Sport focus
Alpine skiing & winter sports
Selection disputes, equipment and sponsorship conflicts and safety and liability questions across the winter calendar.
Winter sport matters are dictated by the calendar. A quota place, a start right or a licence is worth little once the World Cup weekend or the Games have passed, so the first question is always how fast a binding decision can be obtained.
We work from the FIS and national federation rulebooks, secure interim relief where a season is at stake and pursue equipment, sponsorship and race-incident claims in parallel with the sporting proceedings.
Action plan
How we would run your matter
- 1Deadline mapWe fix every appeal window in the FIS and federation rules before anything else is filed.
- 2Interim reliefWhere a start right or quota place is at risk we apply for provisional measures so the athlete keeps competing.
- 3Merits fileSelection criteria, race jury documents and equipment contracts are assembled into one evidenced submission.
- 4Decision or settlementWe argue the appeal to an award or negotiate a solution that restores the athlete to the start list.
Typical services
What we are most often asked to do
- National team selection and quota place challenges
- Equipment supplier and sponsorship agreements
- Race incident, safety and liability claims
- Federation licence and start-right disputes
- Arbitration and appeals before the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Contact us
Tell us what happened.
PLL Legal — Sport disputes practice
Switzerland
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