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Sarah Solemale
Sarah  Solémalé  is  a  lawyer  from  Paris.  Among  others,  Sarah  is  a  graduate  of  Paris-1  Panthéon  Sorbonne  University  in  Business  Law,  of  Shanghai  Normal  University  in  Chinese  Law  and  Economics  as  well  as  of  the  University  of  Zurich  in  International  Sports  Law.

Since  2013,  Sarah  has  been  working  at  Fédération  Internationale  Football-Association  (FIFA)  in  Zurich.  After  having  started  in  the  Players’  Status  Department  as  Legal  Counsel  in  charge  of  transfers  of  players  and  contractual  disputes  between  football  stakeholders.  She  also  represented  FIFA  before  the  Court  of  Arbitration  for  Sport  (CAS)  in  her  capacity  of  litigator.  Since  2018,  Sarah  has  been  in  charge  of  governance-related  matters,  acting  predominantly  on  the  African  continent  to  ensure  the  implementation  of  good  governance  principles  for  the  betterment  of  the  governance  structure  of  FIFA  member  associations.

Sarah  is  additionally  lecturing  in  several  sports  law  programs  in  Europe,  Africa  and  the  Caribbean  region.  Sarah  is  therewith  active  in  a  number  of  associations  promoting  women  in  sports.