CAS 2017/A/5101 FC Shakhtar Donetsk v. Luiz Adriano Souza da Silva
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 01/11/2017
Why it matters
FC Shakhtar Donetsk v. Luiz Adriano Souza da Silva, 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 dismissed. 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
FC Shakhtar Donetsk v. Luiz Adriano Souza da Silva: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 01/11/2017. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v. Luiz Adriano Souza da Silva
Case number: CAS 2017/A/5101
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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