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Me Prosper Abega (1964)
Avocat (France / Cameroon)
Avocat. Member of the FIFA Players' Status Committee; Membre de la Commission des Affaires Juridiques de la FIFA. Membre de la Commission des Affaires Juridiques de la CAF. Président de la Commission dAppel de la Confédération Africaine de Football. Expert FIFA dans le cadre du Programme "Gouvernance".
Dr George Abela (1948)
Attorney-at-law (Malta)
Attorney in private practice specialising in civil, commercial, industrial and family law; President of Malta Football Association 1982-1992; Deputy Leader of the Malta Labour Party (Party Affairs) 1992-1997; Legal Advisor to Prime Minister of Malta 1996-1997; Former Director Central Bank of Malta; Former Executive Director Bank of Valletta plc; President of Malta 2009-2014.
Mr Ahmed Aboemarah (1986)
Lawyer (Saudi Arabia)
LL.M Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas, USA. Executive Director of Legal Affairs, Saudi Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA). Head of Legal Affairs, Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC). Chairman of the Appeal Committee of the Saudi Arabia Maritime Sports Federation. Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the Saudi Arabian Swimming Federation.
Mr Cecil Abraham (1945)
Advocate & Solicitor (Malaysia)
LL.B. Barrister-at-law, Middle Temple 1969; Admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya 1970; Chartered Arbitrator; Mediator; Senior Partner at Cecil Abraham and Partners (2015- ); Previously Consultant in Zul Rafique & Partners; Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (Barrister).
Ms Laura Abrahamson (1963)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor, 1987; Senior Vice President, Global Head of Litigation and Dispute, AECOM; former head of litigation, Occidental Petroleum, former Attorney at O'Melveny & Myers and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Member of Institute for Transnational Arbitration (2014-2016); Member Arbitration Committee International Bar Association (2013-2016); Reporter IBA Arbitration Guidelines and Rules Subcommittee (2015-2016); Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (CCIAG) (2013-2014; 2018).
Professor Roger Abrams (1945)
Professor of Law / arbitrator (USA)
Juris Doctor; Richardson Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law; labor arbitrator; baseball salary arbitrator. See CV for full details.
Mr Gustavo Albano Abreu (1965)
Attorney-at-law (Argentina)
Doctor in Law. President of the Antidoping National Disciplinary Tribunal of Argentina (2016- ); Director of Cátedra de Derecho del Deporte, Universidad Austral. Executive Director of LLM, Universidad Austral. Legal Advisor. Member of Tribunal de Disciplina of Ente Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo (ENARD).
Ms Susan Ahern (1972)
Barrister (Ireland)
Practising barrister at the Bar of Ireland. Member of the Sports Resolution UK International Panel. Director of Just Sport Ireland. Former Chair of Olympic Council of Ireland Judicial Committee. Member of the IAAF Legal Commission; IOC Judicial Working Group on Integrity Code of Conduct (2015-2016); World Anti-Doping Agency Independent Observer - Beijing Olympics (2008); Executive Committee Member, Olympic Council of Ireland (2004-2014); Member Finance Committee of the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (2002-2004); President of Volleyball Ireland (1999-2004). Represented Ireland in Volleyball at junior and senior level.
Mr Dong Su Ahn (1941)
Attorney-at-law (Korea)
President of Korea Sports Arbitration Committee. Adviser of Korea Taekwondo Association. Attorney-at-law. Former Minister of Justice (Korea).
Mr Pekka Aho (1981)
Attorney-at-law (Finland / Italy)
Attorney-at-law at Applex Attorneys-at-Law; Admitted to the Bar of Helsinki; Master of Laws from the University of Helsinki; Master in International Sports Law ISDE Madrid.
Mr Richard Akpokavie (1960)
Notary public; barrister at law; President Ghana Hockey Association (2014- ); Secretary General Ghana Olympic Committee (2011- ); Member International Hockey Federation Rules Board (2010-2012); Chairman Ghana Football Association Disciplinary Committee (2005-2015); Player Ghana Senior Hockey team (1977-1992).
Mr Abdulwahhab Al Hinai (1981)
Attorney-at-law (Oman)
Lawyer in the Sultanate of Oman; Chairman of the Omani Sports Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee (since 2015); Member of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Ethics Committee; Member of the Asian Swimming Federation Ethics Committee; LLM Kings College London (2011); MBA University of Strathclyde (2013).
Mr Mohammad Al Kamali (1970)
Lawyer (United Arab Emirates)
Batchelor of Law from Dubai Police Academy; Diploma in Commercial Law; Certificate in Commercial Arbitration; UAE Parliament Member; General Authority of Youth & Sports Welfare Board Member; UAE National Olympic Committee Secretary General and Executive Office Member; Vice President of UAE Equestrian Federation; Dubai Sports Council Board and Executive Office Member; Chairman of the Founding Committee of GCC Court of Arbitration for Sport; GCC Olympic Executive Board Member; Olympic Council of Asia Executive board Member and Chaiman of Culture Committee; Association of National Olympic Committees Member of Statutory Committee; Board Member of Association of National Olympic Committees; Dubai Sports Council Chairman of Professionalism and Development Committee; Dubar Sports Council Chairman of Dubai International Sports Conference; Chef de Mission for London 2012 Olympic Games; UAE Professional League Member of Founding Team;
Mr Saleh Al Obeidli (1980)
Arbitrator (United Arab Emirates)
Managing Partner of "Saleh Alobeidli Advocates & Legal Consultants"; member of the Executive Committee of the Sharjah International Arbitration Centre; member of the Legal Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Participated in drafting various sports regulations in the Middle East. Arbitrator at the Saudi Sports Arbitration Centre; Conciliator at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Washington (ICSID).
