Private Law Professor, University of the French West Indies (CREDDI)
Partner member of the Louis Josserand research team
Pointe-à-Pitre – France
Lawyer
Buenos Aires - Argentina
FIFA
Senior Legal Counsel
Zurich – Switzerland
BMDW Advocaten
Lawyer
Haarlem - The Netherlands
Lawyer
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Law Lecturer, Researcher and Lawyer
Chicago – USA
FIFPRO
Senior Legal Counsel
Hoofddorp - The Netherlands
Legal Intern (ISDE)
Valencia — Spain
Lawyer
Moscow - Russia
Lawyer
Manchester - England
EA Sports Law
Lawyer
Oslo — Norway
Legal Trainee
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Lawyer, Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
Partner, Bär Karrer AG
St. Moritz - Switzerland
Lawyer, CEO Contratos Digitales
Montevideo – Uruguay
Lawyer
Mills & Reeve
Birmingham – England
Lawyer
Morgan Sports Law
London - England
Legal Intern, Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Football Union of Russia
Arbitrator at the National Centre of Sport Arbitration
Member of the FIG Disciplinary Commission
CAS Arbitrator (2015-2019)
Moscow – Russia
Lawyer, Cavaliero & Associates
Geneva – Switzerland
Legal Intern
Bichara e Motta Advogados
Law Student at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Pintó, Ruiz & Del Valle
Lawyer
Barcelona – Spain
Legal Intern
Valencia – Spain
Lawyer, SP.IN Law
Zurich – Switzerland
Formerly:
Head of TMS and Regulatory Enforcement, FIFA
Box-to-Box LLC
Lawyer
Kiev - Ukraine
Professor at the University of Geneva
Arbitrator and Member of the CAS
FIFA
Operations Manager within the Clearing House Department
Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer
São Paulo - Brazil
www.csmv.com.br
BMS Sport Legal
Lawyer
Santiago - Chile
Lawyer, Elite Law
Lugano - Switzerland
Lawyer, DBFLaw Advogados
Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Lawyer, Bär Karrer AG
Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer
Copenhagen - Denmark
https://www.dahllaw.dk/en/
Professor Sports Economics
Ilmenau University of Technology
Lawyer, Joffe & Associés
Paris – France
Lawyer, BMA Advogados
Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Lawyer, Tiberghien Lawyers / Atfield Sports
Brussels – Belgium
Lawyer, Charles Russel Speechlys
Geneva / Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer
Rome - Italy
Legal Intern
Valencia - Spain
Legal Intern, Cavaliero & Associates
Geneva - Switzerland
Lawyer
Bogotá - Colombia
Legal Intern, Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
Lawyer, Joffe & Associés
Paris – France
Lawyer
Salvador - Brazil
Director, Chang & The Special Sportians (C&TSS) International Sports Consultancy
Seoul – Republic of Korea
FIFA
Head of the Clearing House Department
Senior Lecturer at University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté
Member of the Research Centre for International Investment and Market Law (CREDIMI - Sports Law Laboratory)
Dijon — France
Lawyer
Moscow - Russia
Lawyer
Moscow - Russia
Lawyer, Morgan Sports Law
London – England
Professor
CAS Arbitrator
Lawyer
Professor of International Law and European Competition Law
CAS Arbitrator (since 1995)
Rome - Italy
Kellerhals Carrard
Lawyer
Lausanne – Switzerland
Lawyer
Valencia - Spain
Research and teaching assistant at the University of Geneva
Former high-level athlete and Member of the ad hoc Clerks’ list of the CAS
Lawyer
Valencia – Spain
Legal Intern, Pinto Ruiz & Del Valle
Barcelona - Spain
Execuitve President
Brazilian Center for Arbitration and Mediation
