In a Nutshell

By decision of 6 November 2025, the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) dismissed a civil law appeal lodged by an Argentinian football agent (Appellant or Agent) against a decision of the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) dated 7 March 2025 (CAS 2023/O/10217), by means of which the CAS declared itself incompetent to hear a claim directed against an Italian professional football club (Respondent or Club).

The Appellant alleged that the CAS Panel wrongly declined jurisdiction by refusing to extend the arbitration clause contained in a commission agreement with a now-defunct Italian club to the Respondent, which it considered to be the sporting successor of the original contracting party. In a second ground, the Appellant claimed a violation of its right to be heard, alleging that the Panel failed to examine material aspects of its argumentation.

Both arguments were rejected by the SFT.

This SFT decision is particularly enlightening in...

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