Welcome to the December - January Edition of the Geneva Insights Newsletter. Economic experts evaluate e-commerce standards, while international trade takes center stage with the upcoming...

Due to its central position within Europe, the high general standard of life, an excellent health-care system and a positive attitude towards sports, arts and culture, Switzerland...

Extraordinary victory for football player Ezequiel Matias Schelotto achieved. Dr. Lucien W. Valloni and Davide Colacino successfully represented the football player Ezeqiuel Matias ...

The Swiss Supreme Court dismissed on June 29, 2017, a complaint by Michel Platini against a decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.

Two-time Olympic champion and cross-country legend Andrus Veerpalu has achieved what seemed impossible: despite an adverse analytical finding of recombinant or exogenous human growth hormone in both his A and B samples.

In decision 4A_502/2017, the Swiss Supreme Court rejected a challenge to set aside a Court of Arbitration for Sport award based on an alleged violation of the right to be heard and breach of substantive public policy.

In a French-language decision dated 22 May 2018, the Swiss Supreme Court rejected two challenges against the same CAS award.

Football, a sport that ignites passion worldwide, not only from a sports perspective but especially from a business standpoint, specifically in terms of player transfers.

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final controversy between Morocco and Senegal has escalated to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, highlighting Switzerland's dominant role as the global center for international sports arbitration. This high-stakes dispute raises critical questions about why federations, clubs, and athletes worldwide increasingly turn to Swiss-seated arbitration for resolving complex sports disputes involving contracts, disciplinary sanctions, and tournament outcomes.

As the year draws to a close, the Swiss sport sector is approaching an important transition. On 1 January 2026, the new governance and ethics framework developed by Swiss Olympic will apply to all target groups...

At the 2009 World Speed Skating Championships, Pechstein was tested positive for doping and subsequently banned from all ISU competitions for two years.

He got a great deal for a big stock of replica sports items that he wants to sell on a brand-new e-commerce platform. Bernie asks Tara, a marketing genius, to QUICKLY create the online shop.

UK nationals who have been legally living in Switzerland before December 31, 2020 when the UK withdraws from the EU may continue to live, study, and work in Switzerland through rights established

Shortly before the start of the Winter Olympics in South Korea, the International Sports Court in Lausanne acquitted around thirty Russian athletes from doping charges.

For the first time in more than 20 years, an international arbitral award has been annulled by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court for breach of substantive public policy.

The dispute between Caster Semenya and World Athletics (formerly the IAAF) has received significant media attention over the last few years. Ross Simpson, Solicitor in our commercial disputes team...

Consent to arbitrate is the fundamental basis for arbitration. Absent this consent, arbitrators have no jurisdiction.

In part 1 of this article, which describes the procedure for a proposed bundling of sports rights, we provided an initial overview and clarified which sports rights can reasonably be considered for centralization.

Under Swiss law, using or applying prohibited substances per se is not a criminal offence for the athlete using or applying the substances.

Equestrian sports and horse trading play a vital role in the economy of the European Union. The equine industry in the EU is not only a hub of sporting excellence but also a major economic driver...