David Casserly SC

• Leading Sports Lawyer – Legal 500 2019/2020/2021/2022/2023/2024

• Leading Sports Lawyer – Who's Who Legal 2019/2020/2021/2022/2023/2024

• Leading Sports Lawyer – Chambers & Partners 2019/2020/2021/2022/2023/2024

• Leading Sports Lawyer - Leaders League 2022/2023/2024

• Chambers and Partners (2024): David Casserly svolge un'attività di grande rilievo, con una particolare esperienza nell'assistenza a importanti club calcistici davanti al CAS. Fornisce inoltre regolarmente consulenza in materia di trasferimenti di atleti e investimenti di club. Testimonianze: ""David is extremely intelligent and smart. The way he approaches complex legal matters is quite unique, and that makes him exceptional. In litigation and particularly in cross-examination he is feared"; "David is a world-leading sports disputes lawyer with outstanding technical and strategic skills and attention to detail, and is a supreme orator and communicator".

• Legal 500 (2024): Classifica - Hall of Fame. Il team di Kellerhals Carrard è guidato da David Casserly SC, che ha conseguito la qualifica di barrister irlandese e che è stato nominato silk nel 2023; la sua attività comprende la consulenza su importanti operazioni sportive commerciali, come trasferimenti di giocatori e investimenti di club, e la rappresentanza di clienti internazionali dinanzi al CAS. Testimonianze: “Mr. David Casserly SC is without a doubt one of the best, if not the best, lawyer in sports law. His career speaks for itself, representing the biggest clubs and federations in the world. His unique ability to organize and his systematically thinking means that clients can entrust him with the most diverse and complex cases”; “David Casserly SC is a great professional. Sharp, competent, tenacious. Excellent intuitive skills. Outstanding litigator. A master”.

• Who's Who Legal (2024): Il 'Thought Leader' David Casserly riceve ampi consensi per la sua attività di alto livello nel settore sportivo, che comprende controversie, trasferimenti e investimenti di alto profilo.
  
  David Casserly, specialista di medicina dello sport di alto profilo, è molto conosciuto nel settore sportivo, in particolare per la sua esperienza nel calcio. Si dice che sia “frequentemente visto in molte prove sportive” e che sia sempre “brillante”.

• Chambers and Partners (2023): David Casserly maintains a highly eminent practice, with particular expertise in acting for prominent football clubs before the CAS. He also regularly advises on athlete transfers and club investments. A sports client in Europe remarks "His technical expertise is only matched by his strategic insight."

• Legal 500 (2023): 'Leading Individual' "David Casserly's strengths involve disputes and transactional work." Testimonial: 'David Casserly - world-leading partner and advocate in the sports sector who adds significant strategic value to any matter he is instructed on.'

• Chambers and Partners (2022): David Casserly maintains a highly eminent practice, with particular expertise acting for prominent football clubs before the CAS. A pleased source mentions that he has "knowledge and expertise in the subject matter," further praising "his profound understanding of the CAS system."
   
• Legal 500 (2022): David Casserly specialises in football law. Testimonial: 'David Casserly is by far the best lawyer I have worked with. He is very well organised, thinks quickly and is very thoughtful and balanced. Further, when it comes to arbitration, he is a true counsel that you can always count on.’ ‘As strong on strategy as he is on the law, David Casserly is our go-to for disputes in particular.’

• Who’s Who Legal (2022): ‘Thought Leader - Sports’. ‘National Leader (Switzerland) - Sports & Entertainment’. David Casserly possesses “vast experience” acting on behalf of prominent clients and benefits from notable experience in CAS disputes.
   
• Who’s Who Legal (2021): Global Leader – Sports; National Leader (Switzerland) - Sports & Entertainment.
   
• Who’s Who Legal - Sports & Gaming (2021): David Casserly is a “brilliant sports lawyer” with “an excellent practice” specialising in football-related disputes.
   
• Chambers and Partners (2021): David Casserly maintains a highly eminent practice, with particular expertise acting for prominent football clubs before the CAS.
   
