Attorney at Law Antanas Paulauskas successfully represented US based basketball player Kendrick Brown against his former club BC Dzukija in the dispute brought before the Lithuanian court.
Case announcement originally published on . The following report records the matter as described at that time.
Attorney at Law Antanas Paulauskas successfully represented US based basketball player Kendrick Brown against his former club BC Dzukija in the dispute brought before the Lithuanian court.
The Player’s claim was upheld in full.
Back to all insightsFIFA’s new Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players reshape the rules on contractual stability, compensation, player mobility and transfer economics. The reform answers some of the questions raised by Diarra — but its application is also likely to create new ones.
FIFA transfer regulationsA recent Basketball Arbitral Tribunal award, in which I represented the player, considered what happens when a player suffers a serious injury while representing his national team under a multi-year fully guaranteed contract.
Guaranteed contracts & injuryA recent FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber case in which I represented a football club is a useful reminder that extending a player’s contract is not always as simple as exercising an option, while the absence of a signature does not necessarily mean that no binding agreement exists.
Contract extensions & consent