Jörn Schulze-Hesselmann
örn Schulze-Hesselmann has extensive expertise in various areas of the sports, media and telecommunications sectors, including IT law, unfair competition law and media and broadcasting law. He brings entrepreneurial experience from his senior position as Head of Legal DACH at DAZN, a global sports broadcaster, and his work at Rocket Internet, one of Europe’s leading venture capital investors. He played a key role in DAZN’s acquisition of audiovisual media rights for the Bundesliga and the UEFA Champions League in Germany.
In addition, Jörn Schulze-Hesselmann regularly advises both German and international investors on investments in the sports sector – in particular on acquisitions of stakes in football clubs in the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and international leagues.
He has wide-ranging experience in drafting and negotiating complex licensing and distribution agreements, advising on antitrust issues related to the acquisition and distribution of audiovisual media rights, protecting audiovisual media rights, and drafting general terms and conditions in the sports and media sector. Since the summer semester of 2024, he has been teaching the “Media and Press Law” module at the University of Applied Management (HAM) in Cologne.
