
The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee has sanctioned three football officials:
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Backed by a wealth of experience accrued in prestigious Swiss law firms, we act as Counsel in international commercial arbitration procedures under various arbitration rules. We also act on behalf of various stakeholders in domestic arbitration procedures governed by the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure.
We provide support to existing arbitration teams as Co-Counsel and serve arbitration panels and sole arbitrators as tribunal secretaries.
Sridar Paramalingam is a Swiss qualified Attorney at Law. He is the founder and managing attorney of Nordwand Law LLC, the first Sports Law Boutique in Switzerland’s capital, Bern. Sridar gained his experience in some of Switzerland’s top Arbitration and Sports Law firms and was mentored by prominent arbitrators, such as Patrick Lafranchi and Prof. Christoph Brunner. He is the author of various publications and holds lectures at the Institute of Sports Science at the University of Bern. Sridar also regularly acts as on-call criminal defence attorney for the Bernese Bar Association.
Besides practising law, Sridar is an Ironman 70.3 finisher and a passionate paraglider, snowboarder and mountaineer.
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Today, the Court of Arbitration for Sport published its latest Bulletin 2024/2. You can download it by clicking here. Happy reading.
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