Andreas Desyllas

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Position

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Associate

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Areas of expertise 

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Sports law, Corporate law, Commercial law

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Professional experience

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Lawyer at the Court of Appeal, 2021-today​

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

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

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

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Scientific activities

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

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Arbitrator at the International Football Arbitration Moot, 2023-today

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Arbitrator at the Sports Law Arbitration Moot, 2023

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Arbitrator at the Sports Arbitration Moot, 2022

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Publications - Studies/Articles

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

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Publications - Commentaries

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Academic status

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

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

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Language

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English

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French

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Spanish

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Chinese

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Email

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desyllas@lianoslawoffice.com

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