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Co-Founder and Publishing Director of Football Legal
Bordeaux - France
Director of Innovation
Paris – France
Lawyer
São Paulo – Brazil
Lawyer
Madrid - Spain
Lawyer, Vice-President of Federação Paulista de Futebol
São Paulo – Brazil
Lawyer
Brussels - Belgium
Lawyer
Belo Horizonte / São Paulo - Brazil
Responsible for FIFA Legal Research Hub
São Paulo – Brazil
Lawyer, L.in.K Lawyers
Brussels - Belgium
Lawyer, Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Bonn – Germany
Partner, Centrum Turkey
Istanbul – Türkiye
Lawyer
São Paulo - Brazil
Lawyer
Barcelona – Spain
Legal Intern,
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
Integrity & Regulatory Division and Financial Sustainability & Research Division
Nyon - Switzerland
General Manager,
Sport Makers Law & Management Firm
Cairo – Egypt
Executive Manager
Egyptian Football Association
Cairo - Egypt
Attorney and Arbitrator
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Lawyer, contrast
Zaventem – Belgium
Integrity & Regulatory Division and Financial Sustainability & Research Division
Nyon - Switzerland
Lawyer
Cairo - Egypt
Lawyer
Montevideo - Uruguay
LL.M. (Harvard)
Professor of Civil Law, Employment Law, Sports Law and Commercial Law, University Mannheim
Mannheim – Germany
Judge of the General Court of the European Union (2015-2020)
Brussels – Belgium
Honorary State Councillor
CAS Arbitrator
Limoges – France
Lawyer, Expansion Holding
Buenos Aires – Argentina
Avitan Shlomo Law Office
Lawyer
Beer Sheba – Israel
Lawyer
Madrid - Spain
Legal Intern, Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia - Spain
Senior Legal Counsel
FIFPRO
Hoofddorp - the Netherlands
Lawyer, DLA Piper France
Paris – France
Associate Professor and Deputy Director for the International Cooperation, South Ural State University
Chelyabinsk – Russia
Lawyer
Zürich - Switzerland
Partner, Saffery LLP
London – UK
Integrity & Regulatory Division and Financial Sustainability & Research Division
Nyon - Switzerland
CEO
SD Europe
Cork - Ireland
Partner
Istanbul – Turkey
Sport Makers
Lawyer
Cairo - Egypt
Associate
Sport Makers Law & Management Firm
Cairo – Egypt
University Professor at the University of Bayreuth | Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law, Comparative Law and Sports Law
Bayreuth – Germany
Legal Egineer
Zürich - Switzerland
Professor Sports Law & Business
University of Antwerp
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for International Business Law, University of Münster
Münster – Germany
Professor of Law
Deputy Director of CREDIMI (including the Sports Law Laboratory)
Co-director of the Master in Sports Legal Professions
Dijon — France
Lawyer
Buenos Aires – Argentina
Lawyer
Sao Paulo - Brazil
Deputy General Secretary & Legal Director
Luque - Paraguay
https://www.conmebol.com/
Chief Executive Officer
Football Australia (FFA)
Sydney - Australia
Lawyer
Salvador - Brazil
Professor
Director of CREDIMI
Dijon — France
Cavaliero & Associates
Legal Intern
Geneva – Switzerland
Lawyer, Morgan Sports Law
Lausanne - Switzerland / London - England
Legal Intern LLM, Sportia Law
Madrid - Spain
Associate, SILA International Lawyers
Sofia - Bulgaria
Lawyer
CAS Arbitrator
Trainee Solicitor
Cambridge – England
White & Case
Lawyer
Brussels – Belgium
Lawyer, DLA Piper France
Paris – France
FC Lokomotiv
Sports Law and Licensing Department Director
Moscow – Russia
Lawyer, A. K. A. Lex Sportiva Law Office
Valencia - Spain / Echmiadzin - Armenia
