Sports law in 2025 – Key issues to watch in Central & South America

Here are the top sports law issues to watch out for in 2025 in Central & South America from the LawInSport Editorial & Advisory Board.  We hope this proves useful not only in identifying specific cases and issues, but also in detecting broader themes when read in conjunction with the contributions from other jurisdictions.

Contributors:

• Pedro Henrique Mendonça, Sports Law Consultant, CSMV Advogados, Brazil
  • Sports betting in Brazil
  • General federal law on sports
  • More elections in national federations, and new management in sports governing bodies
  • Amendments to the FIFA Transfer Regulations
  • FIFA Club World Cup
• Pablo Mettroz Holley, Associate, Parmars
  • Discussion of the Reform of Law 20.019 on Public Limited Sports Companies
  • Segunda División Profesional’s Institutional Crisis
• Roberto de Palma Barracco, FIFA Legal Researcher & CAS Arbitrator, Brazil
  • First full operating year for newly licencedsports betting operators

We would like to thank each member of our Editorial and Advisory Board for taking the time out of their busy schedules to share their views with us, and also more broadly for their significant input into LawInSport over the course of the year. Thank you.