CAS 2012/A/2969 Santiago Gerardo Cuervo Villar v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Denilson Pereira Neves
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 20/12/2013
Why it matters
Santiago Gerardo Cuervo Villar v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Denilson Pereira Neves, a contractual dispute in football decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was partially upheld. For a student, it is a worked example of how CAS enforces contracts in sport, between clubs, players, agents or federations, applying the relevant regulations and Swiss law.
Summary
Santiago Gerardo Cuervo Villar v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Denilson Pereira Neves: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 20/12/2013. The Court held that the appeal was partially upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Santiago Gerardo Cuervo Villar v. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Denilson Pereira Neves
Case number: CAS 2012/A/2969
Outcome: Partially Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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