Dr. Rashid Al-Anezi (1954)
Juris doctor; OCA Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (2017- ); Professor of International Law at Kuwait University School of Law; practicing lawyer; international arbitrator;
Mr Salman Al-Ansari (1981)
lawyer (Qatar)
Vice-President Foundation of Qatar Sports Arbitration (2016- ); Qatar Player's Association (2015- ); Al-Ansari & Associates (2007- ); Qatar University College of Law (2008- ); Member of the Appeal Committee of the Asian Football Confederation;
Mr Bandar Alhamidani (1983)
Lawyer (Saudi Arabia)
LLM in international Sports Law. Former Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of Saudi Arabian Football Federation; Member of the Legal Committee of the Arab Gulf Football Federation; Arbitrator before Saudi Sport Arbitration Center; 4th Deputy Chairman of the AFC Entry Control Body
Mr José María Alonso Puig (1953)
Attorney-at-law (Spain)
Lawyer at José María Alonso Abogados SLP (May 2018 -). Formerly President, Baker Mackenzie Madrid; Special representative for International Relations of J&A Garrigues, SLP; Coordinator of J&A Garrigues International Arbitration Team. Former Managing Partner of J&A Garrigues, SLP. Chairman of the Arbitration Court of the Madrid Bar Association. Chairman of the Spanish Arbitration Club (2005-2009) and currently Honorary Chairman. Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte".
Dr Sultan Alosaimei (1983)
Professor of law (Saudi Arabia)
LL.M-Indiana University, USA. Associate Professor in Law. Director of Investment Division at King Abdul Aziz University. Chairman of Private Law Department, Faculty of Law, King Abdul Aziz University. Founder Member of Arab Federation for International Arbitration, Cairo, Egypt.
Mr Henri C. Alvarez (1954)
Arbitrator (Canada)
Independent arbitrator based at Vancouver Arbitration Chambers; Previously Partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia.
Dr. Borhan Amrallah (1940)
Judge (Egypt)
Doctor of law; Chief Justice of Cairo High Court of Appeal (Egypt); Justice of Appelate Division at COMESA Court of Justice (Lusaka-Zambia); Visiting Law Professor at Egyptian & Foreign Universities; Faculty Member of National Center for Judicial Studies (Egypt); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London); Member of Comité Français dArbitrage (Paris); Arbitrator at: ICC Egyptian & French National Committees; Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and Gulf cooperation Council Commercial Arbitration Center (Bahrain); Former: a) Legal and Insurance Affairs Manager of Qatar Petrochemical Co. (Qatar); b) Justice at Qatar High Court of Appeal; c) Legal Advisor of Ahly Bank Kuwait); d)Assistant Mnisterof Justice for International Cooperation & Arbitration (Egypt); e) Chief Justice of Cairo Economic Court.
Dr Shouzhi An (1976)
Attorney-at-law (China)
Executive Partner in charge of sports law team at Guantao Law Firm, Xiamen Office; Director of China Association for Sports Law (CASL); Adjunct Professor of Jimei University Navigation College; Adjunct Professor of ICD Business School (France); Legal counsel for the Olympic Games Preparation office of General Administration of Sports of China (2018-present); Legal counsel of the Gymnasiade 2020 schools Summer Games; Legal counsel of the Chinese Rowing Association; Legal Advisor for Chinese Athletic Association.
Me Lucas Anderes (1954)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Avocat. Associé à létude Giroud & Anderes. Depuis 1993, membre du Tribunal de la Fédération suisse de sport équestre (depuis 1997 comme président).
Prof. Jack Anderson (1974)
Professor of law (Ireland)
Professor of Sports Law and Director of Sports Law Studies, University of Melbourne (2017-), Professor of Law, Queens University Belfast (2012- 2017); Editor in Chief, International Sports Law Journal (2012-2016 ); Founding Editorial Board Member, Lawinsport.com; Arbitrator and Mediator for Sports Resolutions UK (2007- ); Arbitrator and Mediator for Just Sport Ireland (2007- ); Arbitrator and Mediator on Football Association of Ireland Appeal and Disciplinary Panels (2013- 2017); General Secretary, Arbitrator and Mediator on Disputes Resolution Authority of Gaelic Athletic Association (Ireland) (2006- 2017). Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Mr Reto Annen (1977)
Arbitrator (Switzerland)
Founder and Vice-President of the Swiss Association of Ice Hockey Players (SAIP); Founder and Board Member (secretary) of the World Association of Ice Hockey Players Union (WAIPU); Found and Vice-President of the "Fairsport Association" athlete agency
Mr Mario René Archila Cruz (1962)
Attorney-at-law (Guatemala)
Lawyer and Notary. Partner of regional Law firm, Arias Guatemala, S.A.; Ex-Partner of Consortium-Rodríguez, Archila, Castellanos, Solares & Aguilar, S.C. Ex-Arbitration and Litigation. Secretary of the Executive Commission of the National Federation of Football in Guatemala. Ex-President of the Disciplinary Organization of the National Football League in Guatemala. Currently leading the Litigation department of Arias Guatemala.
Me Luc Argand (1948)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Avocat au barreau de Genève; ancien Bâtonnier de lordre des avocats genevois; membre de la Chambre ad hoc du TAS aux Jeux Olympiques dété, Atlanta, 1996; ancien membre du Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature genevois (1996-2007); Président de la Commission de surveillance des notaires.
Mr Juan Pablo Arriagada Aljaro (1971)
Attorney-at-law (Chile)
Attorney at law at Santiago, Chile; Llm commercial law and labor law; founder and main partner of the law firm "Arriagada & Co. Lawyers", Santiago, Chile; Executive Secretary of Chilean Football Federation (1997 – 2001); Member of the National Court of Arbitration for Sports in Santiago, Chile; Member of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre; Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Mr Türker Arslan (1942)
Attorney-at-law (Turkey)
Attorney-at-law. 1st Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey (NOC) and Chairperson of NOCs sport and Law Commission. President of the Anti-Doping Commission of Turkey (TADA); Former President of the Appeal Board of the Turkish Football Association. Former memberships of the Executive Boards of the athletisme and the football federations. Executive Board former membership and Council member of the Galatasaray Sport Club.
