Eolos’ experience includes participation in numerous international commercial and sports-related disputes, whether as counsel, arbitrator or secretary to the arbitral tribunal. Eolos also collaborates in the preparation of, and provides expert opinions on issues of Swiss law and international arbitration.
Representative commercial arbitrations include:
- SAC (formerly SCAI) arbitration between Swiss-based individuals in connection with a shareholders’ agreement governed by Swiss law (as sole arbitrator)
- PCA arbitration between a Middle Eastern state-owned entity and companies registered in Bermuda and the BVI in connection with a gas sales and purchase contract (as member of the counsel team representing the respondent)
- ICC arbitration between companies belonging to two multinational groups of companies in connection with four sales contracts governed by Swiss and Brazilian laws (as tribunal secretary)
- SAC (formerly SCAI) arbitration between a UAE company, a Greek company and a Cayman Islands company in connection with construction projects in the Middle East (as member of the counsel team representing the claimant)
- PCA arbitration between a German state-controlled company and a Russian state-controlled company in connection with several long-term contracts for the sale of gas (as tribunal secretary)
- SAC (formerly SCAI) arbitration between ultra-high net worth individuals and their agents in connection with an alleged fraudulent misappropriation of assets (as member of the counsel team representing the claimants)
- CAS arbitration between an international sports organization and a Chinese private company in connection with a broadcasting contract and a sponsorship contract governed by Swiss law (as member of the counsel team representing the claimant)
- ICC arbitration between a Spanish company and a state-controlled Algerian company in connection with a shareholders’ agreement governed by Algerian law (as tribunal secretary)
- CAS arbitration between an international sports organization and an American company and its shareholder in connection with a licensing contract governed by Swiss law (as member of the counsel team representing the claimant)
- ICC arbitrations between two multinational groups of companies and an African state in connection with contracts for the exploitation of oil fields (as tribunal secretary)
Representative sports arbitrations include:
- CAS OG 24/17 Vinesh Phogat v. United World Wrestling & IOC (as member of the counsel team representing the IOC)
- CAS OG 24/15 & 16 Federation Romanian Gymnastics, Ana Maria Bărbosu & Sabrina Maneca-Voinea v. Donatella Sacchi & Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (as member of the counsel team representing the IOC)
- CAS OG 24/02 Cook Islands Aquatics Federation & Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee v. World Aquatics, IOC & Wesley Tikiairki Roberts (as member of the counsel team representing the IOC)
- CAS OG 24/01 Nayoka Clunis v. Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), World Athletics, Jamaica Olympic Association, IOC, Iryna Klymets & Ukrainian Athletic Association (as member of the counsel team representing the IOC)
- CAS 2024/A/10644 Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro (FIP) & S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre SRL v. FIBA (as member of the counsel team representing FIBA)
- CAS 2023/A/10168 Olympiacos F.C. v. Hellenic Football Federation (as member of the counsel team representing Olympiacos F.C.)
- CAS 2023/A/9960 Sporting Clube de Portugal v. FC Internazionale Milano S.P.A (as member of the counsel team representing FC Internazionale Milano)
- CAS 2023/A/9948 Lechia Gdansk S.A. v. Ilkay Durmus (as expert on Swiss law and FIFA Regulations)
- CAS 2022/A/8600 & 8604 & 8633 Olympique de Marseille & Pape Alassane Gueye v. Watford & FIFA (as member of the counsel team representing Olympique de Marseille)
- CAS 2021/A/7736 Qarabag FC v. UEFA (as member of the counsel team representing UEFA)
- CAS 2020/A/7611 Nurlan Ibrahimov v. UEFA (as member of the counsel team representing UEFA)
Representative proceedings before the Swiss courts include:
- Three related complex high value proceedings before the Geneva courts in connection with banking relationships (as member of the counsel team representing the claimants)
- Proceedings before the Geneva courts over receivables related to the financing of a cargo of oil (as member of the counsel team representing the claimant)
- Proceedings before the Geneva courts in connection with an alleged fraudulent misappropriation of assets (as member of the counsel team representing the claimants)
- Revision proceedings before the Swiss Federal Tribunal against an arbitral award issued in a high value dispute in connection with a contract for the sale of gas (as member of the counsel team representing the applicant)
- Setting aside proceedings before the Swiss Federal Tribunal against an arbitral award issued in a sports-related contractual dispute (as member of the counsel team representing the applicant)
- Proceedings before the Geneva courts for the enforcement of a Saudi Arabian Court judgment in Switzerland (as member of the counsel team representing the applicant)
- Proceedings before the Ticino courts for the enforcement of a Russian arbitral award in Switzerland (as member of the counsel team representing the applicant)