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Jorge Ibarrola, Claude Ramoni and Yvan Henzer are delighted to announce that Ms Monia Karmass has been promoted as Libra Law partner as of 1 January 2021.

Ms Monia Karmass is a Swiss qualified lawyer, specialising in sports and commercial law, as well as in litigation before sports legal bodies (FIFA, UEFA, WADA, IOC, etc.), the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Swiss ordinary courts, including the Swiss Federal Tribunal. She provides sophisticated advice to Swiss and international clients in a wide range of legal matters related to sport, including disciplinary, contractual and governance matters, as well as to commercial litigation, employment law and economic criminal matters.

Libra Law now consists of four partners, namely Ms Monia Karmass, Mr Jorge Ibarrola, Mr Claude Ramoni and Mr Yvan Henzer, plus associates and trainee lawyers.

Jorge, Claude and Yvan say: “Monia has proven to be an outstanding legal counsel since she joined Libra Law. Becoming our partner is not only a pride for us, but also significantly strengthens our firm and will allow us to improve and increase the scope of our services to our clients in Switzerland and worldwide.”

By decisions issued in November and December 2017, the IOC imposed lifetime bans on three Russian biathletes, medallists at the Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014. Libra Law successfully represented the three biathletes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The arbitration panel ruled that two athletes did not commit any anti-doping rule violations. Accordingly, they can keep their individual results, notably a silver medal. With respect to the third athlete, the arbitration panel confirmed that she was guilty, but reduced the sanction imposed on her. The athlete contemplate submitting an appeal before the Swiss Federal Tribunal. For more information:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1098790/cas-overturns-biathletes-life-bans

https://libra-law.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CAS_Media_Release_5434_5435_5444.pdf

Congratulations to the Turkish Football Federation for this success before the Swiss Federal Tribunal. This is our 3rd win in a row, after FIFA, the CAS and now STF. Next stage: ECHR? Interesting reasoning of the STF regarding public hearings at CAS and excellent synthesis of the standing to appeal pursuant to the CAS Jurisprudence. A free translation in English is available here.

https://www.bger.ch/ext/eurospider/live/fr/php/aza/http/index.php?highlight_docid=aza%3A%2F%2Faza://17-08-2020-4A_486-2019&lang=fr&zoom=&type=show_document

Libra Law congratulates its founding partner, Claude Ramoni, for his election to the UEFA Appeals Body.

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Claude Ramoni is ranked again in Who’s Who Legal 2020 as  Thought leader – National Leader - Sports and Entertainement – Switzerland

You can consult his biography here: https://whoswholegal.com/claude-ramoni

Libra Law is proud to be ranked in the Top 10 (ranking Bilanz-Le Temps 2020) best practices in sports law in Switzerland.

The rankings are available here.

Jorge Ibarrola is ranked again in Who’s Who Legal 2019 as Thought Leaders Global Elite 2019 – Sports and Thought Leaders – Switzerland.

You can consult his biography here: https://whoswholegal.com/jorge-ibarrola

Libra Law congratulates Yvan Henzer on his election to the Board of Trustees of the AVENA Pension Fund for the 2020-2023 term.

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AUGUST 2019 : The next ASDS Sports Law evening will take place on 27 August 2019 at 6.30pm at the Maison du Sport International.

Mr Jorge Ibarrola will have the pleasure of welcoming guest speaker Pierre Muller, arbitrator, conciliator and CEDR Accredited Mediator, former Judge of the Canton Tribunal of Canton de Vaud, Switzerland, to speak about: “Conciliation and mediation to resolve sports disputes: opportunities”.

If you wish to attend this evening, please register via doodle: https://doodle.com/poll/4hy3s8qix2483muy

The participation is free, but only open to ASDS members. To become a member of ASDS: https://www.asds.ch/demande-d-adhesion and then contact Mr Ibarrola (ibarrola@libra-law.ch).

JULY 2019: Libra Law congratulates Jorge Ibarrola for his accreditation as CEDR Mediator. We all look forward to further develop the area of mediation both in commercial and in sports areas.

JANUARY 2019 : Claude Ramoni lectures on the World Anti-Doping Code within the framework of the International Master in Sports Law of the Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid

JANUARY 2019 : Claude Ramoni takes part in a round-table discussion : The defence of the athlete who challenges his offence : intentionality and proof of absence of offence

NOVEMBER 2018 : Jorge Ibarrola moderates a panel on “New developments in anti-doping : International Testing Agency and CAS as first instance for anti-doping disputes”.

NOVEMBER 2018 : Jorge Ibarrola lectures on “Selected Recent Procedural Issues Arising in CAS Arbitral Proceedings”.

Jorge Ibarrola & Claude Ramoni are recognised as leaders in sports law by their peers in the 2018 edition of WWL

Jorge Ibarrola at LIBRA LAW is “a top lawyer” highlighted for his excellent experience representing clients including sports federations, athletes and football clubs, in both arbitration and litigation proceedings.

Claude Ramoni is well versed in advising sports federations and athletes on a wide array of sports-related issues, and is considered particularly impressive when it comes to doping matters.

The next ASDS Sports Law evening will take place on 19 December 2018 at 6.30pm at the Maison du Sport International.

Mr Jorge Ibarrola will have the pleasure of welcoming guest speaker Jean-Philippe Dubey, Head of the Scientific Department of the CAS and member of the ASDS Committee. Mr Dubey will discuss the decision rendered on 29 August 2018 by the Court of Appeal in Brussels concerning the arbitration clause in the FIFA Statues, in addition to the judgement of 2 October 2018 of the European Court of Human Rights in the Mutu and Pechstein cases. This will be followed by an open discussion between Mr Dubey and the participants.

If you wish to attend this evening, please register via doodle: https://doodle.com/poll/ey4grav99efyqrk4

Participation is free, but only open to ASDS members. To become a member of ASDS: https://www.asds.ch/demande-d-adhesion and contact Mr Ibarrola (ibarrola@libra-law.ch).

Yvan Henzer has been appointed by the State Council on the board of the "Fonds du Sport Vaudois", a foundation supporting top-level athletes and funding sport projects with the benefits of the lottery

Jorge Ibarrola on the Swiss national radio station regarding football players who evade the tax authorities. The show is available on the following link

Jorge Ibarrola on the Swiss national radio explaining the CAS award concerning the Russian athletes. The show is available on the following link

Mr Jorge Ibarrola had the honour to welcome Mr Bernard Welten, CAS Arbitrator and lawyer from Bern as guest speaker on the subject of the CAS Ad Hoc Chamber in PyeongChang as part of the ASDS Sports Law evenings. Mr Welten described the roles of the AD Hoc Chamber of the CAS during the Olympic Games, using decisions taken by the Chamber to illustrate his presentation, particularly those relating to the Russian athletes.

The next Sports Law evening is likely to take place in June 2018.

Participation is free but open only to ASDS members. To become a member of ASDS:.

https://www.asds.ch/demande-d-adhesion contact Mr Ibarrola (ibarrola@libra-law.ch).