IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018

7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018

Session Room G, Level -1

Session information

Mediating sports disputes
Session Room G, Level -1

Committee(s)

Mediation Committee (Lead)

Description

Mediation has become a real alternative to court proceedings in many fields, from family law cases to large commercial disputes. Surprisingly, mediation is not a common form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in sports disputes. In general, such disputes are governed by various sports federations far away from public courts with arbitration as a main tool. The main questions that will be addressed in this session are: - Why is mediation still not common in the field of sports disputes, which is so independent from public courts and self governing? - How mediation in sports disputes can be developed? and - Is sports mediation needed and would it be used? The session will also focus on another issues: whether all sports disputes are capable of being mediated and, if so, who should conduct such mediations? Is there specific training and experience required for mediators of sports disputes? The session brings together sports mediators, arbitrators and lawyers working in the sports industry.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Tomasz Cyrol Tomasz Cyrol Kancelaria Adwokacka, Kraków, Poland; Conference Quality Officer, Mediation Committee
Jalal El Ahdab Bird & Bird LLP, Paris, France

Speakers

Jose Luis Andrade European Club Association, Nyon, Switzerland
Jeffrey Benz Benz Law Group, Los Angeles, California, USA
Stanislaw Drozd Wardynski & Partners, Warsaw, Poland
Stephen Drymer Woods, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Sabina Fasciolo FIGC – Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, Rome, Italy
Nils Schmidt-Ahrendts Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte, Hamburg, Germany
Melanie Schärer MS International Law, Other City, Switzerland