Despina Mavromati wrote a chapter for the latest Asser Yearbook on International Sports Arbitration and commented on the well-known Trabzonspor Judgment of the Swiss Federal Tribunal (4A_486/2019, judgment of 17 August 2020). Her paper relates to the legal battle of a Turkish football club, Trabzonspor, to initiate disciplinary proceedings against another Turkish club before the tribunals of national, continental, and international football governing bodies and subsequently to CAS and the SFT. Her paper deals with several interesting legal questions, including the right of a party to the CAS proceedings to request a public hearing, the standing to appeal a decision by a third party indirectly affected by such decision, and the right of the CAS to bifurcate the proceedings without violating the parties’ right to be heard.
