1st AIAF CONGRESS
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WHAT REGULATION FOR FOOTBALL AGENTS AND THIRD-PARTY PLAYER OWNERSHIP IN FOOTBALL?
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May 31st 2013
Maison de l’Amérique latine
217, boulevard Saint-Germain 75007 Paris
A think tank specialised in Football Law
« The AIAF is the first ‘laboratory of ideas’ created by lawyers specialized in football law ».
« Just like the major international football tournaments, we want to create a place where different legal cultures can come together in a spirit of exchange and sharing. Analyzing, comparing, putting forward ideas, these are the main motivations which have led us to create this international think tank ».
Patricia Moyersoen
Lawyer and President of the AIAF
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Programme
1st AIAF Congress – Paris 2013
Friday 31 May 2013
> What regulations for Football agents and Third-party player ownership in football?
8:00 - 9:00
Welcome
of the
participants
Coffee and Networking
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction
Is an international regulation possible?
Patricia Moyersoen, Lawyer, Member of the Paris Bar, AIAF President
Jean-Michel Marmayou, Lecturer at Aix-Marseille University, Co-director of the Marseille Law Sport Center
SESSION 01
> How to regulate the activity of Football agents?
9:30 - 10:30
Round-table 1
Which options to regulate and what challenge for professional football?
Moderator: Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Lawyer, Member of the Paris Bar
Speakers:
Martin Auletta, Lawyer, Member of the Buenos Aires Bar
Stephen Sampson, Solicitor in London
Omar Ongaro, Head of Players’ Status and Governance, FIFA Legal Affairs Division
Mark Goddard, General Manager of TMS FIFA
10:30 - 11:30
Interactive Workshop
Conducted by the students of the Professional Master “Legal Professions in Sport” of Mâcon, University of Burgundy.
11:30 - 12:30
Summary
Christophe Bertrand, Lawyer, Member of the Paris Bar
Rodrigo Ortega Sanchez, Lawyer, Member of the Buenos Aires Bar
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
SESSION 02
> How to regulate Third-party player ownership (TPO)?
14:00 - 14:30
Introduction
Decoding of an economic phenomenon?
David Casserly, Lawyer, Member of the Dublin Bar
Pierre Cornu, Senior Legal Counsel, International Centre for Sport Studies (CIES)
14:30 - 16:00
Round-table 2
Which options to regulate and what challenge for professional football?
Moderator: Patricia Moyersoen, Lawyer, Member of the Paris Bar, AIAF President
Speakers:
Julien Zylberstein, UEFA Legal Counsel
Omar Ongaro, Head of Players’ Status and Governance, FIFA Legal Affairs Division
Daniel Lorenz, Director of Legal Affairs of FC Porto
Daniel Cravo Souza, Lawyer, Member of the Rio Grande do Sul Bar
16:00 - 17:00
Interactive Workshop
Conducted by the students of the Professional Master in Sport Law of Aix-Marseille University.
17:00 - 18:00
Summary
Marcos Motta, Lawyer, Member of the Rio de Janeiro Bar
Juan de Dios Crespo, Lawyer, Member of the Valencia Bar
18:00 - 19:30
Cocktail (AIAF Members only)
19:30 - 20:30
Departure for “Stade de France”
20:50
Final of the “Coupe de France” (French Cup)(AIAF Members only)
Information
Intended audience:
AIAF Members, counsels and lawyers, representatives of associations or federations, Clubs’ officials, Players’ Agents and Sport State Authorities and companies in the “sport business”, sport channels representatives, media Specialists.
Venue:
The conference will take place at “Maison de l’Amérique latine” – 217, boulevard Saint-Germain 75007 PARIS