Mr David Askinas (1951)
Lawyer (USA)
Lawyer. Sports Law Consultant (2017-present). Vice-President and General Counsel, Vizant Technologies, LLC (2013-2017). Instructor, Sports Law, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (2011-2015). Chief Executive Officer, USA Taekwondo (2006-2011). Vice-President, Pan-American Taekwondo Union (2006-2011). General Counsel, Chief Operating Officer, CEO, United Soccer Leagues, Tampa, Florida (1997-2004). Director, Appeals Committee, Rules Committee, United States Soccer Federation (USSF) (1997-2004). Grants Committee, U.S. Soccer Federation Foundation (1999-2003).
Mr Gil Atar (1966)
Barrister (Israel)
Barrister. Partner in Law Firm - Naschitz Brandes Amir & Co. Legal Advisor of Israeli Olympic Committee. Represents the Israeli NOC and the Israeli Football and Basketball Associations.
Dr Parand Azizi (1971)
Attorney-at-law (Iran)
Juris doctor; Legal Advisor NOC Iran (2014 -); Legal expert Iran Ministry of Sport & Youth; Legal Advisor in Iran Equestrian & Volleyball Federations (2005-2007); Member Iran Equestrian Federation Doping Committee (2004-2007);
Mr Jahangir Baglari (1955)
Lawyer (Iran)
Attorney at law; LL.B Tehran University, LLM in Private Law; Head of legal department (Physical Education Organization) Sport Ministry Iran (10 years); Formerly associate member of the Law Firm 4-5 Grays Inn Square London, UK; Appeal Committee member in AFC (Asian Football Confederation).
Mr Xianyue (Simon) Bai (1970)
Attorney-at-law (China)
M.Jur from University of Oxford; Council member of China Sports Law Association; Vice-chair of Arbitration Committee of Tianjin Bar Association; Member of Arbitration Committee of IPBA; Managing Partner Chenyi Law Office
Mr C. Mark Baker (1959)
Lawyer (USA)
Juris Doctor. Senior Partner and Global Co-Head of International Arbitration in Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP. Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association. Former LCIA Court Member. Panel arbitrator for USA Track and Field; CPR Sports Panel.
Mr Maciej Balazinski (1977)
Attorney-at-law (Poland)
Attorney-at-law at Maciej Balazinksi and partners attorney's office; Secretary of the Supervisory Board of REMAK S.A.; Secretary of the Supervisory Board of Ekstraklasa SA (2014-2015 + 2017-2018); Vice President/Managing Director of Lechia Gdansk SA (2014-2017); Member of the Sports Law Committee of the Polish Olympic Committee (2013-2016); Arbitrator at the National Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Polish Football Association (2011-2016); Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Polish Football Association and Polish Ice Hockey Federations (2004-2007/8).
Dr Marco Balmelli (1969)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Dr.iur. Attorney-at-law, Notary Public. Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Basel (sports law including the consultation of professional international athletes, corporate law, M & A and commercial law).
Justice Richard A. Banda (1937)
Barrister-at-law (Malawi)
Barrister-at-law; Chief Justice of Malawi; Head of the judiciary in the country; former State advocate; former chief resident magistrate; former director of public prosecutions; former minister of justice and attorney general; former judge of the High Court and Supreme Court of Malawi; President Football Association of Malawi; President Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi.
Mr Efraim Barak (1957)
Attorney-at-law (Israel)
Consultant & Professor of sports law, Efraim Barak Sports Law & Consultancy (2018- ); Senior Partner & head of sports law department, D. Mirkin & Co., Advocates & Notaries (1987-2017); Member of Sports Law and Sports Legislation Committee of the Israel Bar; General Counsel and Head of legal department of the Israel Football Association (2014-2017); Member of UEFA's legal Committee (2015- ); Professor and Academic Director at the Master degree program in international Sport Law, at the Cardinal Herrera University (Madrid, Valencia & Barcelona) (2018- ) and the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid (2006-2016); Professor of Sport Law in various Universities worldwide; Member of the Board and treasurer of the "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte". Ex-Member (Judge) of the Supreme Court of the Israel Basketball Association.
Mme Carole Barbey (1946)
Juge suppléante (Switzerland)
Juge suppléante à la Cour de Justice du Canton de Genève; ancien substitut du procureur général; membre du Comité exécutif de la Fédération Mondiale de Curling (WCF); médaille dargent aux Championnats dEurope de Curling 1986.
Mr H. Pat Barriscale (1958)
Barrister (Ireland)
Judicial Officer with European Rugby Cup (2005-_); Judicial Officer with Irish Rugby Fooball Union (2005-_); Judicial Officer with 6 Nations Rugby (2008-_); Judicial Officer with Pro 12 Rugby (2010-_); representing players/clubs at disciplinary/misconduct hearings 2008-2011; Legal Advisor Irish Greyhound Board 2002-2011
Mr Marc Beaumont (1963)
Barrister-at-law, arbitrator (United Kingdom)
LLB; accredited mediator; UK Co-Chair of New York State Bar Association, International Section; Registered as a F.A. Intermediary; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
The Hon. Michael Beloff (1942)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
QC. Barrister (Blackstone Chambers, London), MA (Oxford), President of Trinity College, Oxford (1996-2006); Master of the Bench of Gray's Inn, London Treasurer 2008; Senior Ordinary Judge of the Court of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey; former Recorder of the Crown Court and Deputy High Court Judge; Steward of the RAC (Motor Racing). Ethics Commissioner London Olympic Games 2012. President, British Association of Sport and Law (2004-). Chair IAAF Ethics Commission (2014); Chair of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal (2017). Chair ICC Code of Conduct Commission (2002-2015). Chair ICC Dispute Resolution Committee (2015-). Member Ironman Appeal Panel (2016-). Member Mixed Martial Arts Appeal Panel (2016-). Member FIA International Appeal Panel (2010-2017). Member European Tour Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (2014-). Honorary Legal Adviser IAAF London World Championships 2017. Member of the CAS ad hoc Divisions at the Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, (and Anti-Doping Division) Rio de Janeiro 2016 and at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur 1998, Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006.
