Key legal question
Whether the CAS award violated public policy, in particular pacta sunt servanda, by interpreting the transfer addendum and relying on witness testimony.
Extracted holding
No. The arbitral panel’s interpretation matched the operative part of the award; pacta sunt servanda is violated only when a tribunal applies or refuses a contractual clause contrary to its own interpretation of that clause.
Extracted reasoning
The complaint merely attacked the interpretation and evidentiary assessment, which fall outside the narrow scope of material public policy review.