Cornel Borbély Explained

Cornel Borbély
Birth Place:Dürnten
Nationality:Swiss
Education:University of Zurich and University of Lucerne
Occupation:Lawyer
Years Active:2006–present
Chairman of the Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee
Term:2014–2017
Predecessor:Michael J. Garcia
Successor:María Claudia Rojas

Cornel Borbély (born 1978) is a Swiss jurist. He is a lawyer in Zurich and was from 2014 until 2017 the second chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee.

Life and education

Borbély was born in 1978[1] in Dürnten.[2] After graduating from high school he worked for a major bank from 1997 to 2000 and studied jurisprudence at the same time at the University of Zurich.[3] Borbély graduated in 2003 and received his doctorate in 2005, also from the University of Zurich.[4] At the University of Lucerne, he received a degree in forensics in 2007 and a Masters in Economic Crime Investigation in 2011.[5]

Professional career

Borbély was approved as lawyer, in the Canton of Zurich in 2006 and in the same year became Law Clerk to the prosecutor of the Canton. In 2007, he was appointed to prosecutor in charge of general criminal matters. In 2008, Borbély moved to the department for economic crime[6] and was group leader there as of 2011. After retiring in 2014, Borbély worked as an attorney at a law firm in Zurich.[7] In 2015, he opened his own law firm for criminal and commercial law[8] in Zurich.[9]

FIFA Ethics Committee

Borbély was appointed deputy chairman of the Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee in May 2013.[10] [11] Together with Michael J. Garcia, the chairman of the investigation chamber, he examined the allegations of corruption in connection with the awarding of the Football World Cup 2018 and 2022 to Russia and Qatar.[12] In order to avoid conflicts of interest for the US American Garcia, Borbély was given the main responsibility for the investigation of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in October 2013.[13] The investigation report was submitted to the Judicial Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee in September 2014.[14] [15] After the resignation of Garcia as chairman of the investigation chamber, FIFA determined that Borbély was to be his successor.[16] The FIFA Congress in May 2015 confirmed him as chairman.[17] Together with Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of the adjudicatory chamber, Borbély had made a significant commitment to fight against a confidentiality clause in ongoing proceedings of the FIFA Ethics Committee and for more transparency and the right to information. In October 2015, the FIFA Executive Committee approved new rules for the disclosure of investigative information.[18]

Borbély was responsible for the investigation of high FIFA officials, like Jerome Valcke, Jeffrey Webb, Franz Beckenbauer, Eugenio Figueredo, Nicolás Leoz, Ángel María Villar,[19] Jack Warner,[20] Chung Mong-joon,[21] Wolfgang Niersbach[22] and Theo Zwanziger. He was not responsible for the investigations against former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, since Blatter is also Swiss. Borbély was represented in this case by Robert Torres from Guam.[23] Because the investigations against Blatter also concerned UEFA President Michel Platini, responsibility for the investigation against Platini was transferred to Vanessa Allard from Trinidad and Tobago.[24]

In May 2017, he was already invited to the relevant FIFA Congress in Bahrain and, without giving reasons or in contrary to statements by Secretary-General Fatma Samoura, was informed during the arrival flight that he would not be nominated for re-election. Borbély evaluated this as a dusting on the hundreds of other cases that were pilling up on his desk, and commented, "The Code of Ethics [of FIFA] is now a dead piece of paper." He was succeeded by the Colombian Maria Claudia Rojas.[25]

Sports Governance Unit

Together with Hans-Joachim Eckert,[26] the former chairman of the Judicial Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, and Marc Tenbücken, a communications expert, Borbély founded the Sports Governance Unit in November 2017,[27] which advises sports associations, clubs and sponsors on good governance.[28]

