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Andreas Desyllas

Position

Associate

Areas of expertise 

Sports law, Corporate law, Commercial law

Professional experience

Lawyer at the Court of Appeal, 2021-today

Legal Counsel of sports clubs, coaches, and athletes, 2023-today

Alternate Member of the First-Instance Licensing Committee of the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association (Greek Basketball League), 2023-2025

Legal Intern at the office of the Legal Counsel of the General Secretariat of Sports, 2020-2021

Scientific activities

Member of the Editorial Committee at Sports Law Journal “Sport & The Law”, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2024-today

Arbitrator at the International Football Arbitration Moot, 2023-today

Arbitrator at the Sports Law Arbitration Moot, 2023

Arbitrator at the Sports Arbitration Moot, 2022

Publications - Studies/Articles

Administrative obligations of state-funded sports federations, Lawspot.gr, 2025

Publications - Commentaries

Annulment of a declaratory act for the dismissal of a sports legal entity's Board of Directors' members due to a defective reasoning, Commentary on the decision 265/2024 of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens, Sports & The Law, 1/2025
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Jurisdiction of the Administrative Court of First Instance for the annulment of Supreme Council for Resolution of Sports Disputes (ASEAD) decisions on appeal against sports federation decision imposing a disciplinary sanction, Commentary on the decision 800/2024 of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens, Sports & The Law, 3/2024

Unconstitutionality of the prohibition of candidacy of persons over 70 years old in sports federations' Board of Directors, Commentary on the decision 4421/2024 of the Athens Court of First Instance, Sports & The law, 2/2024

Illegal participation of foreign athletes without residence permit in sports competitions, Commentary on the decision 46/2023 of the Supreme Council for Resolution of Sports Disputes (ASEAD), Sports & The law, 435

Invalidity of mediation contract on the conclusion of sports services provision contract, Commentary on the decision 2/2023 of the Piraeus Court of Appeal, Sports & The law, 2023, 221

Application of the equality principle to distinguished athletes' privileges, Commentary on the decisions of the ECHR dated 25.1.2022, 29907/16, 30022/16, 30322/16 and 31142/16, Negovanović and others against Serbia, Sports & The law, 2023, 66

Academic status

LL.M. in international and European law at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2021

LL.B. in law at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2019

Language

English

French

Chinese

Email

desyllas@lianoslawoffice.com

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