• Chambers and Partners (2020): David Casserly represents football clubs and players in contentious and non-contentious sports mandates, including player transfers and disciplinary proceedings. Sources applaud his expertise in this field, with one client remarking: "He is the lawyer to hire if you want to give yourself the best possible chance to win a case."
   
• Who’s Who Legal – Global (EMEA) (2020): Commentators regard David Casserly as “one of the top practitioners in the field” as he excels on football related disputes and “works to understand every detail of the case to see the bigger picture”.
   
• Who’s Who Legal - Switzerland (2020): David Casserly “has extensive experience appearing at the CAS”, opine sources, who note that he “brings huge knowledge and strategic insight to any case”.
   
• Legal 500 (2019): 'Deeply knowledgeable, fully dedicated, organised and coherent' attorney and barrister David Casserly 'stands out as an advocate in oral hearings'.
   
• Who’s Who Legal Global Guide (2019): David Casserly impresses peers and clients alike with his notable experience navigating disputes; respondents hail his “deep knowledge of the CAS and World Anti-Doping Code” and note that he is “very strong on detail and sharp on case strategy” and “overall a huge asset”.
   
• Who’s Who Legal National Guide (2019): David Casserly is highlighted as a "leading sports law barrister" who stands out in particular for his depth of expertise in football.

•  Dal 2018: Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Losanna 
•  Dal 2008: Barrister, Law Library, Bar of Ireland 
•  2009-2011: Avvocato, pratica di arbitrato internazionale di uno studio legale svizzero boutique, Ginevra 
•  2005-2008: Consulente legale e responsabile della mediazione, Tribunale arbitrale dello sport 
•  2003-2004: Avvocato, studio di arbitrato internazionale di un grande studio legale statunitense, Parigi

David Casserly ha ricoperto numerosi ruoli di leadership nei settori del diritto sportivo e della risoluzione delle controversie, tra cui:

• Presidente della sottocommissione di diritto sportivo dell'International Bar Association (IBA).
• Vicepresidente della Commissione di diritto sportivo dell'UIA.
• Presidente giudiziario di Sport Dispute Solutions Ireland (SDSI).
• Comitato esecutivo dell'Associazione internazionale degli avvocati di calcio (AIAF).
• Presidente del Comitato per le controversie calcistiche dell'AIAF.
• Comitato editoriale, Football Legal.
• Comitato editoriale, Law in Sport.
• Comitato consultivo, Middle East Sports Law Platform.
• Comitato direttivo di LawAccord.
• Comitato esecutivo, Sports Law Bar Association.
• Comitato ADR e arbitrato, Bar Council of Ireland.
• Comitato direttivo globale, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators YMG.

È inoltre membro di numerose organizzazioni di diritto sportivo (ANZSLA, ASDS, BASL, IASL, SLA, AIAF), arbitrali (ASA, Arbitration Ireland, CIArb) e professionali (The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, Vaud Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association).

•  Ammesso all'albo degli avvocati di Vaud (avvocato dell'UE)
• Ammesso all’Ordine degli Avvocati d’Irlanda
• Ammesso all’Ordine degli Avvocati di Inghilterra e Galles
• Ammesso all’Ordine degli Avvocati di New York
• Master II Droit du Sport, Université Paris Sorbonne
• Arbitration Fellow, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Mediatore accreditato, Gruppo ADR
• Laurea di Barrister-at-Law, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns
• Diploma in diritto della costruzione, Trinity College Dublino
• Diploma in francese giuridico, ICC Parigi e Law Society of Ireland
• Diploma in Arbitrato, University College Dublino
• Bachelor in diritto civile, University College Dublino
• Diritto civile francese ed europeo, Université de Caen

• Membro di diversi collegi arbitrali e di mediazione (tra cui Court of Arbitration for Sport, Sports Resolutions UK, ICC, CEDR), è ex vicepresidente della commissione disciplinare antidoping irlandese.
• Tiene lezioni sulla risoluzione delle controversie legali nelle università di Irlanda, Spagna, Portogallo, Stati Uniti, Francia e Svizzera.