Lawyer, NFALAW
Paris – France
Lombardi Associates
Legal Intern
Edinburgh – Scotland
Lawyer
Shanghai – China
Legal Intern
Valenica - Spain
Professor
Member of the Nanterre International Law Centre (CEDIN)
CAS Arbitrator
Paris — France
Trainee Solicitor, Morgan Sports Law
Lausanne - Switzerland / London - England
Associate Professor at Lille University and Director of the Business Law Master (Sports Law program)
Lille – France
Lawyer
Boulogne-Billancourt – France
Lawyer
São Paulo – Brazil
Lawyer, Goffi Scartezzini Advogados Associados
São Paulo - Brazil
Lawyer
Boulogne-Billancourt – France
Lawyer
Montevideo – Uruguay
Lawyer, Statim
Barcelona - Spain
Lawyer
Mexico City - Mexico
Emeritus Professor
Former Director of CREDIMI
Dijon — France
Lawyer, Lorusso & Partners
São Paulo – Brazil
Lawyer, QRLC e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados
Lisbon – Portugal
Legal Intern
Valencia — Spain
Lawyer, Evandro Forte Sociedade I. de Advocacia
São Paulo – Brazil
Case Manager, Dutch Institute for Sports Law (Instituut Sportrechtspraak)
Hilversum – The Netherlands
Lawyer
Moscow - Russia
Doctor of Law, Lecturer, University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas
Paris – France
Lawyer
Milan - Italy
Of Counsel
Morgan Sports Law
Cairo - Egypt
Formerly:
Director, Legal Affairs & Compliance Division
Cairo - Egypt
CSMV Advogados
Lawyer
São Paulo – Brazil
Professor of Public Law, University of Aix-Marseille,
CAS Arbitrator
Marseille – France
Lawyer
Nairobi - Kenya
Lawyer
São Paulo – Brazil
Lawyer
Milan - Italy
Legal Intern
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
Law Professor (Professeur Agrégé des Facultés de droit), University Panthéon-Assas Paris 2
Paris – France
Lawyer
Madrid - Spain
Lawyer, Giovannelli e Associati Studio Legale
Milan – Italy
Law Student, São Paulo State University
São Paulo - Brazil
Lawyer
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Villanova Law
Villanova (Pennsylvania) – USA
Honorary Civil Administrator
Paris - France
Statim
Lawyer
Barcelona – Spain
Lawyer
Cairo - Egypt
Associate, Statim
Barcelona - Spain
Member and Board Advisor
Portuguese Sports Law Association (APDD)
Lisbon - Portugal
Lawyer, Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle
Barcelona - Spain
Kellerhals Carrard
Lawyer
Lausanne – Switzerland
Lawyer
Santiago - Chile
Laurea Lex Sportiva
Lawyer
Caracas – Venezuela
Counsel
Edinburgh - Scotland
Legal Counsel
Parktown - South Africa
Lawyer, Pintó, Ruiz & Del Valle
Barcelona – Spain
Pintó, Ruiz & Del Valle
Lawyer
Barcelona – Spain
Mills & Reeve LLP
Lawyer
Manchester – England
Legal Intern
Valencia — Spain
PhD in Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and University of Sao Paulo (USP)
Professor of Law
Lawyer, Cambré Sports & Entertainment
São Paulo – Brazil
Associate, Corporate
Tokyo – Japan
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Legal Intern
Valencia – Spain
Head of Legal Department
Portuguese Football Players Union (SJPF)
Lisbon – Portugal
Associate Professor, Head of Department of History Jean Monnet Chair “Europe in Globalizing World. Migration, Citizenship and Identity”
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam – The Netherlands
Lawyer
Mills & Reeve
Birmingham – England
Lawyer
Brussels - Belgium
Lawyer
Blumeneau - Brazil
Lawyer, AP Sports Law Office
Athens - Greece
Lawyer
Bichara e Motta Advogados
Master (LL.M) in International Sports Law from Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia - ISDE Madrid.
