Branco Martins and De Weger are very active in the sports legal discipline. Both lawyers have contributed to many publications in journals, and they have published monographs on the jurisdiction of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and the legal aspects related to the regulation of Players’ Agents. In addition, articles of both lawyers are used in sports law curricula at four Dutch universities. Next to these contributions, BMDW is frequently requested to provide (keynote) speeches at sports law conferences. A selection of conferences, publications and arbitration procedures can be found below:
Lectures
- 2018: sports law congress Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), the new transfer system
- 2018: KNVB Expertise; legal pitfalls in professional football
- 2017: Lawyers association of family and youth law; “International transfers of minors”
- 2014: FIFPro seminar national disputes between clubs and players
- 2014: Asser Sports Law Summer Programme, ‘Sports Governing Bodies, Internal Dispute Resolution’
- 2014/2013/2012: Erasmus University International and European Sports Law
- 2013: Asser Institute Sports Law Centre, ‘The FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and its jurisprudence’
- 2013/2012: College Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Sports Law
- 2012: College Tilburg University
- 2012: Law Firm Van Benthem & Keulen, ’Aansprakelijkheid in het betaald voetbal’
- 2012: ‘Sport, Law and Taxes’, Global International Sports Law and Tax Report
- 2011: College Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) Employment and Sports Law
- 2011: Asser Institute Sports Law Centre, ‘The Bernard-case and training compensation’
- 2009: Kluwer Congress Sports & Law: ‘The FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber’
- 2009: Kluwer Congress Sports & Law: ‘The FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber’
- 2008: Asser Institute Sports Law Centre, ‘The Webster-case’
- 2008: Asser Institute Sports Law Centre, ‘The Webster-case’
Publications
Books
- Capita Selecta, co-author, 2018
- The Jurisprudence of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber, Springer, 2nd edition 2016
- Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration 2016 (co-auteur), Springer
- CAS and Football: Landmark cases 2013 (co-auteur), Asser
Legal Magazines
- 2018 12bis Procedure in International Sports Law Journal
- 2018 Tijdschrift voor Arbitrage, CAS proceedings
- 2017 International Sports Law and Tax Report
- 2016 Football Legal
- 2013 International Sports Law Journal, 2013-2, “The importance of a valid waiver”
- 2013 International Sports Law Journal, 2013-1, ‘When is the training period of a player completed?’
- 2012 International Sports Law Journal, 2012-2, ‘Webster, Matuzalem, De Sanctis….and the future’
- 2011 Legal Magazine “Sports and Law”, “The (sporting) just cause in international professional football”
- 2011 International Sports Law Journal, 2011-3, ‘The unilateral extension option through the eyes of the DRC and CAS”
- 2010 Co-author Capita Selecta “Sports and Law”, ‘Procedures before the KNVB, FIFA and CAS’
- 2008 International Sports Law Journal, 2008-1, ‘The Webster-case: Justified panic as there was after Bosman?’
Dispute Resolution
- Several proceedings in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), amongst others CAS 2012/A/2711 – 2012/A/2712 – 2012/A/2713, CAS 2012/A/2755, CAS 2012/A/2733, CAS 2012/A/3004, CAS 2013/A/3284, CAS 2015/A/3891, CAS 2015/A/4266, CAS 2017/A/5127, CAS 2017/A/5272.
- Several proceedings in front of FIFA in relation to 12bis
- Several proceedings in front of FIFA in relation to transfers
- Several proceedings in front of FIFA in relation to sell on clauses
- Several proceedings in front of FIFA in relation to training compensation and solidarity contribution
- Proceedings FIFA in relation to the validity of relegation clause
- Several proceedings in front of KNVB Disciplinary Committees
- Several proceedings KNVB Arbitration Court, o.a. Fortuna/Oliseh, Vitesse/Büttner, Sparta/Boakye