AIJA Double Seminar: Olympic Games, Corruption and Sport Arbitration & Government contracts - Public Procurement Law and Contract Law

Lausanne, Switzerland

06 April 2017 - 08 April 2017

Public Law Commission Seminar


Thursday 06 April 2017

17:00 Registration at the Hotel de la Paix
19:00 Welcome Cocktail at the bar Le Nomade, Place de l’Europe 9, 1003 Lausanne
20:00 Optional Dinner at the bar Le Nomade (optional)
22:30 Optional Clubbing at Punk Bar, Place de l’Europe 9, 1003 Lausanne (optional)

Friday 07 April 2017

08:00 Registration at the Hotel de la Paix
09:00 AIJA Welcome Address
David Frølich, Lund Elmer Sandager, Denmark, President of AIJA
09:15 PART I: INTRODUCTION
Introduction by the OC

Bernd Hauck and Per-Ola Bergqvist
09:30 The hybrid side of construction works for states and public entities: public procurement law and contract law
Julia Bhend, Probst Partner AG, Switzerland
09:50 PART 2 : PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW
Setting the scene: the legal framework concerning public
procurement
Speakers:
Katarzyna Kuźma, Domański Zakrzewski Palinka, Poland
Marquard Christen, CMS von Erlach Poncet AG, Switzerland
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 The revisions in the Agreement on Government Procurement dated 30 March 2012
Ramona Wyss, Walder Wyss Ltd., Switzerland
11:30 Notices of intended procurements - typical pitfalls in different countries
Moderator:
Per-Ola Bergqvist, Foyen, Sweden
Speakers:
Boris Ostroukhov, ALRUD, Russia
Laurynas Lukošiūnas, Sorainen, Lithuania
Māra Stabulniece, Tark Grunte Sutkiene, Latvia
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Eligibility criteria and their limits
Speakers:
Rosa Isabel Peña Sastre, Roca Junyent, Spain
Jan Roliński, WKB, Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr Sp k., Poland
14:45 Prior involvement, advantage in knowledge and other obstacles - are public procurement procedures really fair?
Moderator:
Mads Fuglesang, Selmer, Norway
Speakers:
Emma Niemistö, Merilampi Attorneys Ltd, Finland
Carl Fläring, Foyen, Finland
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Challenging procurement decisions - a case study
Speakers:
Michał Wojciechowski, Domański Zakrzewski Palinka, Poland
Maris Brizgo, Klavins Ellex, Latvia
16:30 PART 3 : CONTRACT LAW
Standard forms of contracts - what rules are usual when
constructing for public entities?
Moderator:
Babak Tabeshian, Ariathes Rechtsanwälte, Germany
Speakers:
Jérôme Baumann, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
Thomas Bekkevold, Bang-Olsen & Partners Law Firm, Denmark
17:30 End of scientific program
19:30 Dinner at Restaurant la Suite, Rue du Petit-Chêne 28, 1003 Lausanne
22:30 Optional Clubbing at BAR ABC, Ruelle du Grand Pont, 1001 Lausanne (optional)

Saturday 08 April 2017

08:30 Registration at the Hotel de la Paix
09:30 Defects and liabilities in public construction contracts
Moderator:
Edward Banyard Smith, Farrer & Co, United Kingdom
Speakers:
Ulrik Bang-Olsen, Bang-Olsen & Partners Law Firm, Denmark
Paul Bassett, Mason Hayes & Curran, Ireland
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Back-to-back and I am safe? - what general contractors should take into account
Moderator:
Bernd Hauck, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
Speakers:
Benedikt Rohrßen, Taylor Wessing, Germany
Gunnar Pickl, Dorda Brugger Jordis, Austria
Jelle Blom, Kennedy Van der Laan, Netherlands
12:00 Litigating or arbitrating a construction project with a state - some war stories
Moderator:
Justus Jansen, GSK Stockmann + Kollegen, Germany
Speakers:
Bernd Ehle, Lalive, Switzerland
Jason Kellogg, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman llp, USA
Dhruv Kakar, S.C. Ladi & Co., India
13:00 Lunch
15:30 Optional Wine Tasting at Jomini Wines, Constant et Sophie Jomini, Chemin de Baulet 3-6, 1071 Chexbres (optional)
19:00 Optional Typical Swiss Fondue Dinner at Restaurant Chalet Suisse, Route du Signal 40, 1018 Lausanne (optional)
22:30 Optional Clubbing at White Club, Place St. François 12, 1003 Lausanne (optional)

Sports Law Commission Seminar


Thursday 06 April 2017

17:00 Registration at the Hotel de la Paix
19:00 Welcome Cocktail at the bar Le Nomade, Place de l’Europe 9, 1003 Lausanne
20:00 Optional Dinner at the bar Le Nomade (optional)
22:30 Optional Clubbing at Punk Bar, Place de l’Europe 9, 1003 Lausanne (optional)

