About.

BACKGROUND

Jessie is a multilingual football industry professional with a legal background and extensive

sports management experience across international football clubs and federations.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Jessie graduated from Tilburg Law School back in 2016 and continued her legal education in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona. Having successfully passed the Spanish bar exam in 2019, she is qualified to represent her client's legal interests before Spanish courts and international tribunals. Her interest in Sports, football in particular, led her to pursue further studies in the field of Sports Law and Management.

Having worked for the strategy & innovation departments of key stakeholders FC Barcelona & UEFA, she has seen the challenges and opportunities that arise while attempting to foster a culture of innovation within more risk-adverse environments first-hand and is experienced in digital transformation strategies, complex stakeholder management, strategic planning, transversal project management, event organisation and developing innovation led strategies for sports brands, clubs and organisations.

Monereo Meyer

Legal Assistant

Bressers Law

Legal Assistant

FC Barcelona

Strategy & Innovation

UEFA

Strategy & Innovation

Sensato Sports Law

Founding partner

She has in-depth knowledge of the governance, management and strategy models of professional football clubs and federations and an all-encompassing understanding of the sports ecosystem from both a legal and business perspective. Due to her international profile and professional experience she has established a strong network within the industry.

In 2020, she decided to combine her passions for Sports, Law, Innovation & Entrepreneurship and co-founded Sensato Sports Law & Management; a boutique consultancy firm based in Barcelona specialised in sports-related legal disputes and business advisory matters.

Sensato's services consist of the following two pillars:

- Providing legal advice to athletes, intermediaries clubs primarily regarding contractual matters (employment, representation, transfer, and image rights agreements) and defending their clients’ interests before Spanish courts and (inter)national sports tribunals.

- Providing project management & advisory services to a vast array of sports industry stakeholders mainly in the fields of business development, knowledge-sharing through educational programs, brand internationalisation and curating innovation strategies.

In addition to the above, Jessie lectures on Sports Law & Management at a variety of International universities and is the co-founder of the Sports Career Academy, a members-only mentoring community designed to help aspiring industry professionals kick-start their careers in Sports.