Angelos Zavolakis

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Position 

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Of Counsel

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Areas of expertise 

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Sports law

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Professional experience

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Lawyer at the Court of Appeal, 2018-today

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Legal Counsel at the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association (Greek Basketball League), 2022-2024

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Ad hoc Clerk at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), 2018-today

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Scientific activities 

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Member of the Editorial Committee at Sports Law Journal “Sport & The Law”, Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2023-today

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Arbitrator at the Sports Arbitration Moot, 2022-today

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Publications - Commentaries

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(Non)Jurisdiction of FIFA General Secretariat to impose temporary suspension of football intermediary license, Commentary on the CAS decision dated 20.12.2024, 2024/A/10918, Jonathan Dominic Finbar Beckett against FIFA, Sports & The Law, 2/2025

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Validity of FIFA regulations on the international transfers of professional players under the EU law perspective, Commentary on the CJEU decision dated 4.10.2024, C-650/22, Diarra, Sports & The Law, 3/2024

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Transfer of an athlete from a foreign to a domestic sports club upon letter of clearance, Commentary on the decision 20/2024 of the Supreme Council for Resolution of Sports Disputes (ASEAD), Sports & The Law, 2/2024

 

Scrutiny of UEFA/URBSFA rules for home-grown athletes, Commentary on the CJEU decision dated 21.12.2023, C‑680/21, Royal Antwerp Football Club, Sports & The Law, 1/2024

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Validity of FIFA regulations on intermediaries of sports contracts, Commentary on the CAS decision dated 24.7.2023, 2023/O/9370, PROFAA against FIFA, Sports & The Law, 2023, 425

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Application of the right to prior hearing in the proceedings before the Professional Sports Committee, Commentary on the decision 810/2022 of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens, Sports & The Law, 2023, 94

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Academic status

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LL.M. in International Sports Law ISDE, Madrid, 2017

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LL.B. in law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2014

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Languages 

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English 

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French

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