Friday 07 April 2017

08:00 Registration at the Hotel de la Paix
09:00 AIJA Welcome Address
David Frølich, Lund Elmer Sandager, Denmark, President of AIJA
09:15 PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Introduction by the OC
Thilo Pachmann, Sven Nagel and Yvan Henzer
09:20 The governance of international sports federations
Stephan Dittl, Salger Rechtsanwälte, Germany
09:40 Is there a stronger need for state control within the sports federations? - State interventions and autonomy of the federations
Speakers:
Richard Samuel, 3 O'Hare Court, United Kingdom
Katarzyna Grabska, Polish Olympic Committee, Poland
Gerard Cukier, Kingsley Napley, United Kingdom
10:10 The new Ethik Committee of FIFA and its work
Cornel Borbély, FIFA Ethic Commission, Switzerland
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 PART 2: GOVERNANCE OF THE SPORTS FEDERATIONS - RULES AND REGULATIONS
From the Salt Lake City corruption scandal to the FIFA governance problems - Introduction into the Swiss legal system
Thilo Pachmann, Pachmann Attorneys at law Ltd., Switzerland
11:30 The balance between federation's interests and interests of the athletes in the governance of the sports federations
Moderator:
Sven Nagel, NWK Rechtsanwälte, Germany
Speakers:
Maximilian Hartung, World Champion in fencing (team), 3rd place (single), Germany
Ralph Stöckli, Director of High Performance Sports, Switzerland
12:10 What should a “good” governance of sports federations look like?
Laura Manz, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
12:30 Lunch
14:00 PART 3: THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF SPORTS ARBITRATION
Introduction into the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
William Sternheimer, Deputy Secretary General at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Switzerland
14:30 Sports arbitration in the light of the Pechstein case
Felix Barth, Dr. Kroll & Partner, Germany
14:50 Critical discussion on the current arbitration system at the Olympics: The federations' vs. the athletes' point of view
Moderators:
Yvan Henzer, Libra Law, Switzerland
Ross Wenzel, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland
Speakers:
Christian Schreiber, Athlete's Representative of the German Olympic Committee (DOSB), Germany
David Casserly, Law library, Ireland
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 PART 4: THE FUTURE OF SPORTS ARBITRATION
Sports arbitration in the light of the European Court for Human Rights
Peter Marx, Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners, Belgium
16:20 (In)compatibility of current national and international sports arbitration with EU law
Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder, Barandun von Graffenrie, Switzerland
16:40 Panel discussion on the future of sports arbitration and on the interventions by state courts in different countries into sports
Moderator:
Thomas Wehrli, Pachmann Attorneys at law Ltd., Switzerland
Speakers:
Lucien W. Valloni, Froriep, Switzerland
Hervé LeLay, Brown/Rudnick, France
17:20 End of scientific program
19:30 Dinner at Restaurant la Suite, Rue du Petit-Chêne 28, 1003 Lausanne
22:30 Optional Clubbing at BAR ABC, Ruelle du Grand Pont, 1001 Lausanne (optional)

Saturday 08 April 2017

08:30 Registration at the Hotel de la Paix
09:15 PART 5: THE FUTURE OF THE SPORTS GOVERNANCE
Legal recourse within federations as an instrument of good governance
Klara Dvorakova, Holubova advokati s.r.o., Czech Republik
09:35 How to ensure fair proceedings in doping matters on the example of the German DIS
Karsten Hofmann, Hofmann Rechtsanwälte, Germany
09:55 Ensuring a proper bidding process
Speakers:
Jan Roliński, WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr Sp. k., Poland
Hugo Teixeira, Abreu Advogados, Portugal
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Preventing corruption and game manipulations in sports
Speakers:
Anne Salzer, Salzer Avocats, France
Sofia Silva e Sousa, Abreu Advogados, Portugal
11:40 Ensuring clean Games from a sponsor's perspective
Niall Collins, Mayson, Hayes & Curran, Ireland
12:00 The future of sports governance in the light of the IOC's agenda 2020
François Carrard, Former IOC Director General and Counsel of IOC, Switzerland
13:00 Lunch
15:30 Optional Wine Tasting at Jomini Wines, Constant et Sophie Jomini, Chemin de Baulet 3-6, 1071 Chexbres (optional)
19:00 Optional Typical Swiss Fondue Dinner at Restaurant Chalet Suisse, Route du Signal 40, 1018 Lausanne (optional)
22:30 Optional Clubbing at White Club, Place St. François 12, 1003 Lausanne (optional)