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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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International Sports-Related Disputes in 2025 and What to Expect in 2026 - www.sportlegis.com +

International Sports-Related Disputes in 2025 and What to Expect in 2026

22 December 2025 | 18-min read in Notes
Key Judgments in Sports Arbitration Rendered by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (SFT) in 2025 - www.sportlegis.com +

Key Judgments in Sports Arbitration Rendered by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (SFT) in 2025

16 December 2025 | 23-min read in Notes
SFT 4A_180/2025: Sporting Succession and the Limits of Lex Sportiva in the Interpretation of the Arbitration Agreement  - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT 4A_180/2025: Sporting Succession and the Limits of Lex Sportiva in the Interpretation of the Arbitration Agreement 

14 December 2025 | 3-min read in Notes
Football Disputes of International Dimension: Swiss Federal Supreme Court upholds Exclusive Jurisdiction of Hungarian Labour Courts - www.sportlegis.com +

Football Disputes of International Dimension: Swiss Federal Supreme Court upholds Exclusive Jurisdiction of Hungarian Labour Courts

2 September 2025 | 8-min read in Notes
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 in Notes
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 in Notes
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 in Notes
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 in Notes
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 in Notes
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 in Notes
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 in Notes
On the limited scope of the ‘effet de surprise’ under the scope of the parties’ right to be heard – the case of the former President of the European Weightlifting Federation Hasan Akkus - www.sportlegis.com +

On the limited scope of the ‘effet de surprise’ under the scope of the parties’ right to be heard – the case of the former President of the European Weightlifting Federation Hasan Akkus

12 September 2024 | 3-min read in Notes
Requests for joinder and intervention under the CAS Code are not ‘essential rules’ falling within the scope of public policy - www.sportlegis.com +

Requests for joinder and intervention under the CAS Code are not ‘essential rules’ falling within the scope of public policy

12 August 2024 | 3-min read in Notes
Conflict of interests in sports administration and the (high) threshold to establish violation of public policy in sports disciplinary sanctions - www.sportlegis.com +

Conflict of interests in sports administration and the (high) threshold to establish violation of public policy in sports disciplinary sanctions

12 August 2024 | 2-min read in Notes
Proportionality of a doping sanction imposed on a minor athlete and violation of public policy - www.sportlegis.com +

Proportionality of a doping sanction imposed on a minor athlete and violation of public policy

12 June 2024 | 4-min read in Notes
Football-related labour law disputes of ‘international dimension’ and jurisdiction clause in favour of state courts - www.sportlegis.com +

Football-related labour law disputes of ‘international dimension’ and jurisdiction clause in favour of state courts

6 May 2024 | 3-min read in Notes
European Convention of Human Rights invoked directly before the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a doping-related matter - www.sportlegis.com +

European Convention of Human Rights invoked directly before the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a doping-related matter

26 February 2024 | 4-min read in Notes
Decision to reduce a contractual penalty in a football-related dispute and right to be heard - www.sportlegis.com +

Decision to reduce a contractual penalty in a football-related dispute and right to be heard

5 February 2024 | 2-min read in Notes
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