Alfonso Valero's presentation at the Sports Law & Business 2011, on 4 and 5 May 2011 organised by C5 received a great response. Alfonso, Solicitor and Abogado at Nockolds LLP Solicitors spoke alongsid

Alfonso Valero, Solicitor & Abogado at Nockolds LLP presentation at the Sports Law & Business 2011, on 4 and 5 May 2011 organised by C5 received a great response. Talking alongside Mr Richard Parris (Professor and Chair of the Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union Centre for Sports Law Research, Edge Hill University) and Gianluca Monte (Policy Officer, Sport Unit, European Commission DG Education and Culture), Alfonso updated the delegates on "What the Lisbon Treaty Article 165 means for the Regulation of Sport in Europe?"

Alfonso has been invited to speak at key Sports Law conference in recent years and edits the respected Iusport.com website. If you would like to speak to Alfonso regarding any sports related issue or for more information on this conference, then please contact him on Tel: 01279 712 512 E-mail: avalero@nockolds.co.uk

Alfonso’s Profile

Multilingual fully qualified Spanish Lawyer (“Abogado”) and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Lecture and Speaker Experience

During the course of postgraduate studies in Sports Law, Alfonso launched Iusport.com the first free Sports Law website of the UK, www.iusport.com. As Editor he developed the contents of the website: articles, reference to books and seminars, news and interviews.

Writes various articles about Sports Law for two different publications: www.iusport.es and www.dd-el.com.

As a consequence of this, Alfonso’s contacts in the Sports Legal Industry increased substantially. Mr Juan de Dios Crespo (lawyer of Webster and of Shakhtar Donetsk in the matter of Matuzalem), gave a joint seminar with Alfonso on 4 March 2009 (http://www.sportbusinesscentre.com/news/2009-03-04) as part of the Seminar series of Birkbeck Sport Business Centre.

In April to May 2009, guest lecturer of three lectures in the ‘International Sports Law’ Module of the ‘Sport Management and the Business of Football’ Master program (2008-2009 program) of Birkbeck University of London. Subsequently, only lecturer for the courses of 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.

In June 2009, Alfonso was a speaker at the British Spanish Law Association Conference in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) talking about Sports Law in the UK.

In July 2009, Alfonso was the only European Lawyer invited to give a talk about Sports Law at the ‘Salon des Sports et Lloisirs de Cote d’Ivoire’, Conference about Sports in Ivory Coast.

In December 2009, Alfonso co-founded a new Sports Law website, www.lawinsport.com, which rapidly gained popularity and number of followers.

In May 2010, Guest Lecture in the LL.M. in the International Sports Law program of ISDE Masters talking about ‘Human Rights, Abuse of Power and Intellectual Property in Sports Law’.

In November 2010, Guest Lecture in the Sports Management Course of Nottingham Trent University talking about EU Sports Law.

In May 2011, speaker at the Sports Law & Business 2011, organised by C5, talking along with Mr Richard Parris (Professor and Chair of the Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union Centre for Sports Law Research, Edge Hill University) and Gianluca Monte (Policy Officer, Sport Unit, European Commission DG Education and Culture), about What does Lisbon Treaty Article 165 mean for the Regulation of Sport in Europe?

In June 2011, Guest Lecturer in the PG in Sports Law of Coventry University, covering Limits of Self Regulation: ‘Legal Challenges to Sports Bodies' Actions’ and ‘Free Movement Rules and Sport’.

Sports Law Conference and Seminars attended

2007, World Conference on Doping in Sport (WADA)

2008, Annual Sports Law Conference (BASL)

2009, Sports Business Law (MBL Seminars)

2009, Drafting Sports Merchandising & Licensing Agreements (MBL Seminars)

2009, Tackling Doping in Sport (WSLR)

2009, Governance and Regulation of Sport (Birkbeck)

2009, Annual Sports Law Conference (BASL)

2009. De Montfort University Reception (De Montfort University)

2010, Sport and iGaming Conference (Sports Business)

2010, Governance and Regulation of Sport (Birkbeck)

2010, Sport, Gambling and Sponsorship Conference (WSLR)

2010, Annual Sports Law Conference (BASL)

2010, CAS Conference (CAS)

2011, Law Accord Conference (Law Accord)

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