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This page includes legal commentary on recent decisions, arbitral awards, and legal developments relevant to Dr. Mavromati’s expertise.

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SFT 4A_544/2024: LIMS Evidence, Presumption of Innocence & Limits of SFT Review in Anti-Doping Procedures - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_544/2024: LIMS Evidence, Presumption of Innocence & Limits of SFT Review in Anti-Doping Procedures

18 June 2025 | 2-min read
SFT 4A_474/2024: CAS Discretion in rEPO Analysis in Doping-Related Proceedings - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_474/2024: CAS Discretion in rEPO Analysis in Doping-Related Proceedings

11 June 2025 | 5-min read
SFT 4A_28/2025 : Anonymous Witnesses, Sexual-Abuse Allegations and Limits of Review in FIFA Ethics Cases - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_28/2025 : Anonymous Witnesses, Sexual-Abuse Allegations and Limits of Review in FIFA Ethics Cases

16 May 2025 | 3-min read
SFT 4A_616/2024: Validity of CAS Jurisdiction in Player-Agent Agreements and Limited Scope of Public Policy  - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_616/2024: Validity of CAS Jurisdiction in Player-Agent Agreements and Limited Scope of Public Policy 

30 April 2025 | 3-min read
SFT 4A_638/2024: Pacta Sunt Servanda and Liquidated Damages Clauses in International Football Contracts - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_638/2024: Pacta Sunt Servanda and Liquidated Damages Clauses in International Football Contracts

25 April 2025 | 3-min read
SFT 4A_12/2025: FIFA Jurisdiction can only be challenged before the SFT if raised during the CAS Proceedings - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_12/2025: FIFA Jurisdiction can only be challenged before the SFT if raised during the CAS Proceedings

30 March 2025 | 3-min read
SFT 4A_608/2024: Training Compensation, Late Waivers and Necessary Parties in FIFA TMS Procedures - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_608/2024: Training Compensation, Late Waivers and Necessary Parties in FIFA TMS Procedures

11 March 2025 | 3-min read
Opinion of the Advocate General Ćapeta in Case C-600/23 Royal FC Seraing v. FIFA et al - www.sportlegis.com +

Opinion of the Advocate General Ćapeta in Case C-600/23 Royal FC Seraing v. FIFA et al

27 January 2025 | 9-min read
International sports-related disputes from 2024 and what to expect in 2025 - www.sportlegis.com +

International sports-related disputes from 2024 and what to expect in 2025

30 December 2024 | 15-min read
Compilation of cases from the CAS Ad Hoc Division at the Paris 2024 Olympics - www.sportlegis.com +

Compilation of cases from the CAS Ad Hoc Division at the Paris 2024 Olympics

20 December 2024 | 10-min read
Compilation of Swiss Federal Tribunal Judgments from 2024 - www.sportlegis.com +

Compilation of Swiss Federal Tribunal Judgments from 2024

20 December 2024 | 26-min read
De novo review and wide powers in the assesment of the evidence by the CAS in appeal proceedings - www.sportlegis.com +

De novo review and wide powers in the assesment of the evidence by the CAS in appeal proceedings

12 November 2024 | 2-min read
Right to be heard does not include a right to cross-examine a witnesses who provided written statement - www.sportlegis.com +

Right to be heard does not include a right to cross-examine a witnesses who provided written statement

12 November 2024 | 2-min read
Evidence submitted late pursuant to Art. R44.1 of the CAS Code and right to be heard - www.sportlegis.com +

Evidence submitted late pursuant to Art. R44.1 of the CAS Code and right to be heard

12 November 2024 | 2-min read
No excessive formalism in case of filing the statement of appeal at the CAS only by email - www.sportlegis.com +

No excessive formalism in case of filing the statement of appeal at the CAS only by email

12 November 2024 | 3-min read
Proportionality of a doping sanction imposed on a minor athlete – the SFT Judgment in the case of Kamila Valieva - www.sportlegis.com +

Proportionality of a doping sanction imposed on a minor athlete – the SFT Judgment in the case of Kamila Valieva

12 November 2024 | 5-min read
Inadmissible criticisms of appellatory nature – the challenge of the IOC Decision to withdraw its recognition of the International Boxing Association - www.sportlegis.com +

Inadmissible criticisms of appellatory nature – the challenge of the IOC Decision to withdraw its recognition of the International Boxing Association

12 October 2024 | 2-min read
Very restrictive notion of ‘abuse of rights’ in employment claims based on mandatory labour law in football - www.sportlegis.com +

Very restrictive notion of ‘abuse of rights’ in employment claims based on mandatory labour law in football

12 October 2024 | 2-min read
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