11th AIAF Congress - Riyadh 2024

The 11th AIAF Congress in Riyadh has concluded!
Two days of insights, connections, and progress in football law.
Thank you to our major partner, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, and all who made it unforgettable!

A think tank specialised
in Football Law

The International Association of Football Lawyers is a forum for the exchange of information and experience between lawyers specialized in this field.

The Association aims to value and assert the activity and image of football lawyers.

Our Association is international

Sports is by definition universal, hence so should be the law that governs it.

Football is played worldwide; through passion and practice, it has built a real social network at both local and international levels. Following the example of famous international football competitions, AIAF aims to create a link between various legal cultures, in a spirit of exchange and sharing.

The independence of lawyers and their professional ethics must serve football in its social dimension.

We value law as much as sport and we think that our ethics as independent lawyers can contribute to the development of football all the while enhancing the respect of fundamental rights.

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Mission and Activities

AIAF intends to be a main referent with the public and private authorities which regulate football and to actively take part in the development of international and national football regulations.

AIAF’s mission is to emphasize the expertise of lawyers and their professional ethics with all the actors of football, particularly the clubs, the players, the agents, the sponsors, the national and international authorities of football and the public authorities. To achieve this mission, we think that it is crucial to develop the exchanges of knowledge and experience between lawyers specialized in the field of football from all the countries and the continents. To achieve this goal, AIAF provides intranet service for its members, with a forum and privileged access to information, cases, decisions, regulations and publications.

The AIAF members are encouraged to participate in discussions on any specific subjects in football law through different task groups.

AIAF organizes an annual Congress focusing on a relevant theme in football law, which is held every time in a different country.

ITTI Master in Football Law in collaboration with AIAF

We are excited to announce the ITTI Master in Football Law, created in partnership with the ITTI Sports Institute.
Directed by our esteemed members Andrea Bozza and Daniel Cravo, this program is a premier gateway into the field of football law.

The course is taught by leading experts, including many AIAF members, and covers all essential aspects of football law. 

Thanks to our partnership, candidates recommended by an AIAF member benefit from an exclusive discount.

Unlock your future in football law with the ITTI Master in Football Law.

Words of AIAF President Ad Honorem

Patricia Moyersoen has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1985. She has been the founder and head of the law firm MOYERSOEN Avocats since 1988. She was President of the International Association of Football Lawyers (AIAF) from its creation until September 2024.

She is also an arbitrator at the Chambre Arbitrale du Sport, which is placed under the aegis of the French National Olympic Committee. She was appointed as a member of the UEFA Appeals Board from 2011 to 2015. She is Vice President of the French Association of Lawyers in Sports Law (AADS) and an active member of Women in sports law (WISLaw).
“In 2012, after 20 years of professional practice in football law, I noticed that lawyers specialized in this field were very isolated, that each of them worked on their own corner and that they were therefore not considered by the authorities as experts who could usefully contribute to improving the international standards governing football. It was then that I thought about bringing these specialized lawyers together in an international association so that we could not only exchange and share our respective experiences, but also reflect together on the problems faced by our clients.

The objective of the AIAF is therefore not only to create an international network of lawyers specialized in football law, but also to become and be recognized as one of the players in international football.

Today, the AIAF gathers 100 lawyers specialized in football law, spread over five continents and 34 countries.

We have organized six congresses since the association’s creation, during which we have worked on the main themes of international football law. The AIAF Congresses are not similar to other seminars and conferences on football law. Indeed, our congresses are organized in the form of highly interactive debates and workshops.

We invite the leaders of the highest international football institutions, as well as the various stakeholders, to come and discuss with the specialized lawyers who are best suited to explain in a precise manner the problems encountered by their clients. These debates are always fruitful and we draw from them recommendations that we address to the institutions concerned.The AIAF Congresses are also an opportunity for lawyers who are not members of the association, as well as young lawyers or students, to come and meet the most specialized lawyers and discover their daily professional practice.

Thanks to our partnership with Football Legal, our congresses are based on very serious scientific documentation and our debates have an international resonance.

The very international nature of the AIAF and its Congresses also makes it possible to understand the difficulties faced by international football bodies because, in truth, it is very difficult to impose international standards when each country has built and developed its national football on the basis of its own legal culture and football history.

Patricia MOYERSOEN
Lawyer – Paris

Who are the members of the AIAF?

AIAF gathers lawyers from all countries whose point of mutual interest is their professional practice in the field of football and who want to create and develop a professional network in order to exchange views and reflect on football law.

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Resources

As a member of the AIAF, you benefit from specific documentation on football law.

You have access to the AIAF’s own articles concerning the activities of the association as well as the recommendations published by the association as a result of the AIAF Congresses.
Thanks to the partnership with Football Legal, you also have a personal account on the website www.football-legal.com allowing you to have direct access to the exclusive contents of the PREMIUM offer.

Previous editions of the Congress

5

2024

Saudi Arabia

5

2018

Switzerland

5

2016

United Arab Emirates

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