UJJWAL SAREEN
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Seasoned Independent Practicing Advocate with a robust background in legal research and client representation, notably within the sports law arena and for entities like the All India Football Federation. Excelled in regulatory compliance and critical thinking, providing pro bono services and streamlining legal processes. Demonstrates exceptional time management and a track record of impactful legal advisories.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Independent Practicing Advocate
Independent Practicing Advocate
, India
05.2021 - 12.2024
- Advising and/ or representing clients in various Courts and/ or Forums including but not limited to High Court of Gujarat, District Courts etc in the State of Gujarat;
- Enrolled as a panel advocate in the High Court Legal Services Committee at the High Court of Gujarat and providing pro bono legal services to litigants;
- Preparing legal briefs, legal notices and providing legal opinions etc as per requirements of the clients;
- Managing legal compliance, reviewing, drafting and amending player agreement template, coach agreement template and loan agreement template for two football Clubs i.e. FC Bengaluru United and Jamshedpur FC;
- Advising and/ or representing clients in various Forums in field of Sports Law including but not limited to All India Football Federation Players' Status Committee, FIFA Players' Status Committee etc.
Assistant Manager (Legal), Players' Status and Registration Department
All India Football Federation
New Delhi, India
04.2019 - 04.2021
- Assisted in drafting AIFF Regulations for the Status and Transfers of Players;
- Assisted in drafting the decisions for the AIFF Players' Status Committee and AIFF Disciplinary Committee;
- Assisted in drafting the AIFF Domestic Professional Male Player Template Agreement;
- Managed the compliance of the Regulations of AIFF;
- Assisted in drafting AIFF Anti-Doping Regulations;
- Assisted in drafting Service Agreements;
- Assisted in drafting AIFF Terms of Services and Media Policy
Intern (Legal), Players' Status and Registration and/or Legal Department
All India Football Federation
, India
06.2018 - 01.2019
- Paid Interned at the Players' Status and Registration and/or Legal Department of the All India Football Federation for a period of seven months
Education
Professional LLM - Canadian Common Law
Osgoode Professional Development, York University
01-2026
5 Years' Integrated Law Programme
Unitedworld School of Law
Gandhinagar04.2019
Class XII - Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE]
Prakash Higher Secondary School
Ahmedabad04.2014
Class X - Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE]
Vrajbhoomi International School
Anand03.2012
Skills
- Legal research
- Contract drafting
- Client representation
- Regulatory compliance
- Dispute resolution
- Critical thinking
- Time management
Activities
- Judged Prelim and Quarter rounds of 2nd International Moot Court Competition on International Commercial Arbitration, 04/12/24, Unitedworld School of Law, Gandhinagar
- Judged Prelim and Quarter rounds of UWSL National Moot Court Competition, 04/29/22, Unitedworld School of Law, Gandhinagar
- Judged Final Round of 7th UWSL Intra Moot Court Competition, 09/24/21, Unitedworld School of Law, Gandhinagar
- Pursued edX Verified Certificate for 'Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law' by Stanford Online, 04/10/21
- Pursued certificate course on 'Competition & Anti-Trust Laws' from mylaw.net, 06/07/18
- Pursued certificate course on 'International Arbitration' from mylaw.net, 06/01/18
- Pursued certificate course on 'Sports Law' from mylaw.net, 04/23/18
- Pursued certificate course on 'Media Law' from Enhelion, 2017
- Participated in L.J. School of Law 1st National Moot Court Competition, 01/27/17 - 01/29/17, Ahmedabad
- Quarter-finalists in the 31st All India Inter University BCI Moot Court Competition, 02/04/16 - 02/07/16, Delhi
- Attended interactive session on 'Intellectual Property Rights' presided by Dr. Kushal Vibhute, 07/09/16
- Attended 3rd Amity Law School National Moot Court Competition, 10/30/15 - 11/02/15, Jaipur
- Attended 'National Seminar on Changing Face of Corporates with reference to amended provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility', 07/25/15 - 07/26/15, Unitedworld School of Law, Gandhinagar
- Attended State Level Seminar on 'Trial, Triumph and Societal impacts of protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005', 12/20/14, Unitedworld School of Law, Gandhinagar
Positions Of Responsibility
- Panel Advocate of the High Court Legal Services Committee, 2023 - Current, High Court of Gujarat
- Retained Lawyer for Jamshedpur FC, 2021 - Current, Jamshedpur, India
- Retained Lawyer for FC Bengaluru United, 2021 - Current, Bengaluru, India
- Assistant Manager (Legal), Players' Status and Registration and/or Legal Department, 2019 - 2021, AIFF
- Paid Intern (Legal), Players' Status and Registration and/or Legal Department, 2018 - 2019, AIFF
- Vice-President, Career Development and Placement Cell, 2018, Unitedworld School of Law
- Student President, Moot Court Society, 2017, Unitedworld School of Law
- Administrative Member, Sports Committee, 2017, Unitedworld School of Law
- Student Member, Indian National Bar Association, 2017, Unitedworld School of Law
Hobbies and Interests
- Sports
- Travel
References
- Mr. Rushabh Shah, Advocate, High Court of Gujarat
- Mr. Hardik Dave, Advocate, High Court of Gujarat
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the above-mentioned facts are true to my knowledge and can be verified.
Timeline
Independent Practicing Advocate
Independent Practicing Advocate
05.2021 - 12.2024
Assistant Manager (Legal), Players' Status and Registration Department
All India Football Federation
04.2019 - 04.2021
Intern (Legal), Players' Status and Registration and/or Legal Department
All India Football Federation
06.2018 - 01.2019
Professional LLM - Canadian Common Law
Osgoode Professional Development, York University
5 Years' Integrated Law Programme
Unitedworld School of Law
Class XII - Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE]
Prakash Higher Secondary School
Class X - Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE]
Vrajbhoomi International School
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