Compilation of cases from the CAS Ad Hoc Division at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Memberships and Affiliations
International Sports Law & Arbitration
Dr Despina Mavromati
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Dr Despina Mavromati
Dr Despina Mavromati is an attorney specialised in international sports law, a UEFA Club Financial Control Body Member and a CAS arbitrator. Recognized as a Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal (WWL) in Switzerland every year since 2018, “Despina Mavromati is a “brilliant and accomplished” lawyer (…) and has “significant experience representing clubs and athletes in complex disputes” (WWL Thought Leaders 2022). “Despina Mavromati is a leading name in sports law according to market commentators, who describe her as “an amazing lawyer with immense knowledge and expertise when it comes to disputes before the CAS” (WWL, 2023). In 2024, WWL wrote “Despina is highly regarded by everyone and an outstanding lawyer”. “She has built a great name and profile in the market”.
Expertise
Despina Mavromati represents clients in contractual, disciplinary and governance-related matters before CAS, FIFA and other major sports judicial instances / arbitral institutions based in Switzerland and abroad. She provides legal advice in the form of early case assessments, expert opinions and regulatory / contract drafting in international sports law matters.
An International Network
We offer open-minded and reliable advice with a view to anticipating and assessing legal risk in international sport-related affairs. The right team is essential and each dispute calls for a different skillset. Despina Mavromati has collaborated with a number of prestigious international law firms on a case-by-case basis, including McCarthy Tetrault (Canada) and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (UK). She has also worked together with numerous renowned practitioners from different parts of the world.