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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 15:06:09+00:00

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Benoît Keane is a leading European lawyer. He specialises in European law and European competition law in particular relating to the sports and media sectors. Benoît regularly represents clients before the European Commission and European Courts.
Benoît regularly writes and speaks on developments in European law and policy. He is a trustee of the Institute of International & European Affairs (Brussels) AISBL having previously served as Chair from 2007 to 2009. He is the European law contributor to Sports Law Administration and Practice and a member of the Editorial Board of the competition law journal World Competition.
- Striani v. UEFA: Acts for UEFA in a case brought under EU competition law before the Belgian courts against the UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) Regulations (also related case before the European Commission).
- Doyen Sports v. FIFA, UEFA, URBSFA and FIFPro: Acts for UEFA before the Belgian courts in a series of cases concerning FIFA’s rule prohibiting Third Party Ownership of football players.
- ISU: Acts for the International Skating Union in an on-going competition investigation by the European Commission concerning its Eligibility Rules.
- CAS 2013/A/3365 Chelsea v. Juventus (Mutu): Expert on EU law as to whether Chelsea’s demand that Juventus be held jointly and severally liable for damages arising from the misconduct of a player complied with EU and Competition law.
- CAS 2014/A/3776 Gibraltar Football Association v. FIFA: Expert on EU law as to whether FIFA’s decision to refuse membership to the Gibraltar Football Association complied with EU and Competition law.
- CAS 2015/A/4021 La Liga c. FIFA (Qatar 2022): Expert on EU law as to whether FIFA’s decision to schedule the FIFA World Cup 2022 during Winter 2022 complied with EU competition law.
- Case C-201/11 P, UEFA v. Commission: Acted for UEFA in its appeal against the European Commission’s decision adopted pursuant to the EU Audiovisual Directive concerning the United Kingdom’s list of major events to be shown on free-television.
- Case T-391/10, F91 Diddeleng v. Commission, Acted for the Luxembourg Football Federation in a case concerning its regulations on locally trained players.
- FA Premier League v. QC Leisure: Acted for an intervener in proceedings before High Court of London in this seminal case concerning the licensing of exclusive broadcasting rights in football.
- Case T-380/04, Terezakis v. Commission: Acted for party requesting access to Commission documentation.

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