Mr David Benck (1967)
Attorney-at-law (USA / Luxembourg)
J.D.1993, University of Alabama. Attorney-at-law. General Counsel for Hibbett Sports. UK Sport Resolutions Panel Member. American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution – Council Member, Co-Chair of Large Case Committee, and Co-Chair of the National Sports Advisory Committee. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta – Board of Directors (Birmingham). USA Gymnastics – Former Member of Board of Directors. The World Games 2021 Birmingham – Founder and Board of Directors. The World Game 2017 Wroclaw - Anti-Doping Observer. US Anti-Doping Agency - Former member of the Anti-Doping Review Board. Sports Lawyers Association - Member. Association of Corporate Counsel – Sport & Entertainment Lawyers Committee.
The Hon. Justice Annabelle Claire Bennett (1950)
Judge (Australia)
BSc (Hons), PhD (biochemistry-based), LLB, D Univ (hon Causa), D Laws (hon Causa). Consultant Barrister (Senior Counsel) and Mediator/Arbitrator. Former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Present positions include Chancellor, Bond University; President, NSW Anti-Discrimination Board; Chair, Land Services SA and Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Member of the CAS ad hoc Divisions at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi (2014) and Summer Olympic Games in Rio (2016).
Mr Jeffrey G. Benz (1968)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor; MBA; Attorney at law; barrister; former General Counsel at US Olympic Committee; former General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer at AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour; former Attorney at Coudert Brothers; former professional boxing promoter. Board of Directors of Sports Lawyers Assn, National Sports Law Institute, and Institute of Sports Law & Ethics; former member Mitchell Special Bid Oversight Commission, USOC Board/Executive Committee, USOC Athletes' Advisory Council (At Large), Salt Lake Organizing Committee Board of Trustees (Alternate Trustee), US Figure Skating Board of Directors. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and College of Commercial Arbitrators; Teach sports law and arbitration/mediation at Pepperdine University and ISDE. Former US Figure Skating Team member. Member of Rex Sport. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Ms Vesna Bergant Rakocevic (1970)
Judge (Slovenia)
Ph. D., Senior Higher Judge, High Court of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Guest lecturing at Faculty of Law, Universtiy of Ljubljana; Arbitrator with the Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia
Me François-Charles Bernard (1968)
Avocat (France)
Avocat à la Cour de Paris. Pratique de larbitrage international en qualité darbitre unique. Rapporteur de la Commission de droit administratif de lOrdre des Avocats à la Cour dAppel de Paris. Président fondateur de lAssociation des Jeunes Avocats de Droit Public (AJADP).
Me Michele A.R. Bernasconi (1963)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Attorney-at-law. Partner Bär & Karrer AG, Rechtsanwälte. Assistant & Lecturer at Zürich University 1991-1994. LL.M. at Harvard University (Mass., USA) 1995-1996. President of the ASDS, Swiss Sports Law Association. Past Chair of the Committee Telecommunications of the IBA, International Bar Association. WIPO Panelist in ICANN domain name proceedings. Co-Director of the UEFA Football Law Programme. Member of the ASA, Swiss Arbitration Association. Chair of the Committee Sports Law of the Swiss Bar Association. Chair of the Subcommittee Sports-related Disputes of the ABA, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee. Member of the Executive Board of Swiss Tennis.
Mr Attila Berzeviczi (1967)
Attorney-at-law (Hungary)
Chairman of Board Ferencvaros TC Football Co. Ltd; Managing Partner Berzeviczi Law Office;
Mr Genc Boga (1955)
Attorney-at-law (Albania)
Attorney-at-law. Managing Partner Boga & Associates.
Ms Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (1958)
Professor of Law (France / Switzerland)
Professor of International Law, University of Geneva. Associate Member, Institute of International Law. Member of the Board of Directors, MIDS – Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement. Expert with international organizations (inter alia, UN, ILO, WHO). Arbitrator in the areas of investment protection and international trade (ICSID, ICC, PCA, WTO). Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
Dr Anna Bordiugova (1982)
Attorney-at-law (Ukraine)
PhD, Attorney-at-law, sports lawyer (2003- ); match delegate and Ethics & Disciplinary Inspector at UEFA; Member of the legal Commission of the NOC of Ukraine; Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal; Former member of the appeals antidoping commission of the NADO of Ukraine; UIPM Court of Arbitration arbitrator (2017- ); Athlete, professional athlete 100mH & 400mH (1991-2005): Member of national athletics team of Ukraine. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Attorney-at-law Gonzalo Bossart (1974)
Attorney-at-law (Chile / Switzerland)
Master in humanities, management and law of sports; Partner and co-founder of Alessandri, Bossart & Pacheco law firm; Professor of sports law degree "management in sports" at Universidad Santo Tomás/CIES Programme; Executive Director at Deportes Zapallar, sports organization in charge of sports in the municipality of Zapallar (Chile); Former legal counsel of FIFA Players' Status Department; Former member of the Legal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Sports of Chile.
Mr Rui Botica Santos (1968)
Attorney-at-law (Portugal)
Lawyer. Based in Lisbon/Portugal and Macau/China. Partner of CRA - Law Firm. Arbitrator of the Portuguese Centre for Commercial Arbitration. Board Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte", Club Español de Arbitraje, AIJA and European league for Economic Cooperation. Lecturer on Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration at the Masters Degree Course in International Sports Law at ISDE-Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía, Madrid, Spain.
