Benjamin Schindler is a Legal Counsel specialised in Sports Law and with over 8 years’ experience in the sport sector.
Benjamin Schindler is currently employed by the Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) as their Senior Legal Affairs Manager. His specialist focus has been on the areas of regulations, transfer disputes, disciplinary, integrity, governance, enforcement of arbitral decisions, eligibility, event hosting agreements, compliance, disputes in front of CAS and IP. Before this, he worked as a sponsoring contract specialist in Audemars Piguet (luxury Swiss watches). Benjamin Schindler is also the Single Point of Contact for integrity for FIBA Europe and FIBA, handling integrity related investigations and involved in the relevant disciplinary process as well. He is also lecturer from time to time for the FIFA Master, AISTS Master, MESGO, University Neuchatel and other universities.
Benjamin Schindler studied law In Geneva, Switzerland and then obtained a Master in Sports Law in University of Neuchatel writing a thesis about Intellectual Property in Sport. In 2023, he obtained from the University of Lausanne (in cooperation with UEFA) a certificate for the successful completion of FIGHT THE FIX, an anti match-fixing education programme.
