14 SPORTS LAW AWARD FOR WOMEN [APPLICATIONS OPEN!] – SLPRR

14 Sports Law is the primary extremely specialised sports activities legislation boutique based mostly in Portugal, specializing in all issues authorized on this planet of sports activities. Their work consists of worldwide and nationwide dispute decision earlier than sports activities’ arbitration our bodies, advising on compliance, disciplinary, contractual and regulatory issues, in addition to helping traders within the enterprise of sports activities.

The Agency has a long-standing involvement with academia. Attorneys at 14 Sports activities Legislation recurrently lecture at a few of Europe’s main graduate and post-graduate applications, reminiscent of CBMA, European College (Actual Madrid), Lusiada College, amongst others.

Now, 14 Sports activities Legislation has launched an initiative to advertise larger inclusion of ladies within the trade, in partnership with among the main figures in European sports activities legislation. 

“The Knock-Out: 14 Sports activities Legislation Award for Girls” will make it possible to a feminine legislation graduate to get an in-depth expertise within the sports activities legislation trade. The winner of the award will obtain a money prize of 1,000 Euros, a 3-month internship at 14 Sports activities Legislation, and sports activities legislation coaching on the Management Lady Soccer Academy.

To use, candidates should be within the final 12 months of their legislation diploma, or have accomplished it throughout the final two years. They need to additionally submit an article, in Portuguese or English, on a subject of their alternative straight associated to sports activities legislation, with a most of fifteen thousand phrases. Purposes should be submitted by e mail to [email protected] by November 1, 2022.

For Matilde Costa Dias, –

“the Knock-Out for Girls in Sports activities Legislation award is our contribution to extend consciousness of the profession alternatives that exist inside sports activities legislation. We need to open the door to an increasing number of girls legal professionals who’re concerned with sports activities and who could have, with this award, the chance to begin a profitable profession on this trade that’s as passionate as it’s difficult.”

The jury of the Knock-Out for Girls in Sports activities Legislation award is made up of among the main feminine figures in Sports activities Legislation:

Matilde Costa Dias

Matilde Costa Dias is a licensed lawyer in Portugal, member of the Portuguese Bar, with particular information and expertise in Arbitration and Litigation throughout the Sports activities Legislation subject. She began her profession in sports activities legislation again in 2014 the place she collaborated straight with a Portuguese CAS Arbitrator and moved to Barcelona in 2015 the place she joined the celebrated agency Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle.

After virtually 6 years working in Barcelona, she joined the Portuguese Boutique Legislation Agency 14 Sports activities Legislation, the place she at present coordinates the Litigation & Arbitration Division, offering authorized recommendation to the totally different brokers within the sport trade in contractual and disciplinary and regulatory issues, regularly collaborating as lawyer within the sport arbitration proceedings, notably in entrance of the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (TAS-CAS).

She is a member of the Board of Administrators of APDD (Portuguese Affiliation of Sports activities Legislation), President of the Appeals Committee of the Portuguese Browsing Federation and has additionally a number of publications associated to sports activities legislation, having in recent times given lectures in a number of worldwide Masters in Sports activities Legislation.

Reyes Bellver Alonso

Founder and Lawyer-at-Legislation at Bellver Sports activities, a authorized boutique (Madrid, Spain). Grasp in Worldwide Relations (San Pablo CEU College), Grasp of Enterprise Taxation (ICADE) Grasp in Sports activities Legislation (College of Lleida 2009-2011) FIFA/CIES Programme in Sport Administration (RFEF, 2015) and Certificates in Sport Administration by Columbia College in 2019. Reyes began her authorized profession at EY, however since 2009 she has been working in Sports activities Legislation, targeted on soccer points, protection of gamers, coaches and golf equipment earlier than the dispute decision our bodies of FIFA and the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in addition to in advising intermediaries and different sports activities brokers. She can be licensed by the FIFA Feminine Management Improvement Programme in 2018. As of 2020, she is an exterior marketing consultant for FIFA ́s Skilled Soccer division. 