Mr John Francis Boultbee (1950)
Lawyer (Australia)
LL.M. Master of laws, London University; Barrister; Director of the Australian Institute of Sport (1995-2001); former Secretary General of the International Rowing Federation (FISA). Former Head of High Performance, National Teams and Football Development and Head of International Relations, Football Federation Australia (2004-2013). Former Director of the Australian Institute of Sport. Secretary General of FISA 1989-1995; Council member of FISA (1998-2014); Executive Board Member FISA (2004-2014); Chaire FISA Anti-Doping Tribunal (2014- ); Currently High Performance Director, Volleyball Australia. Former international level rower
Mr André Brantjes (1960)
arbitrator (Netherlands)
Founder and managing partner of Brantjes Advocaten; International practice in corporate, contract, labour and sports law; Counsel for Dutch sports associations/federations (judo, tennis, football, boxing, taekwondo etc), trade unions (football coaches), companies, the Employer's association in sports and individual athletes in litigation, mediation and arbitration (among others before the arbitral committees of the KNVB, the Royal Dutch Football Association)
Prof. Dr. Stephan Breidenbach (1955)
Professor of Law (Germany)
Dr. jur. Professor of Law - Chair for Civil Law, Civil Procedure and International Law - European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder). Professor of Mediation - University of Vienna. Business Mediator and Arbitrator in national and international cases.
Professor Stavros Brekoulakis (1974)
Attorney-at-law (Greece)
PhD International Arbitration and Conflict of Laws; LLM International Business Law; Professor in International Arbitration and Commercial Law, Law School of Queen Mary University of London (2005-); Basketball player in the Greek National League 1990-1995;
Mr Daniel F. Brent (1945)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor. Full-time arbitrator and mediator since 1976. Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Arbitrator of salary disputes between the Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. Formerly Member of the Salary Arbitration Panel between the National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association. Arbitrator for the US Anti-Doping Agency.
Ms Fanny-Marie Brisdet (1975)
Attorney-at-law (France)
Partner and Attorney-at-law in Amsterdam and Paris; Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Netherlands Bar Association; Former Lawyer and Managing Director of TMF Group (financial sector); Former Legal Senior Policy Advisor on compeition and commercial law to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (government sector);
Me Michel K Brizoua-Bi (1966)
Avocat (Ivory Coast)
Mr Mikal Brondmo (1978)
Barrister (Norway)
Partner at Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS, Oslo, Norway. Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway.
Ms Dominique Brown-Berset (1953)
attorney (Switzerland)
Partner at Brown & Page, Switzerland
Mr Patrice M. Brunet (1969)
Attorney-at-law (Canada)
Attorney-at-law. Arbitrator with the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) (1995- ); Lawyer/ombudsperson for Canada at Olympic Games (1996, 2002, 2006); Session member Canadian Olympic Committee; Former legal adviser to the ITU; Past president/vice-president national and provincial sports organizations."
Dr. Gerhardt Bubnik (1935)
Attorney-at-law (Czech Republic)
Dr. jur. Charles University Prague, LL.M. Harvard Law School/USA. Attorney-at-law; partner in the law firm Bubník and Myslil; Honorary Member and former Legal Advisor of the International Skating Union (ISU).
Mr Bruce Buck (1946)
Attorney-at-law (United Kingdom)
Juris Doctor. Attorney-at-law. Chairman of Audit Committee, FA Premier League. Member of Legal Advisory Group, FA Premier League. Chairman of Chelsea Football Club.
Me Jean-Paul Burnier (1948)
Avocat (France)
Avocat. Président de la Société FORTEM Avocats Lyon Annecy. Membre de Rex Sport.
Dr Markus Bösiger (1957)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Dr.iur. Attorney-at-law. Partner at BEELegal Rechtsanwälte. Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences for North West Switzerland.
Dr Guillermo Cabanellas (1950)
Attorney-at-law (Argentina / Spain)
Master of Compoarative Law and Juridical Science Doctor, University of Illinois (USA). Partner, Cabanellas, Etchebarne & Kelly, Buenos Aires.
Mr Affimar Cabo Verde Filho (1969)
Attorney-at-law (Brazil)
Attorney at law. Partner of Cabo Verde and Arakian Izel Lawyers Association. Former member of IAAF Arbitration Panel. Former member of Superior Court for Sport Justice of Brazilian Athletic Confederation.
Mr Fernando J. Cabrera Garcia (1965)
Attorney-at-law (Mexico)
LL.M. Member of the Legal Committee of the Iberoamerican Telecomunications Organization-OTI. General Legal Counsel of AT&T, Mexico (2016- ); Formerly, General Counsel of Grupo Iusacell. Professor of Sports Law and Regulations at the Universidad del Valle de México and Escuela de Estudios Universitarios Real Madrid (Mexico City). Former Executive Vice President of Mexican professional soccer team "Monarcas Morelia". 2002- 2004 Member of the Statutes and Regulations Committee of the Mexican Football Federation.
Mr David J.A. Cairns (1961)
Attorney-at-law (United Kingdom / New Zealand)
Ph.D, LLM, LLB. Partner, B. Cremades y Asociados. Lawyer and international arbitrator (international commercial and investment arbitration). Adjunct Professor, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, 2004-2011.
