Again and again, they met ambitious professionals who wanted to understand how the industry really works, and found no program that could show them.
Most sports law master's programs were classroom-based, heavily theoretical and confined to a single country's legal system. They asked too much time and gave too narrow a view.
So they decided to build what was missing. Together with AIAF, Baker McKenzie, Droitdusport.com and Football Legal, they created HELEGS (Higher Education in Law, Economics, and Geopolitics of Professional Sports): 100% online, practical, international, and connecting law with economics and geopolitics.
Today, our participants learn from the people who have shaped the industry's defining moments, and who are still shaping them. We're proud of that. But what moves us most is what our participants do next.
We created this Executive Program because we believe that excellence and independence are powerful forces for change.
In a world where professional sports is shaped by complex legal, economic, and geopolitical forces, we want to give professionals the tools to navigate, improve, and redefine the system with integrity and vision.
At the same time, we believe that those who create value for the sports industry should be able to build a prosperous career. Our ambition is therefore not only to help professionals make a meaningful impact in the sports industry, but also to equip them with the knowledge, recognition, and network necessary to achieve lasting professional and financial success.
A sports industry led by professionals with strategic acumen, ethical clarity, and innovative thinking, driven by a sustainable and fair success of all stakeholders in the industry.
Our mission is not just to educate, but to inspire a generation of leaders who will act with excellence, independence, and integrity—ensuring that professional sports remain a space of opportunity, justice, and progress for all.
We teach current, practical and authoritative material, delivered by people who do this work rather than only write about it.
We offer a critical and objective look at the sector, where the point of view of all stakeholders is expressed.
We believe that every lawyer, legal counsel, sports agent, executive, manager, and sports organisation leader needs a strong moral compass.
Simon Chadwick, Jean-Louis Dupont, Alexandra G. Bruinewoud, Kieran Maguire, Delphine Verheyden, Juan de Dios Crespo, Daniel Rascher, Alexander Jobst, Thomas Peeters, Siniša Petrović, Javier Tebas...
the most internationally renowned academic professors & active experts in Law, Economics and Geopolitics in professional sports.
which ensures you learn all sides of law, economics and geopolitics in sport, and not just those inspired by the necessarily biased interests of sports governing bodies.
AIAF, Baker McKenzie, Droitdusport.com, and Football Legal to provide valuable certification and recognition on top of cutting-edge expertise and pedagogy.
