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BianchiSchwald LLC Offices
5 RUE JACQUES BALMAT
PO Box 1203
1211 GENEVA 1
Switzerland
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Dr Despina Mavromati
Work Department
Sport, Litigation and Arbitration, European law
Position
Dr. Despina Mavromati is a widely recognized expert in international sports law and an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). She provides legal advice to clubs, athletes and federations in contractual, disciplinary and governance matters and assists them in recognition and enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards. Dr. Mavromati is a member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (Appeals Chamber) and has previously been appointed as an arbitrator to several tribunals of international federations (World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal; International Tennis Federation Independent Tribunal; Gymnastics Ethics Foundation; International Powerlifting Federation Doping Hearing Panel). She co-authored (with M. Reeb) the “Commentary on the CAS Code” (2015, Wolters Kluwer) and has been ranked as a WWL Thought Leader – Sports and Entertainment every year since 2018.
Career
- since 2023 : UEFA CFCB Member
- since 2023 : CAS Arbitrator
- since 2022 : Of Counsel at BianchiSchwald
- 2017 – 2023 : UEFA Appeals Body Member
- 2017 – 2023 : Lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Lausanne
- 2017 – 2022 : Attorney-at-Law, SportLegis Lausanne
- 2008 – 2017 : Counsel / Managing Counsel, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- 2003 – 2007 : Lecturer at the Swiss Distant Learning
University (insolvency law), FernStudien Schweiz & the Law Faculty of the University of Fribourg (private international law) - 2002 – 2003 : Teaching Assistant at the Law Faculty of
the University of Neuchâtel - 2002 : European Commission, DG Internal Market
Languages
English, French, German, Greek.
Memberships
- Ordre des avocats vaudois (OAV)
- Swiss Bar Association
- Thessaloniki Bar Association
- Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- Member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (Appeals Chamber)
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- Swiss Association of Sports Law
- Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) (Board of Directors)
Education
- 2007 : Dr. iur., University of Fribourg
- 2002 : M.B.A., Europa-Institut, University of Saarland (Germany)
- 2001 : LL.M., European Law, Europa-Institut, University of Saarland (Germany)
- 2000 : Admitted to the Bar of Thessaloniki (ΔΣΘ)
- 1998 : Lic. iur., University of Thessaloniki
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Sports law
BianchiSchwald LLC advises local, national, and international sports governing bodies, athletes and officials in specific governance matters, board and congress operations, disputes, election processes, disciplinary and ethics proceedings, anti-doping and competition management. The team is headed by Philippe Vladimir Boss, who has a special focus on integrity issues such as match-fixing and anti-doping, and Despina Mavromati, who has among other work sits as an arbitrator at CAS.