FIFA Regs: The Protected Period and its Effect on the Transfer Market

Important Announcement! Terry Brennan Law is now a part of Bedard Law Group, P.C. in Duluth, GA. Please visit us and learn more about our law firm and services. As follow-up to my earlier posts on the Diarra ruling and Viktor Gyokeres’ transfer saga, this edition will take a closer look at the “protected period” …

Why the Gyokeres transfer saga is not the Diarra ruling’s moment

Important Announcement! Terry Brennan Law is now a part of Bedard Law Group, P.C. in Duluth, GA. Please visit us and learn more about our law firm and services. Viktor Gyokeres has a problem and so far, he has not asked the landmark Diarra ruling[1] to solve it. For at least the past two transfer …

After Diarra: Q&A on the New Transfer Market

Important Announcement! Terry Brennan Law is now a part of Bedard Law Group, P.C. in Duluth, GA. Please visit us and learn more about our law firm and services. It has now been almost two months since the Court of Justice for the European Union (the “CJEU”) issued Diarra.[1] The decision held that portions of FIFA’s …

Notes on Third-Party Influence: Penalties vs. Bonuses

Important Announcement! Terry Brennan Law is now a part of Bedard Law Group, P.C. in Duluth, GA. Please visit us and learn more about our law firm and services. There is a subset of third-party influence cases that turn on a confusing distinction between penalty and bonus clauses.  Usually, the debate arises in the context …