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News 29.06.2017

CAS issued order on provisional measures for CSKA-Sofia case

CAS decided not to replace the Bulgarian club, Dunav Ruse, with CSKA-Sofia in the 2017/18 Europa League. The club from Ruse was included in the draw by UEFA in the last minute, for CSKA-Sofia was found to be not in compliance with the “3-year rule”. The interests of Dunav before UEFA and CAS were successfully […]

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News 03.04.2017

New Busines of SILA International lawyers

Under the new brand SILA International lawyers the company is enlarging and reinforcing its range of services, in particular, a new non-sports sector has been established, the experts of which work in such fields of law as contractual, criminal, corporate, administrative, town-planning, energy, and other. Ms. Ekaterina Yakovleva, a renowned lawyer, has come to collaborate […]

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News 31.03.2017

Darina Nikitina became the head of the Sports and Labor law practice

Dear colleagues, we are happy to announce, that since March 2017 Darina Nikitina became the head of the Sports and Labor law practice. Darina came to our firm as a student and in very short period became one of the best sports lawyers in Russia. All SILA International lawyers’ members congratulate Darina and wish her […]

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26.06.2017

CAS issued order on provisional measures for CSKA-Sofia case

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19.06.2017

FC Dunav Ruse replaced CSKA-Sofia in Europa League

Bulgarian football club Danav Ruse was drawn in Europa League today as a replacement of CSKA-Sofia, which was found in breach of the “three-year rule” provided in the UEFA Regulations. FC Dunav Ruse was represented by SILA International Lawyers.

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16.06.2017

FIFA issued a decision in favor of the Bulgarian player, Plamen Dimov, in his dispute with the Kazakh club, Altay.

Lawyers of SILA International Lawyers have successfully represented Plamen Dimov in a dispute with FC Altay (Kazakhstan). As a result of the dispute, the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber found the club to be in breach of the contract and ordered the company’s client to pay back wages and compensation for termination of the contract.

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12.05.2017

SILA International Lawyers partner Mikhail Prokopets took part in the sports forum Sport Connect held in Sochi on 23-24 March 2017.

Speech of Mikhail Prokopets was held in the section devoted to the conflicts and crises of Russian sport that took place in 2016. Mikhail elaborated on the problems related to doping in Russian sport and the specificity of the legal work in anti-doping cases. The full version of Mikhail Prokopets speech can be found here (from 12 minutes).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RxnNbB2nRc&feature=youtu.be

The forum was also attended by such famous sportsman and managers as Sergei Shubenkov (Track and field athlete, world champion in hurdling), Kamil Gadzhiev (Fight Nights promotion company President), Vasily Korshkov (VTB United League Marketing and Development Director), Roman Dvoryankin (Virtus.pro General Manager), Maxim Sharifyanov (ProTeam agency owner, agent of Timothy Mozgov) and others.

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Together we are SILA

As of February 1, 2017, Legal Sport (Moscow, Russia) – the leader of the Russian sports law market – and Gradev Sports (Sofia, Bulgaria) headed up by Georgy Gradev – one of the strongest sports lawyers in Europe – are joining forces to work under a single brand «SILA International Lawyers». The decision to merge was made after many years of successful cooperation between the two companies.

The unified company will have a new website at silalawyers.com and a new logo. All cases and procedures previously handled by Legal Sport and Gradev Sports, will from now on be handled by SILA. The new company’s management will be carried out by three partners – Georgy Gradev, Mikhail Prokopets and Yury Zaytsev.
Unlike their predecessors, SILA will provide legal services on a wide range of issues, not limited to sports law only. In particular, the company has a new legal practice with experts working in areas such as contractual, criminal, corporate, administrative, urban planning and energy law. The new practice is headed up by a renowned lawyer Ekaterina Yakovleva.

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