The Gazprom Arena to host the Law and Sport International Conference

On 24 and 25 April 2020 the 4th International sports law conference “Law and Sport” will take place at the Gazprom Arena Stadium in St. Petersburg. The conference is organized by SILA International Lawyers and FC Zenit.

The Gazprom Arena to host the Law and Sport International Conference

For the first time ever the conference will be held in a two-day format.

In addition to the legal part, everyone is welcome to visit the RPL match between Zenit and Sochi, as well as to the guided tour of the Gazprom Arena stadium (included in the participation fee).

The following speakers have already confirmed their participation in the conference:

Emilio Garcia — FIFA Chief Legal Officer (Legal Director)

Jacques Blondin — FIFA Head of TMS

Sarah Solemale — Manager of FIFA Association Governance Services

Manfred Nan — Partner of De Kempenaer Advocaten, CAS arbitrator

José Luis Andrade — ECA General Counsel

Pavel Pivovarov — Executive Director of FC Zenit, member of FIFA DRC

Alexandre Zen-Ruffinen — Partner of SILA, Swiss office

Georgi Gradev — Partner of SILA, Bulgarian office

Mikhail Prokopets — Partner of SILA, Russian office

Yury Zaytsev — Partner of SILA, Russian office

This conference is held every two years and has no parallel in Russia and the CIS. It is designed both for lawyers practicing in the field of sports law and for those who are interested in this topic, agents, lawyers of clubs, players’ unions, coaches, sports federations.

Detailed conference information is available at www.silalawyers.com .