Mr Christopher L. Campbell (1954)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor; Attorney at law; Executive Committee, United States Olympic Committee (USOC); Chair, Athletes Advisory Council; World champion in freestyle wrestling, 1981; World silver medalist freestyle wrestling, 1990; Olympic bronze medalist freestyle wrestling, 1992; member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games , Atlanta, 1996.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Menzies Campbell (1941)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
M.A., LL.B., LL.A., Q.C. Advocate. Called to the Bar (Scotland) 1968. Former President Scottish Athletics; Former Member of Parliament (UK); Present Member House of Lords (UK); Present Chancellor of University of St. Andrews; competed in 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Finalist in 4x100 Metres Relay and 1966 Jamaica Commonwealth Games; United Kingdom 100 Metres Record Holder 1967-74; Captain UK Athletics Team 1965/1966.
Mr Leandro Cantamessa Arpinati (1948)
lawyer (Italy)
Longstanding legal advisor to AC Milan; Member of the Board of AC Milan (1998-2017); Vice President of the Automobile Club of Milan (1998-2008); Professor of Right of Sport at the Università Statale di Milano.
Mr Edward Canty (1975)
Solicitor (United Kingdom)
Centrefield LLP, Sport – Law – Media, partner (2015- ); James Chapman & Co Sports Department, solicitor (1999-2006); Brabners LLP Sports Department, partner (2006-2015); non-executive Board Director of the Professional Footballers Asscoiation Company, PFA Enterprises Ltd.;
Prof. Miguel Cardenal Carro (1968)
Professor (Spain)
Director of the Sports Law Centre and Professor of Labor and Employment Law at Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid) ; Former Secretary of State for Sport (2012-2016); Former President of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency; former ICAS member (2015-2018)
Mr Michael Cardozo (1941)
Lawyer (USA)
JD; Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP; Chief Lawyer/Corporation Counsel for New York City (2002-2013); Former advisor and chief litigator for some of the major sports leagues in the US (1974-2001)
Professor Guido Carducci (1965)
Professor of Law, arbitrator, attorney-at-law (Italy)
Website: www.carducciarbitration.com: Chartered Arbitrator, FCIArb, Law Professor in Paris (MC, HDR), Attorney-at-law (Rome, admitted also before supreme courts, Paris), International Tenant and Arbitrator at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square London; Ph.D.s (Universities Paris II, Rome I), Former Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO (Paris) and the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport has currently 182 States Parties, Member ICC Institute of World Business Law and ICC Commissions on Arbitration and ADR, Commercial Law and Practice, Competition; Panels of Arbitrators: ICSID (Italy), CIArb, HKIAC, SIAC, JCAA, ACICA, CRCICA, KLRCA; Visiting Professor at the Universities of Miami, Rome, Thessaloniki (IHU); Vice Chair, International Arbitration and Litigation Committee, American Bar Association.
Me Olivier Carrard (1956)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Managing Partner and Attorney at law at the Lawfirm CMS Von Erlach Poncet AG, Geneva office; President of the Swiss Fencing Federation since 2004; Participant in the 1982 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (team épée); 1982 individual European Champion in Mödling; 1982 team World Vice Champion in Rome; President of the "Fondation du Panathlon Club Genève" since 1996; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Ms Andrea Carska-Sheppard (1965)
Lawyer (Slovakia / Canada)
Licensed lawyer in four jurisdictions. Both common law and civil law trained and graduate of Center of Diplomatic and Strategic Studies. Experience includes General Counsel for global company operating in 200 countries (as of 2013), research assistant in sport law at Harvard Law School (2004-2006). Member of several arbitration courts, executive boards and associations including IOC's Working Group on the Prevention of Harassment and Abuse in Sports. Areas of law: complex contractual disputes (including multi-jurisdictional), doping violations, any form of harassment, unethical behavior (corruption) offense, libel and slander, confidentiality, data protection, protection of private health information, personality rights etc. Licensed by Law Society of Upper Canada in the Province of Ontario (2004), New York State Bar (2005), as a Solicitor of the Law Society of England and Wales (2006) and in the Czech Republic as a Registered European Lawyer (2008). Arbitrator for the ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
Mr James H. Carter (1943)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Senior Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York; Chair of the Board of the New York International Arbitration Center; arbitrator for the National Football League Management Council and the NFL Players Association to hear anti-doping disputes in US professional football; former Chair of the Board of the American Arbitration Association (2004-2007); former President of the American Society of International law (2004-2006); co-editor, International Commercial Arbitration in New York (2016); editor, The International Arbitration Review; arbitrator in international commercial and investment disputes.
Mr Angelo Cascella (1966)
Attorney-at-law (Italy)
Lawyer. FIFA Players agent. Attorney-at-law in sport disputes related to FIFA, LIGA, FIGC, F.A. Prem. League. Deputy Prosecutor of the Italian Tennis Federation (F.I.T.). Former Counsel of the Italian Tennis Federation (F.I.T.) Lecturer at the Master Course S.B.S. "Strategies ad Business for Sport" (Venice University and Verde Sport). Member of C.A.E. (European Arbitration Court). Counsel to Athletes, Coaches and Players Agents. Lecturer at the University ISDE of Madrid, at the master Course "FIFA players agent" and at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria. Visiting academic of the Center for International Sports Law (CISL) at Staffordshire University, Birmingham; Lecturer at Sole24h Master Course, "Fifa Players Agent", Rome; Lecturer at the University Mediterranea, Reggio Calabria.
Mr Timothy J. Castle (1949)
Barrister-at-law (New Zealand)
Barrister in private practice in New Zealand since 1973; first Vice-President (Board member), New Zealand Olympic Committee; Board member, New Zealand Sports Foundation; Chairman, New Zealand Prime Ministers 2000 Task Force; member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, 1998 and Manchester, 2002. Chair of an independent Review of the New Zealand Elite Rugby League Team (Kiwis) performance during the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Governance Board Member of Drug Free Sport New Zealand and Chair of the Pacific Games Sports Tribunal.
