David Casserly
Europe Guide 2024
Band 2 : Sport
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About
Provided by David Casserly
Practice Areas
• Sports Law
• International Arbitration
• Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Career
David Casserly is a barrister specialised in the areas of sports law and international arbitration.
Professional Memberships
• Chairman, International Bar Association (IBA) Sub-committee on Sports Law.
• Judicial Chair of Sport Disputes Solutions Ireland (SDSI).
• Vice-Chairman, UIA Sports Law Commission.
• Executive Committee, International Football Lawyers Association (AIAF).
• Chairman, AIAF Football Disputes Committee.
• Editorial Board, Football Legal.
• Editorial Board, Law in Sport.
• Advisory Board, Middle East Sports Law Platform.
• Executive Committee, Sports Law Bar Association.
• Steering Committee, LawAccord.
Previously:
• Executive Committee, Irish Delegation to the European Court of Arbitration.
• ADR & Arbitration Committee, Bar Council of Ireland.
• Global Steering Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Young Members Group.
• International Arbitration Sub-Committee, Irish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Also a member of a number of sports law (ANZSLA, ASDS, BASL, IASL, SLA,AIAF), arbitration (ASA, Arbitration Ireland, CIArb) and professional (The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, Vaud Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association) organisations.
Chambers Review
Europe
David Casserly maintains a highly eminent practice, with particular expertise in acting for prominent football clubs before the CAS. He also regularly advises on athlete transfers and club investments.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David is extremely intelligent and smart. The way he approaches complex legal matters is quite unique, and that makes him exceptional. In litigation and particularly in cross-examination he is feared."
"David is a world-leading sports disputes lawyer with outstanding technical and strategic skills and attention to detail, and is a supreme orator and communicator."
"David is extremely intelligent and smart. The way he approaches complex legal matters is quite unique, and that makes him exceptional. In litigation and particularly in cross-examination he is feared."
"David is a world-leading sports disputes lawyer with outstanding technical and strategic skills and attention to detail, and is a supreme orator and communicator."