Membership Renewal Announcement

Global Law Experts is pleased to confirm the renewal of the membership of Stefano Bastianon of Studio Legale Bastianon Garavaglia as our Exclusive Member for the next 12 months. This renewal recognises a sustained record of specialist practice in sports law in Italy and reflects the close alignment between Stefano Bastianon professional work and the values and needs of our global legal network.

Why Stefano Bastianon is an ideal fit for our network

Stefano Bastianon combines active practice, institutional decision making and academic leadership in a way that offers tangible benefits to legal peers, clients and the broader sports law community. The membership renewal rests on several concrete strengths that make Stefano a natural and strategically important member of Global Law Experts.

Practitioner with deep subject matter expertise in sports law and EU law
Established arbitrator and decision maker with experience at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne and at the Italian National Olympic Committee collegial body
Academic leadership as a Full Professor of European Union law and EU sports law at the University of Bergamo
Publication record and editorial involvement that bridge scholarship and practice

Practice strengths and how they support network members

Stefano Bastianon practice focuses on the full spectrum of sports law issues relevant to domestic and cross border actors. Core practice areas include transfers and registrations, representation agreements, regulatory compliance, competition law and dispute resolution before sporting and civil fora. Members of Global Law Experts benefit when a peer offers both frontline advisory experience and the academic perspective needed to interpret supranational law trends and evolving case law.

Particular areas of practice that will be of value to network members include

Regulatory disputes and disciplinary proceedings under federation rules
Arbitration strategy and representation before sports tribunals including CAS
Competition and antitrust issues affecting sporting activity and commercial arrangements

Arbitral and institutional experience

Stefano is admitted to the Italian Bar in the Busto Arsizio district and serves as an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. He is also a member of the IV Division of the Sports Guarantee Board of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). These roles provide direct insight into procedural and substantive dynamics at both national and international levels of sporting justice. For Global Law Experts members facing cross border enforcement or multi forum disputes, his experience in arbitral decision making and national sports governance offers practical guidance on enforcement, remedy design and the interface between federations and civil courts.

Academic leadership and editorial contributions

Academia is a formative element of Stefano Bastianon profile. As a Full Professor of European Union law and EU sports law at the University of Bergamo, Stefano combines teaching and supervision with research that directly informs practice. Recent scholarly work includes a major textbook, Manuale di diritto europeo dello sport, published by Giappichelli in September 2025, which provides systematic treatment of EU law application to sport and has been adopted as a reference for students and practitioners.

Stefano also contributes to editorial leadership in the field. He serves on the steering committee of Rivista di Diritto Sportivo and on the scientific committee of Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport RDES, where he participates in editorial and strategic direction. In 2026 RDES was ranked Class A for legal scholarship, a recognition that underscores the quality of the editorial effort to which Stefano contributes.

Recent scholarship and practitioner outreach

Over the 2025 and 2026 period Stefano produced both long form and concise practitioner oriented work. In 2026 he authored a commentary on Advocate General Spielmann Opinion in the joined cases C 424 24 and C 425 24 FIGC and CONI, published in RDES. He also co launched the Sports Law Briefs format to deliver short analyses of breaking decisions and policy developments for practitioners. These initiatives illustrate an emphasis on accessibility and immediate relevance, which complements his teaching and case work.

Public engagement and speaking engagements

Stefano has maintained an active public profile through invited lectures and participation in conferences and seminars that address safeguarding, due process in sports proceedings and the impact of European case law on national governance. Notable activities in the 2025 2026 season included a speaker role at an international athlete safeguarding event in November 2025, seminars on EU law and sports arbitration in October 2025, and an international invitation to the Nordic Sports Law Conference in May 2026. These engagements demonstrate demand for his expertise across jurisdictions and for a range of stakeholders including federations, clubs and regulators.

Representative matters and advisory scope

While client confidentiality limits public disclosure of all mandates, public contributions and editorial comments confirm sustained involvement in matters concerning federation governance, youth football competition regulation, agent conduct and the enforcement of disciplinary and anti doping sanctions. Stefano advises on both transactional and dispute related matters, from media and commercial contracts to disputes arising from registrations, transfers and disciplinary proceedings. This mix ensures relevance to network professionals working on both transactional and contentious mandates.

Benefits to Global Law Experts and our clients

Renewing Stefano membership strengthens Global Law Experts capacity to support clients and members in Italy and beyond. Membership provides the network with a reliable expert who combines:

Practical experience in complex disputes and arbitration
Specialist knowledge of the interaction between EU law and lex sportiva
Academic insight that anticipates legal developments and judicial trends
Editorial reach and practitioner oriented publications that facilitate knowledge sharing
International engagement that supports cross border coordination and referrals

For clients seeking counsel on regulatory risk, competition law implications or dispute resolution strategies, Stefano represents a resource that brings both tactical immediacy and strategic legal analysis.

Our appreciation and outlook

We are thrilled to welcome Stefano Bastianon for an additional 12 month term as an Exclusive Member. His combination of arbitral experience, academic leadership and active advisory practice makes him a valued contributor to the network knowledge base and a dependable partner for members and clients seeking specialist sports law support in Italy. Global Law Experts looks forward to collaborating with Stefano on initiatives that advance practitioner education, develop peer to peer guidance and support clients navigating complex regulatory challenges in sport.

Invitation to engage

Members and clients who are interested in issues such as sports arbitration strategy, transfers and registrations, competition law in sport or the implications of EU jurisprudence on national sporting governance are encouraged to engage with Stefano through the network channels available to Global Law Experts members. His recent publications and short form briefs provide a practical starting point for those seeking concise analysis or deeper doctrinal insight.

Global Law Experts thanks Stefano Bastianon for renewing his membership and for his ongoing commitment to scholarship, decision making and practical legal work in the sports sector. We anticipate a productive 12 month term that will deliver value to colleagues, clients and the broader legal community working at the intersection of sport and law.