In May 2022, Llinks partner Mr. David Wu and Llinks attorney Mr. Roy Chu represented Shenzhen Football Club ("the club") in an arbitration case against a well-known professional football player before the Chinese Football Association Arbitration Committee. Llinks represented the club in all the arbitration proceedings, successfully helped the club in winning the case and dismissed all the claims raised by the opposite party.
The case involved disputes over jurisdiction and other arbitration procedures, as well as a number of issues concerning the nature of payment, the validity of contract terms and others. Our lawyers successfully safeguarded the club's legitimate rights and interests through multiple rounds of arbitration procedures such as exchange of evidences, cross-examination and defense procedures. Due to the non-public hearings of this case and the confidentiality of arbitration procedures, the specific details of the case cannot be disclosed.
The significance of this case is that the parties have a considerable degree of enlightenment on how to clarify the relationship between creditor's rights and debts in the professional football working relationship, as well as the burden of proof in the dispute resolution in the sports industry, which is worthy of reference for subsequent cases.
Llinks sports and entertainment law team has been committed to providing professional legal services to international and domestic sports and entertainment institutions and practitioners, and help them to maintain a dominant position in the development of the sports industry.
Llinks Team:
Partner: David Wu
Associate: Roy Chu
