Eolos’ experience includes participation in numerous international commercial and sports-related disputes, whether as counsel 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:
- A dispute in connection with a broadcasting contract and a sponsorship contract governed by Swiss law between an international sports federation and a Chinese private company (as counsel to the claimant)
- A dispute in connection with a shareholders’ agreement governed by Algerian law between a Spanish company and a state-controlled Algerian company (as tribunal secretary)
- A dispute in connection with four sales contracts governed by Swiss and Brazilian laws between companies belonging to two multinational groups of companies (as tribunal secretary)
- A dispute in connection with a licensing contract governed by Swiss law between an international sports organization and an American company and its shareholder (as counsel to the claimant)
- A dispute in connection with several long-term contracts for the sale of gas governed by Swiss law between a German state-controlled company and a Russian state-controlled company (as tribunal secretary)
- A dispute in connection with contracts for the exploitation of oil fields governed by Chadian law between two multinational groups of companies and an African state (as tribunal secretary)
Representative sports arbitrations include:
- CAS 2023/A/10168 Olympiacos F.C. v. Hellenic Football Federation (as counsel to Olympiacos F.C.)
- 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 counsel to Olympique de Marseille)
- CAS 2021/A/7736 Qarabag FC v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) (as counsel to UEFA)
- CAS 2020/A/7611 Nurlan Ibrahimov v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) (as counsel to UEFA)
- A dispute conducted under CAS Ordinary Procedure in connection with a contract for the participation to a competition between an Italian club and the private entity organizing the competition (as counsel to the claimant)
Representative proceedings before the Swiss courts include:
- A complex high value multi-jurisdictional dispute in connection with a banking relationship (as counsel to the claimants)
- Revision proceedings before the Swiss Federal Tribunal against an arbitral award issued in a high value dispute in connection with a gas sales and purchase contract (as counsel to the applicant)
- The enforcement of a Saudi Arabian state court judgment in Switzerland (as counsel to the applicant)
- The enforcement of a Russian arbitral award in Switzerland (as counsel to the applicant)