ABOUT VANDELLOS SPORTS LAW

VANDELLOS | SPORTS LAW is a law firm founded in 2010 and based in Valencia (Spain) highly specialized in international sports law and arbitration.

We operate on a worldwide basis providing cutting edge and bespoke legal services and advice in all matters related to the sports and entertainment industry at the best competitive rates.

VANDELLOS | SPORTS LAW advises clients before state courts as well as before all judicial and dispute resolution bodies of different international sports federation such as the RFEF committees, the FIFA Football Tribunal or the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal and the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (Switzerland).

Our mission is straightforward: protect our clients’ goals.

VANDELLOS | SPORTS LAW is committed with the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

MEET OUR TEAM

WHAT DEFINES US

GLOBAL

INDEPENDENT

FLEXIBLE

ALWAYS AVAILABLE
AND READY

JOSEP F. VANDELLÓS ALAMILLA

FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL

Josep Francesc Vandellós Alamilla is an international sports lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in acting for athletes, clubs, national associations, leagues, agents and coaches in front of the different dispute resolution bodies and the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (Switzerland). He graduated as a lawyer at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and holds a master’s degree in International Business and EU Community Law from Universite de Paris I (Sorbonne) and a postgraduate degree in Andorran law from Universitat d’Andorra.

He sits as member of the Evaluation Committee of LaLiga and is also a member of the Ethics Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF).

In January 2023 he was also appointed judge to the FIA Cost Cap Adjudication Panel.

He is a lecturer/visiting professor on Sports Law at Universities around the world and a member of the editorial board of LawInSport and has published multiple articles and authored several books in sports law.

Memberships:

REXSPORT
Asociación Española de Derecho Deportivo
Il·lustre Col·legi d’Advocats de Barcelona (ICAB)
International Sports Tax Association

Languages:

English
French
Romanian
Catalan
Spanish

Recent successful cases before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS/CAS):

TAS 2023/A/9773 Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol c. Federación de Fútbol de Trinidad y Tobago & CONCACAF

CAS 2023/A/9782 CA Osasuna v. UEFA

CAS 2022/A/9045 Ivan Paurevic v. Riga FC

CAS 2022/A/8968 Al Hazem v Constantin Galca

CAS 2022/A/8671 Al Ahli Saudi Football Club v Alexandru Mitrita

TAS 2021/A/8266 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional v. FIFA

AS 2021/A/8365 Torino Football Club S.p.A. v. Club Atlético Osasuna

CAS 2021/O/7619 Sprint Management v. S.C. Fotbal Club Voluntari S.A.

CAS 2020/A/7532 Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation v. Marc Wilmots

TAS 2020/A/7508 FEGUIFUT c. Aitor Van der Brule Roldan

TAS 2020/A/7473 Daniel Guindos López c. Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol

CAS 2020/A/7312 Leandro Padovani Celin v. Esteghlal Football Club

CAS 2020/A/7280 & 7298 Viktor V. Genev v. ACS Petrolul 52 Ploiesti et FIFA

CAS 2020/A/7183 Sofiene Moussa v. ACS Petrolul 52 Ploiesti et FIFA

CAS 2020/A/6930 Watford FC v. Cádiz FC & Mamadou Mbaye

CAS 2020/A/6899 Cádiz FC & Mamadou Mbaye v. FIFA & Watford FC

CAS 2020/A/6875 Thai Port FC v. Marcel Josué Essombe

TAS 2020/A/6870 Club Olimpia c. Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol & Luis Ayala

josep@sports-law.eu

SAKSHAM SAMARTH

ASSOCIATE

Saksham Samarth is an International Sports Lawyer at Vandellos Sports Law in Valencia, Spain. 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.

Post which 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, mixed-martial arts, 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.