Associate Professor Gregory Ioannidis LLB, LLM, Phd, FHEA
Course Leader
Summary
I am an international sports lawyer with experience in high profile sports law litigation. I specialise in disciplinary and other regulatory matters, with an emphasis and expertise in football law and anti-doping law and other matters on sport arbitration. I joined the University in January 2014 and developed the online Master's Programme LLM International Sports Law in Practice. I am also responsible for the training of students on mooting, advocacy and negotiation.
About
I have an expertise in International Sports Law and international arbitration and 23 years of experience in legal representation and advice before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in Lausanne, Switzerland and FIFA’s Football Tribunal, in Zurich, Switzerland, where I deal with a number of different applications, ranging from doping in sport to players’ contracts and transfers, European competition law, human rights and other regulatory matters. I have previously acted as a football intermediary and registered lawyer with The FA. I have advised and represented a number of high profile sport personalities. One of my most notable cases was the Greek Sprinters case, where I acted as Counsel for Mr Kenteris and Ms Thanou before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and successfully negotiated and settled a multi-million pound out-of-court settlement with the IAAF (now World Athletics). In recent years, I advised the South-African track & field Federation on the Caster Semenya matter, Celtic FC on the FC Sion matter, I acted for the Chinese Taipei gold medalist Mu-yen Chu against the International Olympic Committee and for the heavyweight boxing champion Dillian Whyte.
I publish frequently and participate on TV and Radio interviews globally on several sports law issues and I am a regular contributor to Sky News and BBC News and other international media outlets. In November 2009, I was voted in the “Top 20 of the World’s Most Influential Sports Lawyers” by Sports Business International. In 2020 I was appointed as a Member in the Mentoring Team for the Pro Bono Legal Service of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Specialist areas of interest
Sports Law, Anti-doping litigation, football law, advocacy, negotiation, dispute resolution.
Teaching
Sheffield Institute of Law and Justice
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Law
Courses taught:
- Sports Law, LLM, LLB
Modules taught:
- Sports Law
- Anti-Doping Law
- Football Law
- Commercial Regulation & Contractual Obligations in Sport
- Business Consultancy Project (by consultancy or dissertation)
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1. IMPACT Project, Community Project in Whistleblowing in Anti-Doping.
2. Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Project on the introduction of a system of judicial precedent before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Ioannidis, G., Brannigan, M., Marth, S., & Marshall, L. (2024).
Ioannidis, G., & Plumley, D. (2023).
Ioannidis, G. (2021).
Publications
Journal articles
Ioannidis, G., Brannigan, M., Marth, S., & Marshall, L. (2024). . International Sports Law Review, (3), 18-25.
Ioannidis, G., Brannigan, M., Marth, S., & Marshall, L. (2024). . International Sports Law Review, (3), 18-25.
Ioannidis, G., & Plumley, D. (2023). . International Sports Law Review, 3, 43-50.
Ioannidis, G. (2021). . International Sports Law Review, 2021 (4), 57-64.
Petróczi, A., Backhouse, S.H., Boardley, I.D., Saugy, M., Pitsiladis, Y., Viret, M., ... McNamee, M. (2021). . International Journal of Drug Policy, 93.
Ioannidis, G. (2018). . International Sports Law Review, (4), 55-58.
Ioannidis, G. (2018). . Pro-Cycling.
Ioannidis, G. (2017). . World sports advocate.
Ioannidis, G. (2017). The Consequences of Brexit for British Football. Solicitors Journal.
Ioannidis, G. (2017). . Solicitors Journal, 161 (17), 32-33.
Ioannidis, G. (2015). . Solicitors Journal.
Ioannidis, G. (2015). . World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2015). The Concept of ‘No Significant Fault’ in Anti-Doping Litigation. World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2015). . Solicitors Journal.
Ioannidis, G. (2013). . World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2012). BOA v WADA: harmonisation v self-regulation. Denning Law Journal.
Ioannidis, G. (2012). . World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2011). . World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2010). . International Sports Law Journal, 14-24.
Ioannidis, G. (2009). . World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2009). . World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2009). . International Sports Law Journal, 1-2, 35-42.
Ioannidis, G. (2007). . International Sports Law Journal, 3-4, 19-27.
Ioannidis, G. (2007). . World Sports Law Report.
Ioannidis, G. (2006). International Sports Law Review, 2006 (2), 29-39.
Conference papers
Ioannidis, G. (2019). Football intermediaries and self‑regulation: the need for greater transparency through disciplinary law, sanctioning and qualifying criteria. International Sports Law Journal, 1-17.
Ioannidis, G. (2016). . In Play The Game Conference, COLORADO SPRINGS, USA, (pp. 17-38). T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague:
Ioannidis, G. (2015). . World Sports Law Report, 13 (6).
Ioannidis, G. (2006). International Sports Law Review, (2), 29-39.
Book chapters
Ioannidis, G. (2020). . In Chatziefstathiou, D., Garcia, B., & Séguin, B. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Routledge:
Ioannidis, G. (2016). . In Duval, A., & Rigozzi, A. (Eds.) Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration 2015. (pp. 17-38). The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press:
Ioannidis, G., & Grayson, E. (2000). Drugs, Health and Sporting Values.
Ioannidis, G., & Panagiotopoulos, D. (2000). Sports Law and the system of sporting activity in Greece.
Other activities
Editor - International Sports Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell, London, UK
Editor - Sport & Law, Nomiki Vivliothiki, Athens, Greece
Media
A regular contributor to Sky News and BBC News with an international profile focusing on all anti-doping developments and general matters on sports law.