Following a meeting of the ECA Executive Board on the 29th of March and the first meeting of the ECA Legal Advisory Panel on the 11th of April, ECA is proud to announce the creation of the ECA Legal Services.
With the creation of these Legal Services, ECA wants to strengthen its services offered to the member clubs. These services are:
- an ECA Mediation platform;
- Legal Advice; and
- a Legal Bulletin.
1. ECA Mediation
Following the ever growing amount of juridical issues ECA has set up a mediation platform which is competent to hear all disputes of financial nature between member clubs. The ECA Mediation falls under the auspices of the Legal Advisory Panel which is chaired by Mr. Ivan Gazidis, CEO Arsenal FC and member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber.
2. Legal Advice
Based on our experiences we have recognized the need for a structured legal advice to our clubs. As such, ECA Legal Services are available for general queries with regards to:
- regulations of UEFA and FIFA, such as the FIFA Regulation on the Status and Transfer of Players, the FIFA Disciplinary Code, etc...
- procedural rules at FIFA, UEFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sports;
- well established jurisprudence of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber & Player Status Committee, UEFA Disciplinary Bodies and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
3. Legal Bulletin
In addition to the legal advice, a bulletin has been created which aims at providing ECA Members with practical knowledge based on our members' participation in the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber as well as sharing best practices through the questions and inputs received from ECA Member Clubs.