The Sports Law specialist is the first woman confirmed for the second edition of the Grand Professional Football Fair

The Thinking Football Summit 2023 continues to take shape, with the announcement of another household name, who will be present at the Super Bock Arena, in Porto, between 7 and 9 September this year.

We are talking about Matilde Costa Dias, a Portuguese attorney specialized in sports law. After starting her career in sports law back in 2014 where she collaborated directly with a Portuguese CAS Arbitrator, Rui Botica Santos, and moved to Barcelona in 2015 where she joined the Spanish firm Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle.

After almost 6 years working in Barcelona, ​​Matilde joined the 14 Sports Law, where she currently coordinates the Litigation & Arbitration Department.

In addition, she has recently been elected as a Judge to the FIA Cost Cap Adjudication Panel, she is the President of the Appeals Committee of the Portuguese Surfing Federation, a member of the Board of Directors of APDD (Portuguese Association of Sports Law) and has also several publications related to ​​Sports Law.