Organisation: FIFA
Malaysian centre works with authorities to clear director of corruption
The Asian International Arbitration Centre in Kuala Lumpur has said it is cooperating with the Malaysian authorities to disprove “spurious and erroneous” allegations that the centre’s director, Sundra Rajoo, used funds granted to the centre by the government to obtain favours from ministers – including the extension of his employment contract.
19 November 2018
European court upholds validity of CAS jurisdiction with reservations
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected claims by two sportspeople that proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport were insufficiently independent to be considered a fair trial – but ruled that one of the hearings should have been held publicly.
04 October 2018
Saudi Arabia faces billion-dollar claim over TV piracy
Qatari state-backed sports broadcaster beIN has lodged a billion-dollar investment treaty claim against Saudi Arabia over its failure to crack down on one of the world’s largest pirate television networks and other measures that followed the suspension of diplomatic relations between the two countries last year.
01 October 2018
Real Madrid in dispute with UAE fund over stadium renovation
Top football club Real Madrid is bringing an ICC claim against a United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth fund that it accuses of walking away from a €400 million sponsorship agreement to help finance the redevelopment of the club’s home stadium in Madrid, Santiago Bernabéu.
24 September 2018
Reports of CAS’s death are greatly exaggerated
Lawyers have downplayed the significance of a Belgian court judgment which held that a clause in FIFA’s statute providing for the mandatory resolution of disputes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport is incompatible with Belgian law – amid suggestions that the decision threatens the legitimacy and jurisdiction of CAS.
11 September 2018
Expat practitioner launches solo arbitrator practice in Madrid
US-French practitioner Clifford Hendel has left private practice to set up his own boutique in Madrid, from which he will offer his services as an arbitrator in commercial and sports disputes.
25 July 2018
Debevoise represents Qatar in case over blockade
UPDATED. International arbitration practitioners from Debevoise & Plimpton are representing Qatar in newly instituted International Court of Justice proceedings against the United Arab Emirates over alleged human rights violations arising from the “discriminatory” blockade in the Gulf – after an arbitration claim was threatened earlier this year.
13 June 2018
CAS petition targets Arab sports groups over Israeli flag ban
A group of lawyers and academics is threatening to file a claim at the Court of Arbitration for Sport over alleged discrimination against Israeli athletes through bans on their flag and national anthem at international sporting events in certain Arab countries.
07 June 2018
Baker McKenzie partner leaves to set up Madrid boutique
The former managing partner of Baker McKenzie’s Madrid office José María Alonso has left the firm to set up a boutique in the same city, bringing of counsel and former Spanish government lawyer Javier Diez-Hochleitner with him.
01 June 2018
Fleeting moments of greatness preserved by CAS
An athlete’s career is about fleeting moments of greatness and if you lose one of these you cannot get it back, the executive director of the World Players Association told delegates during a session on Court of Arbitration for Sport at the first GAR Live Zurich.
10 May 2018