UNIL–CAS Sports Arbitration Forum

The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) and Université de Lausanne (UNIL) invite you to join them for a half-dat Sports Arbitration Forum on the 25 November 2022, at CAS Headquarters in Lausanne. The conference provides an opportunity to learn, discuss and debate developments in international sports disputes resolution and the role Swiss laws role in:

CAS proceedings
international football disputes
Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT)
Challenges under the Swiss Civil Code

PROGRAM

Organization: Dr Despina Mavromati and Mr. Matthieu Reeb

Note: the timings for the program is Swiss time.

Hours	Conferences
08.30	Registration and Coffee
09.00	Welcoming Remarks and Introduction
09.05	Substantive law in CAS proceedings: the role of Swiss law by Alexis Schoeb, Attorney-at-law, LBS Legal, CAS Arbitrator
09.30	Swiss law and international football disputes
	- The Swiss Code of Obligations (SCO) and players’ contracts of employment by Isabelle Fellrath, Attorney-at-law, SwissLegal Rouiller & Associés, CAS Arbitrator
	- Sporting succession and clubs’ insolvency from a Swiss law perspective by Antonio de Quesada, CAS Managing Counsel
10.30	The Swiss Federal Tribunal case law on recent CAS awards by Alexandra Veuthey, CAS Clerk and scientific Counsel
10.50	Coffee Break
11.20	Swiss Courts and International Sports Disputes: Selected Issues by Jan Kleiner, Attorney-at-law, Director of Football Regulatory, FIFA
11.50	International federations in Switzerland – Challenges under the Swiss Civil Code, governance and dispute resolution
	by Margareta Baddeley, Honorary Professor, former Vice-Rector at the University of Geneva, Denis Oswald, IOC Member, Professor Emeritus at the University of Neuchâtel, CAS Arbitrator, Ben Cohen, Director General, International Testing Agency (ITA), Jean-Loup Chappelet, Professor Emeritus at the University of Lausanne and Despina Mavromati, Attorney-at-law, BianchiSchwald and Lecturer at the University of Lausanne (Chair)

12.50	Closing Remarks
13.00	Lunch
14.30	End of Conference