Jacopo Tognon

• Cassazionista, solicitor, has been practising for 26 years with particular reference to civil and labour law, as well as sports law, the developments of which he has been following for many years as a scholar and enthusiast of the subject.
• A lecturer at the University of Padua since 2004, he is currently in charge of the teaching of European Sport Policies and Integrity (Degree Course in Sport Sciences, funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus + Jean Monnet programme), and of Law and Management of Sport Activities (Degree Course in tertiary sector law at the School of Law).
• He was awarded 4 European Jean Monnet modules during his university career and a Research and Information activities from the EU Commission.
• Expert in sports law in both consultancy and litigation, lecturer of the subject in various university Master’s courses and further training courses, including for sports managers. He has participated as a speaker in over 280 Conferences and Seminars in Italy and abroad.
• Author of more than 25 essays, articles and monographs, he published the volume ‘Sports Law and Policies in the European Union: Social Role, Economic Dimension and Integrity’ for CLEUP in 2016; he was recently in charge of the sector on International Sports Law and its in-depth study, as well as editing the preface, of the text ‘Sports Law’, published by Giappichelli in 2020. He has also commented on Article 50 of the FIGC Code of Justice, ESI, and is editor of the chapters on Sport Justice in Cycling and the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the volumes ‘Justice in Sport’, 2022.
• He has been a member of the CAS-TAS, Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, since 2007, with particular specialisation in doping and football litigation having handled over 160 international arbitrations. He was a member of the Ad Hoc Divisions for the World Cup in 2014 in Brazil and 2018 in Russia and the Euro 2020 European Football Championship.

• He was President of the Federal Court of Appeal, Section II, of the Cycling Federation of Italy from 2009 to 2021 and was President of the Arbitration Board for the Resolution of Disputes between Players, Members and Clubs at the Lega Serie B (pursuant to Article 4 of Law 91/1981 on professional sports) from 2011 to 2021.
• He is currently President of the Federal Tribunal of the Italian Tambourine Ball Federation.

SLAM 2024 Judge - Arbitrator