Flick Gocke Schaumburg advises organizers of the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has provided comprehensive tax advice to the non-profit organiser of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU Summer World University Games.

The event, being held in Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Hagen and Berlin until 27 July 2025, is the second largest multi-sport event in the world after the Summer Olympics. As many as 9,000 student athletes from around 150 nations, supported by approximately 20,000 volunteers, will compete in 18 different sports over the course of eleven days.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg’s advisors:

Dr. Christian Kirchhain (tax), Dr. Carsten Schlotter (tax), Rainald Vobbe (tax), Dr. Christian Brünkmans (corporate) and Andreas Richter (tax)

The advice primarily covered tax law planning issues, including non-profit law, VAT, Sec. 50a of the German Income Tax Act, contract design, financing and accounting.

The event is being seen as a possible test run for a German bid for the 2036 or 2040 Summer Olympics. <<<