Founder and President of a platform referred to as Management Lady Soccer, based in 2018 to advertise the management and the visibility of ladies in soccer. Embracing all fields and areas of sports activities, Bellver is dedicated to gender equality and variety in soccer. She received a Miki Roqué Prize “Peace By way of Sport” in 2017 for her associative work with a concentrate on gender points and the protection of equality in sports activities. Bellver is a part of Who’s Who Authorized (WWL: Sports activities & Leisure) as an skilled in Sports activities Legislation since 2018. She is at present the president of the Sports activities Legislation Affiliation of Madrid. 

Alejandra Gomez Bruinewood

Alexandra is a lawyer who studied in Uruguay, within the Universidad de la República. She graduated from a Grasp’s diploma (LL.M) in Worldwide Business legislation within the Erasmus College, in The Netherlands. 

She absolutely dedicated to soccer legislation beginning in 2013, when she began working for FIFPRO (World Gamers Union) in its Netherlands headquarters. Her work consists of offering authorized evaluation to Participant Associations {and professional} soccer gamers around the globe, in relation to participant contracts, penalties of their breach, Collective bargaining agreements, Nationwide Dispute Decision Chambers, and many others. 

Alexandra is an everyday lecturer at varied Masters in Worldwide Sports activities Legislation / Soccer Legislation, additionally having been the the co-Director of ISDE World Grasp in Sports activities Administration and Authorized Abilities with F.C. Barcelona. As from 2017, Alexandra is a Decide of the FIFA Dispute Decision Chamber, being the primary girl to ever maintain this place. Alexandra can be Senior Authorized Counsel at FIFPro.

Ana Margarida Marques

Ana Margarida Marques is a Senior Authorized Adviser at present working on the Portuguese Soccer Federation as Head of Membership Licensing & Certification. Beforehand, she labored within the President ́s Assist Workplace, Integrity & Compliance, Authorized Division and Coordinator of Rights Safety Programme of a number of internacional sports activities occasions, reminiscent of UEFA Nations League and Champions League. She can be Vice-President of the Portuguese Sports activities Legislation Affiliation. 

Previous to becoming a member of the portuguese FA, she labored at insurers AXA, Marsh & MacLennan, and within the public sector as Deputy and Head of Workplace of the Secretary of State of Youth and Sports activities. 

Ana Marques is a Legislation Graduate from Oporto College Legislation College and has a Masters Diploma in Enterprise and Contract Legislation from Minho College Legislation College, a Postgraduation Course in Finance and Sports activities Legislation from the College of Lisbon Legislation College and several other UEFA programs. In the course of the previous years she has additionally given lectures in a number of portuguese universities and institutes, reminiscent of Oporto College Legislation College, College of Lisbon Legislation College, Coimbra Enterprise College, College Lusiada of Oporto and Portugal Soccer College. 

Júlia Almeida

Julia accomplished her Grasp’s Diploma in Sports activities Legislation at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. 

Her profession in sports activities legislation started with the acquisition by Visitors Sports activities Europe of a Portuguese membership, Estoril Praia. After a number of years working as Authorized Director of Estoril SAD, she was invited to develop into the CEO of one other Portuguese soccer Membership, Alverca SAD. Following a interval as CEO of Alverca SAD, she joined lately promoted membership Casa Pia, the place she at present holds the place of Government Director.

Jessie Engelhart

Jessie is a sports activities lawyer and entrepreneur with earlier expertise at worldwide legislation companies, FC Barcelona and UEFA. She is the founding companion of Sensato Sports activities Legislation, a Barcelona based mostly boutique legislation agency specialised in all sports-related disputes and advisory issues. She has a broad understanding of the sports activities ecosystem from not solely a authorized but in addition from a enterprise perspective.

She has in-depth information of the governance and technique fashions {of professional} soccer golf equipment and federations and has established a powerful community throughout the trade.

Jessie supplies authorized recommendation to purchasers primarily relating to contractual issues (employment, illustration, switch and picture rights agreements) and defends her purchasers’ pursuits earlier than Spanish courts and worldwide sports activities tribunals.

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