Mr Steven K. Champlin (1944)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Attorney-at-law. Former Senior Partner at the law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP. Served many years with the United States Tennis Association in various capacties, including on its Executive committee, Board, Grievance Comittee and Olympic Committee. J.D. University of Minnesota. Associate Adjunct Professor of Law, Universtiy of Minnesota Law School. Arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association's National Large Complex Construction Case Panel and on CPR's National Roster of Distinguished Neutrals
Hon. Rosalyn Chapman (1943)
Retired Judge (USA)
J.D.- University of California at Berkeley. Arbitrator, mediator and Special Master/referee with JAMS (Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services). United States Magistrate Judge (1995-2012) for the Central District of California; visiting magistrate judge for the Northern District of California. Judge United Nations Appeals Tribunal (2013-2017). Administrative Law Judge, State of California (1977-1995). Lecturer on faculty of School of Law, University of California at Los Angeles.
Prof. David N.W. Chen (1957)
Professor (China)
Doctor of Law. Professor, Director of Sports Law research Center, Fu Dan University. Partner of Shanghai Allbright Law offices. Governor of Chinese Science and Technology Law Institution. Vice-Chairman of Shanghai Bar Association. Listed arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC). Listed expert of the Domain Dispute Settlement Center under CIETAC. Listed arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Committee.
Mr Richard Chernick (1945)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
J.D. - University of Southern California. Attorney-at-law. Managing Director, JAMS Arbitration Practice. Adjunct Professor, USC Gould School of Law. Arbitrator and Mediator. System Arbitrator for NHL.
Mr Mauricio Chiriboga Merino (1986)
Lawyer (Ecuador)
Masters degree in sports law. Attorney at law specialized in sport related disputes and disciplinary procedures. Founding partner of the law firm "SPORTIUS Legal Advice". Member of the Madrid Association of Sports Law.
Mr George Christofides (1972)
attorney-at-law, legal consultant (Greece)
Law lecturer, Frederick University (2014-); President of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Basketball Association (2010-2014); President of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Motor Sport Federation (2009-); Legal advisor and consultant of the President of the Cyprus Sports Organisation (2008-2013)
Prof. Thomas Clay (1969)
Professor of law (France)
Doctor of Law. Professor at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Managing partner of Clay Arbitration Office. Vice-President of National Labor Arbitration Centre. Member of the "Appeal Commission" on French Professional Football League.
Mr Massimo Coccia (1957)
Professor, Attorney-at-law (Italy)
J.D. (1981, University of Rome Sapienza Law School), LL.M. (1984, University of Michigan Law School); Fulbright Fellow (1983-84); Attorney at law, admitted to Italian high courts; Founding Partner of law firm "Coccia De Angelis Vecchio & Associati", with offices in Rome and Milan (www.cdaa.it); Professor of International Law at Tuscia University in Viterbo, Italy (since 2001); Research Professor of International and EU Law at University of Rome Sapienza Law School (since 1991); Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan Law School (1986); Member of the Board of the Italian Arbitration Association (AIA); Honorary President of the Italian Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA); Arbitrator at the CAS Olympic Divisions of Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 and London 2012.
Mr Maurizio Cohen (1956)
Attorney-at-law (Italy)
Independent Legal Counsel in Monaco. Principal, Law Firm Interlaw Monaco. Counsel to the Italian Embassy in Monaco. Adjunct Professor, International University of Monaco (IUM), Master Program in Sport Business Management. Topic Sports Leader and Member of the Board, Bocconi Alumni Association, Bocconi University, Milan
Mr Edward T. Colbert (1947)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Attorney at law in law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, D.C.; General Counsel for the World Baseball and Softball Confederation. Representation of United States Olympic Committee since 1973 and a counsel of record in Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of USOC, the IOC and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Representation of numerous OCOGs, including Rio 2016, and a number of US NGBs. Arbitrator for USOC Speciality Arbitration Panel (Chapter 9), and US Soccer Arbitration Panel.
Mr Bruce W. Collins (1948)
Queens Counsel (Australia)
Q.C.; Practising Member New South Wales Bar Association Professional Conduct Committee. Australian Olympic Appeals Consultant. New South Wales Bar Association Advisor to the Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong. Chairman New South Wales Rugby League Appeals Committee 1995-1996. Chairman Sydney Cricket Association 2001-2007; Australian Olympic Appeals Consultant Summer 2008 and Winter Olympics 2010.
M. Jean-Paul Costa (1941)
Ancien Juge (France)
Diplômé détudes supérieures de droit. Docteur en droit de l'université de Toulouse (2017). Ancien élève de lENA (Ecole Nationale dAdministration - France). Consultant. Président de lInstitut International des Droits de lHomme, Strasbourg. Juge (1998-2006), puis Président (2007-2011) de la Cour Européenne des Droits de lHomme, Fondation René Cassin. Membre du Conseil dEtat de France (1966-1998). Conseiller dEtat honoraire. Professeur associé aux facultéss de droit dOrléans et de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1989-1998). Auteur de lAvis de droit (public) sur la révision du Code mondial anti-dopage (2013).
Mr Nicolas Cottier (1972)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Founder and Partner of CDC Avocats; Master in Laws University of Lausanne (1994); Member of the Committee of the Swiss Sports Law Association (ASDS); Attorney-at-law, Head of Legal and Partner at KPMG (2000-2013); CAS Ad hoc clerk (2001-2018); Member & Vice-President of the Appeal Commission for Licences of the Swiss Football League (2002-present); Permanent clerk of the FIA International Tribunal and International Court of Appeal (2013-present); Member of FISU Legal Commission.
Mr Bernardo Cremades (1943)
Attorney-at-law (Spain)
Senior partner of law firm B. Cremades y Asociados and Catedrático of Universidad de Madrid; International Arbitrator. Member of Spanish sports arbitral body: Tribunal Español del Arbitraje Deportivo. Former President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration.