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Lawyer
Madrid - Spain
Lawyer, Libra Law
Lausanne - Switzerland
Lawyer
Amsterdam - The Nethelands
Lawyer
Zürich - Switzerland
Lawyer, BMDW Advocaten
Haarlem – The Netherlands
Legal Intern
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
Attorney, Vela Wood
Dallas - USA
Lawyer
Salvador - Brazil
Lawyer
Madrid - Spain
Lawyer, Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle
Barcelona - Spain
Laurea Lex Sportiva
Lawyer
Caracas - Venezuela
Professor at the University of Paris-Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)
Paris – France
Associate at Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyer
LLM in International Master in Sports Law (Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid)
Valencia – Spain
Lawyer, São Paulo Futebol Clube
São Paulo - Brazil
Secretary General and responsible to the Management of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Boards Procedures
Brazilian Center for Arbitration and Mediation
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Legal Intern
Valencia – Spain
Senior Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights
Adjunct Professor at Lausanne University and Suffolk University Law School, Boston MA
Strasbourg – France
Senior Associate, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
Geneva - Switzerland
Bird & Bird
Lawyer
Brussels – Belgium
Professor at University of Aix-Marseille (CDE UR 4224)
Co-director of the Professional Masters in Sports Law
Marseille – France
Lawyer
CEO, Sport Law Institute
Palma de Mallorca - Spain
Legal Intern
Valencia - Spain
Attorney-at-Law, rybak.zehender.wirtschaftskanzlei
Northeim – Germany
Legal intern
Sportia Law
Madrid - Spain
Lawyer, Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Bonn – Germany
Lawyer, Laffer Abogados
Madrid – Spain
President
Portuguese Sports Law Association (APDD)
Lisbon - Portugal
Lawyer
Barcelona - Spain
Legal Intern, Lombardi Associates
Edinburgh - Scotland
Scarone & Asociados
Lawyer
Asunción – Paraguay
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Legal Intern
Valencia – Spain
Lawyer
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Ibaraki – Japan
Lawyer
Bogotá - Colombia
Legal Intern
Valencia — Spain
Professor Emeritus, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté
CAS Arbitrator, Member of the CREDIMI Sports Law Laboratory
Associate Professor, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law
Rijeka – Croatia
Senior Legal Counsel, AFC
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Lawyer, Joffe & Associés
Paris - France
Lawyer
Bichara e Motta Advogados
PhD Student in Internacional Law from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), in Brazil. Master in International Law from Catolica Global School of Law (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, UCP), in Portugal; President of the research laboratory of the Academia Nacional de Direito Desportivo (ANDD-Lab).
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Lawyer, Elite Law
Lugano - Switzerland
Lawyer, SP.IN Law
Zurich - Switzerland
Secretary to the Swedish Supreme Sports Tribunal and CAS Mediator
Stockholm - Sweden
Graduated from Gujarat National Law University
Kolkata – India
Research Fellow & Academic Project Manager, CIES
Neuchâtel – Switzerland
Visiting Lecturer & Researcher, De Montfort University,
Leicester – England
Legal Counsel, Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Lawyer
Sao Paulo - Brazil
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Paralegal
Valencia – Spain
Lawyer
Zürich - Switzerland
Member of the ExCo of the Uruguayan Football Association (Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol - AUF)
Montevideo – Uruguay
Doctor of Sports Law, Aix-Marseille Sports Law Centre
Guest Lecturer, RISEBA University
Marseille – France
Statim
Lawyer
Barcelona – Spain
Lawyer, Senn, Ferrero, Asociados Sports & Entertainment
Madrid – Spain
WBK Lawyers
Lawyer
Warsaw – Poland
Legal Intern, Cravo, Pastl & Balbuena
Porto Alegre - Brazil
JB Sports2Business
Agent
Neukirchen-Vluyn – Germany
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam – The Netherlands
Lawyer, Giovannelli e Associati Studio Legale
Milan – Italy
LexSportiva Law Firm
Lawyer
Quito – Ecuador
Head of Club Licensing - Professional Football Department
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
https://www.the-afc.com/
Lawyer
Lisbon – Portugal
Lawyer
Brussels - Belgium
Lawyer
Madrid - Spain
Lawyer, Charles Russel Speechlys
Geneva / Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer
Tehran - Iran
https://en.spoleg.com
Minister of State of Belgium
Professor Emeritus of European Law, Université catholique de Louvain
Former Judge and First Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union
Lawyer, Hoffmann Liebs
Düsseldorf – Germany
Lawyer
Zurich - Switzerland
www.worldleaguesforum.com/en
Legal Intern, Lombardi Associates
Edinburgh – Scotland
Former Group Leader/ Legal Counsel, Players’ Status Department of FIFA
Lawyer
Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer
Moscow – Russia
Legal Intern, Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
FIFA
Senior Legal Counsel
Zurich – Switzerland
Ph.D., Lecturer
Wuhan – China
L.L.M.
