Ilyashev & Partners has represented, pro bono, the interests of the Fencing Federation of Ukraine before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a matter involving the cancellation of the Extraordinary Congress of the International Fencing Federation decisions about the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials to participating in individual and group competitions.
Founded by the International Olympic Committee in 1984 in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration institution that administers sports arbitration disputes.
The Ilyashev & Partners team included Managing Partner Mikhail Ilyashev and Counsel Roman Protsyshyn.