The impact of the Diarra case on the football transfer system – Key takeaways

LawInSport, along with the Asser Instituut and the Association for the Study of Sport and the EU (Sport & EU), hosted a joint webinar on 18^th October 2024 to bring together experts to unpack and provide clarity on the complex legal, regulatory & commercial issues stemming from the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in Case C-650/22 FIFA v. BZ (also commonly referred to as the Lassana Diarra case).

The speakers for this webinar were:

• Mario Flores Chemor, Head of Sports Legal, European Club Association (“ECA”)
• Sinziana Ianc, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Managing Associate, Linklaters
• Carol Couse, Partner, Mills & Reeve
• Pieter Paepe, Partner, Edson Legal (represented FIFPRO & UNFP - French player’s association in this case)
• Andrea Cattaneo, Senior Lecturer in Law, Edge Hill University
• Antoine Duval, Senior Researcher, T.M.C. Asser Instituut
• Sean Cottrell, CEO, LawInSport (moderator)

A recording is available here and on YouTube here.

Each panellist had the opportunity to provide their headline thoughts before the questions posed by the audience were answered. This summary contains only a selection of the points made by the panellists and questions answered.