Dr Gregory Ioannidis

Dr Gregory Ioannidis, Lecturer in Law at the University of Buckingham, top UK university for student satisfactionLLB (Hons), LLM (Sports Law), PhD (Sports Law), Master of the Moots, Negotiation Co-ordinator, Faculty Advisor for the Bar of England and Wales, Advocate
Senior Lecturer in Law

A well known and internationally recognised sports lawyer, Gregory Ioannidis is a senior lecturer in Sports Law at Buckingham and a practising advocate specialising in sports law, arbitration and litigation. He teaches Contract Law and Legal Skills & Procedure and he is responsible for the development and practical legal training of the students. His PhD is based on the criminalisation of doping in sport and his research concentrates on issues of doping in sport and other regulatory issues.

He has advised and represented a number of high profile sports personalities and governing bodies on issues of doping and other sports law related matters. One of his most notable cases was the Greek Sprinters case [Mr Kenteris and Ms Thanou] in 2006 where he acted as their Counsel and he successfully negotiated an out-of-court settlement with the IAAF. He appears regularly before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber, where he deals with a number of different applications ranging from doping in sport to players’ contracts and transfers, European competition law, human rights and regulatory issues. Dr Ioannidis was voted “in the top 20 of the world’s most influential sports lawyers” by Sports Business International magazine in November 2009.

Gregory has published widely in a number of journals and he is co-author of “Drugs, health and sporting values” with Edward Grayson in O’Leary, J. (ed.), Drugs and Doping in Sport: Socio-Legal Perspectives (London: Cavendish, 2001) and “The legal regulation of sporting activities in Greece” in A. Caiger & S. Gardiner (eds), Professional Sport in the EU (The Hague: Asser, 2000). He also writes a Sports Law blog.

In brief:

  • Senior Lecturer in Law
  • Head of Sports Law at CGV & Co LLC
  • 3 Fleet Street Chambers, London
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy.
  • Editor, Denning Law Journal
  • Master of the Moots
  • Negotiation Co-ordinator
  • Faculty Advisor for the Bar
  • Member, Ethics Committee

Practice specialties

  • Sports Law, Litigation, Arbitration, Disciplinary Hearings before Sporting Governing Bodies, Contracts of Employment, Doping in Sport, Broadcasting Rights, Competition Law, Status and Transfer of Players, Regulatory Issues.

Selected publications

  • “Analysis of UEFA’s rules on illicit chanting”, World Sports Law Report 10.2 (February 2012), 2-5. Read more
  • “Freedom of expression and public criticism of sporting officials”, World Sports Law Report 9.4 (April 2011).
  • “The application of criminal law on doping infractions and the ‘Whereabouts Information’ rule: State regulation v self-regulation”, International Sports Law Journal 2010.1-2, 14-25.  Read more
  • “The Caster Semenya case: gender verification in sport”, World Sports Law Report 7.10 (November 2009).
  • “Player contracts: Greek FA accepts nationality restrictions violate EU law”, World Sports Law Report 7.8 (October 2009).
  • “Regulations 5.3 & 5.4 of the FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players: a case study before the Court of Arbitration for Sport”, International Sports Law Journal 2009.1-2, 35-37, 40-42.
  • “Doping in sport, the rules on ‘missed tests’, ‘non-analytical finding’ cases and the legal implications”, International Sports Law Journal 2007.3-4, 19-27.
  • “The WADA Code amendments: progress made but the patient is not treated yet”, World Sports Law Report 5.1 (August 2007).
  • “Legal regulation of doping in sport and the application of criminal law on doping infractions: Can a coercive response be justified?”, International Sports Law Review, 2006.1, 29-39.

gregory.ioannidis@buckingham.ac.uk

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