Saksham Samarth

Saksham Samarth is an International Sports Lawyer at Vandellos Sports Law in New Delhi, India. After having graduated as a lawyer in 2016, he worked as a litigating lawyer in commercial and taxation matters before the Supreme Court, High Courts and Lower Courts in India. In 2023, he was also appointed FIFA pro bono counsel and in July 2024, he was appointed as a Safeguarding Disciplinary Tribunal Member, World Sailing.

In 2019 he moved to Spain to pursue Masters in Sports Management and Legal Skills offered by the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE Barcelona, 2019-20). Having joined the firm in 2020, he primarily works in Sports Dispute Resolution before international sport adjudicating authorities, primarily FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. He regularly advises on regulatory, disciplinary, commercial and contractual issues in football which includes drafting employment contracts, representation agreements and transfer agreements. He also represents athletes, clubs and associations in tennis, boxing, rugby, skiing and fencing.

He is a co-author and co-editor of the book titled “Sporting Succession in Football”, published in September 2022 by the Sports Law and Policy Centre. He regularly judges the Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM), organized by LawInSport at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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