Legal Intern, Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers
Valencia – Spain
Lawyer
BICHARA e MOTTA
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
CSMV Advogados
LL.M. Humboldt University, Berlin, 2010
Partner with the Sports and Corporate/M&A practices
São Paulo - Brazil
Sportia Law
Lawyer
Madrid - Spain
Deputy Secretary General, FIFA Zurich - Switzerland
Former position: General Counsel / Director of Legal Affairs, UEFA Nyon - Switzerland
Special Consultant
Nicosia - Cyprus
ian.blackshaw@orange.fr
General Counsel
Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB)
Zeist - the Netherlands
SILA International Lawyers
Lawyer
Valencia – Spain
Attorney-at-law; LL.M. Partner
Geneva - Switzerland
Formerly:
FIFA Head of Litigation, Legal & Integrity Division
Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer, Cavaliero & Associates
Geneva – Switzerland
Associated Professor
Sofia - Bulgaria
Managing Director
Nicosia - Cyprus
athena@apc-sport.com
Lawyer
14 Sports Law
Porto - Portugal
Former position:
Lawyer
Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle
Barcelona - Spain
Legal adviser
Liga Portugal
Lisbon - Portugal
Lawyer, ATFIELD
Brussels – Belgium
Attorney-at-Law and Founder
Haarlem - Netherlands
Lawyer, Canto & Eidelvein Advogados
Porto Alegre – Brazil
Lawyer, Statim
Barcelona - Spain
Partner and Global Co-Chair of the Media, Sport and Entertainment Sector
London - England
Director Sports Rights & Commercialization Sky Deutschland Munich - Germany
Formerly: Attorney-at-Law, Senior Legal Counsel DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH Frankfurt - Germany
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Zurich - Switzerland
Former position: Managing Director of Integrity at UEFA Nyon - Switzerland
Policy Officer, EFAA
Haarlem – The Netherlands
Rechtsanwalt
Legal Counsel
Content & Media at FIFA
Partner
London - England
Mills & Reeve LLP
Lawyers
Manchester – England
LIBRA LAW
Lawyer
Lausanne - Switzerland
The FC
Founder and Managing Director
Former positions:
FIFA Director of Football Regulatory - Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer, Kitching Sport, Adelaide - Australia, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Head of Sports Legal Services, Disciplinary and Governance at the Asian Football Confederation, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Lawyer
Zurich - Switzerland
Lombardi Associates
Counsel
Edinburgh - Scotland
Legal Counsel, Al Jazira Sports Club
Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates
Lawyer
Shanghai - China
http://www.llinkslaw.com/
Head of Sports Legal, Disciplinary and Governance
Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Former positions:
Senior Legal Counsel, FIA
Group Leader & Legal Counsel at FIFA
Lawyer
BICHARA e MOTTA
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Senior Legal Counsel
Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
Lawyer, Co-founder of Women In Sports Law (WISLaw)
Lausanne - Switzerland
Lawyer, Cabinet Franklin
Paris - France
Legal Counsel
Lausanne - Switzerland
Etude DELTA
Attorney at Law
Fribourg - Switzerland
Senior Consultant
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Of Counsel, Morgan Sports Law
Lausanne – Switzerland
Former positions:
Expert technical advisor in football regulatory matters
Deputy Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA
Football Regulatory Director at FIFA
Attorney-at-law,
Astrea Brussels
Belgium
Lawyer, Elite Law
Lugano - Spain
SILA International Lawyers
Lawyer
Moscow - Russia
Lawyer, Partner
Geneva - Switzerland
Attorney-at-law Associate
LÉVY KAUFMANN-KOHLER
Geneva – Switzerland
CSMV Advogados
LL.M. Kings College, London, 2007
Partner with the Sports and Corporate/M&A practices
São Paulo - Brazil
Lawyer
Zurich - Switzerland
Lawyer
Valencia - Spain
Lawyer
UNO | ONE Legal Partners
Valencia – Spain
UEFA EURO 2020 Lawyer
UEFA Event Legal Services
Nyon - Switzerland
Lawyer
Sofia — Bulgaria
Lawyer, Kennedy Van der Laan
Amsterdam – The Netherlands
SILA International Lawyers
Lawyer, Legal Advisor of the Local Organization Committee
Moscow - Russia
http://silalawyers.com