Other activities

Borbély is deputy chief of military justice of the Swiss Air Force and lecturer in economic criminal law.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erneuerungswahl der Staatsanwältinnen und Staatsanwälte des Bezirks Zürich für die Amtsdauer 2009-2013 . 2008-11-20 . Bezirksrat Zürich . 2016-06-23 . German .
  2. Web site: Cornel Borbély . moneyhouse . 2016-06-23 . German . 2016-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160519180437/http://www.moneyhouse.ch/p/borbely_cornel-13420754/index.htm . dead .
  3. News: Ein Zürcher auf Spurensuche im Fussballsumpf . Stäuble . Mario . 2014-07-26 . Tages-Anzeiger . 2016-06-23 . German .
  4. Web site: Kanzleieröffnung Dr. Cornel Borbély . Weblaw . 2016-06-23 . German . 2016-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160617091905/http://www.weblaw.ch/competence/services/personalia/aktuell/2015/Anwaltskanzlei_Borb%C3%A9ly.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Cornel Borbély . Pegasus . 2016-06-23 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20160519180444/http://pegasus-legal.ch/Ueber-uns/Cornel-Borbely/ . 2016-05-19 . dead .
  6. Web site: Dr Cornel Borbély . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811105227/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/committees/02/66/01/19/drcornelborb%C3%89ly_neutral.pdf . dead . August 11, 2016 . FIFA . 2016-06-23 .
  7. Web site: Gutachter: Kein Widerruf von Russland und Katar . Barmettler . Stefan . 2015-01-14 . Handelszeitung . 2016-06-23 . German . 2016-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160519180448/http://www.handelszeitung.ch/sport/gutachter-kein-widerruf-von-russland-und-katar-724106 . dead .
  8. Web site: Top-Anwälte: Die heimliche Elite des Wirtschaftslebens . Müller . Leo . 2016-04-01 . Bilanz . 2016-06-23 . German . 2017-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170101204856/http://www.bilanz.ch/unternehmen/top-anwaelte-die-heimliche-elite-des-wirtschaftslebens-577536 . dead .
  9. Web site: Kampf gegen Korruption geht weiter . Ramming . Stephan . 2015-03-06 . Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 2016-06-23 . German.
  10. Web site: WM-Vergabe nach Katar könnte nichtig sein . Bräuer . Sebastian . 2013-10-20 . Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 2016-06-23 . German .
  11. Web site: Election of Chairman, deputy chairman and members . https://web.archive.org/web/20130810215501/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/bodies/02/08/94/03/listcommittees_neutral.pdf . dead . August 10, 2013 . 2013-05-31 . FIFA . 2018-02-06 .
  12. News: Ein Zürcher auf Spurensuche im Fussballsumpf . Stäuble . Mario . 2014-07-26 . Tages-Anzeiger . 2018-02-06 . German.
  13. Web site: Stellungnahme der Untersuchungskammer der FIFA-Ethikkommission . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128195847/http://de.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2013/m=10/news=statement-the-investigatory-chamber-the-fifa-ethics-committee-2192461.html . dead . November 28, 2016 . 2013-10-08 . FIFA . 2018-02-06.
  14. Web site: Fifa's ethics investigator Michael Garcia delivers 350-page report on bidding process of 2018 and 2022 World Cups . Wilson . Jeremy . 2014-09-05 . The Telegraph . 2018-02-06.
  15. News: FIFA report on allegedly corrupt World Cup bidding process submitted, but you'll probably never see it . Payne . Marissa . 2014-09-05 . The Washington Post . 2018-02-06.
  16. Web site: Sepp Blatter rules out revisiting World Cup vote . 2014-12-19 . The Irish Times . 2018-02-06.
  17. Web site: Cornel Borbély zum Chefermittler der FIFA-Ethikkommission gewählt . 2015-05-29 . Nordbayerischer Kurier . 2016-06-23 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20170101204850/http://www.nordbayerischer-kurier.de/nachrichten/cornel-Borb%C3%A9ly-zum-chefermittler-der-fifa-ethikkommission . 2017-01-01 . dead .
  18. Web site: Neue Chance für Platini . 2015-10-21 . Südwest Presse . 2018-02-06 . German . 2016-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128200046/http://www.swp.de/ulm/sport/fussball/ueberregional/neue-chance-fuer-platini-11792102.html . dead .
  19. News: Die Verfahren der FIFA-Ethikhüter: Beckenbauer und Co. . Faz.net . 2015-10-21 . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . 2018-02-06 . German.
  20. Web site: Fifa sperrt Ex-Vizepräsident Warner lebenslang . 2015-09-29 . Spiegel . 2018-02-06 . German.
  21. News: Endlich so etwas wie Hoffnung für die Fifa . Röhn . Tim . Die Welt . 2015-10-08 . Welt . 2018-02-06 . German.
  22. Web site: Niersbach muss mit Verlust aller Funktionärsämter rechnen . 2016-05-20 . Zeit . 2018-02-06 . German.
  23. Web site: Zwanziger attackiert die Fifa . 2016-03-22 . Rheinische Post . 2018-02-06 . German.
  24. Web site: Eine Petarde im Nebel . Birrer . Peter B. . 2015-11-24 . Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 2018-02-06 . German.
  25. Web site: Fifa entmachtet ihre Kritiker . Röhn . Tim . 2017-05-10 . Spiegel . 2018-02-06 . German.
  26. Web site: Frühere Fifa-Chefethiker gründen Firma . Wagner . Elmar . 2017-11-21 . Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 2018-04-12 . German.
  27. Web site: Frühere FIFA-Ethiker gründen Beratungsfirma . 2017-11-16 . Zeit Online . 2018-04-12 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20180319084529/http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-11/16/fussball-fruehere-fifa-ethiker-gruenden-beratungsfirma-16130603 . 2018-03-19 . dead .
  28. Web site: Ex-FIFA-Ethiker gründen neue "Sports Governance Unit" . 2017-11-26 . Deutschlandfunk . 2018-04-12 . German.
  29. Web site: Die Kostentragung in Einstellungsverfügungen . Universität Basel . 2018-02-01 . German .
  30. Web site: 9783727290190 Der Grundsatz der geheimen Abstimmung . Borbély . Cornel . 2015 . Stämpfli Verlag . 2018-02-01 . German .
  31. Web site: Unternehmen im Fokus von Straftätern . Borbély . Cornel . 2016-08-25 . KMU-Magazin . 2018-02-01 . German .
  32. Web site: Fachartikel-Archiv der MQ . Borbély . Cornel . 2018-02-01 . Tüv Rheinland . 2018-02-01 . German .

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