Mr José María Cruz (1960)
Lawyer (Spain)
Attorney-at-law. General Manager of Sevilla Fútbol Club and Secretary to the Board of Directors. Member of the FIFA Players' Status Committee (2017- ); Partner of Ernst and Young (Tax and Legal) (1988-2004). Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Professional Football Company (subsidiary of the Spanish Professional Football League (2009-). Member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Professional Football League (2009-). Member of the Committee of Experts advising to UEFA for the implementation of Financial Fair Play (2009). Chairman of the Legal Advisory Panel of European Clubs Association (ECA).
Mr Carlo Dalla Vedova (1963)
Attorney-at-law (Italy / Ireland)
Partner at Dalla Vedova Studio Legale; President of the International RS:X Class Association Windsurfing Olympic Class (2013-2020); President of the Italian Windsurfer Class (2005-2014); Legal advisor to CONI and to the Italian Surf Federation (2017); Sailor on Laser Class & windsurfing at European and World Championship level.
The Honourable Pierre Dalphond (1954)
Former judge (Canada)
Attorney. Senior Counsel at Stikeman Elliott, litigation and ADR Group; Visiting professor, Faculty of Law, University of Montréal; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London). NAFTA roster of arbitrators. Former Senior Judge on the Quebec Court of Appeal (2002-2014). Former Quebec Superior Court Judge (1995-2001).
Dr Aliaksandr Danilevich (1974)
Lawyer (Belarus)
Attorney at law, partner at Danilevich Law Office, Associate Professor of law at the Belarusian State University, Belarus; Member of the Disciplinary Committee of Rugby Europe (Paris, France) (2017-). Member of the Legal Committee of Rugby Europe (Paris, France) (2014-2016), President of the Belarusian Rugby Union (2012-2016); Deputy Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the NADA of Belarus (2010-2013).
Dr Ghada M. Darwish (1984)
Attorney-at-law (Qatar)
Founder and managing Partner Ghada M. Darwish Karbon Law Firm (2012-present); Head of Investigations and Legal Advice Division at the national Human Rights Commission of Qatar; Regional Committee Officer for the International Bar Association Arab Regional Forum; Regional Coordinator for the International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitration Forum; Founding member of the Worldwide Lawyers Association; Executive Masters Degree in Sports Law Qatar Olympics Academy; LLM in Public Law Cairo University.
Mr Paul David (1956)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
Barrister England and Wales. Barrister New Zealand High Court. 2002-2006, Partner at Wilson Harle, Auckland. 2006 - present, Barrister, Auckland. Counsel to Drug Free Sport New Zealand from 2002 to present. Chairman of various disciplinary tribunals for sport.
Dr Gyula Dávid (1948)
Attorney-at-law (Hungary)
Lawyer. Member of Dávid Law Firm. Chairman of 3D Hungarian Aeroclub. Member of Hungarian waterpolo team, 1969-1972.
Mr Ricardo De Buen Rodriguez (1967)
Attorney-at-law (Mexico)
Attorney-at-law. Partner of the law firm "De Buen Rodriguez Abogados, S.C." - Mexico City. Member of the Mexican Bar Association. Founding member of the Mexican Association of Labor and Social Security Law. National consultant for Mexico for the International Labor Organization (OIT). Member of the American Bar Association. Member of the Mexico - US Law Institute. Professor of Labor Law (Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) and Instituto Tecnolgico Autonomo de México (ITAM). Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"
M. Guido De Croock (1951)
Magistrat (Belgium)
Magistrat au Tribunal de commerce de Gand; Vice-Président de La Cour belge d'arbitrage pour le Sport; Président de la Commission d'arbitrage pour le joueur amateur de l'Union Royale Belge de Football; Ancien membre du Comité national paritaire pour le sport; Président du Conseil disciplinaire de la fédération flamande de gymnastique; Ancien Président de la Commission juridique de l'Union Royale Belge de Football; Ancien Président de la Ligue nationale de football.
Mr Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall (1970)
Lawyer (Canada / France)
Solicitor Advocate, England & Wales. Barrister & Solicitor, Ontario. Avocat, Québec. Admitted to the Paris Bar. Partner, International Arbitration Group, White & Case LLP. Special Counsel, International Arbitration Group, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP.
Mr J. Félix de Luis (1958)
Attorney-at-law (Spain)
Managing Director of Legal 21 law firm; Member of the Board and leader of the International Department of the Spain Securities Exchange Commission; Sole Judge of the Appeals Commission of the Federation Espanola de Baloncesto (2004-_); Member of the Social Resources Committee of the Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional (2011-2014); Member of the Appeal Committee of the UEFA Club Licensing of the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (2011-_); Member of the panel of arbitrators of the Tribuanl Arbitral del Futbol of the Spanish League; Member of the panel of arbitrators of the Tribunal Espanol de Arbitraje Deportivo of the Spanish National Olympic Committee; Member of the Executive Committee of the Club Espanol del Arbitraje, Spain.
Mr Bruno De Vita (1958)
attorney-at-law (Canada)
Managing partner at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver, Canada; Legal Counsel to Canadian provincial and national football (soccer) associations; Deputy Chair of the Investigatory Chamber of the Independent FIFA Ethics Committee (2016- ).
Mr Frans De Weger (1978)
Attorney-at-law (Netherlands)
Partner/Attorney-at-law BMDW Advocaten. CAS arbitrator since 2015, appointed on the proposal of the European Club Association (ECA).
Mr Otto L.O. De Witt Wijnen (1935)
Counsel (Netherlands)
LLM Leiden University, NL. Arbitrator in domestic and internatoinal arbitrations (ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ad hoc, Netherlands Arbitration Institute).
The Hon. Robert Décary (1944)
Former Appeal Judge (Canada)
Masters in Law (UK). Former Judge on the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada (1990-2009). Former practicing lawyer in Montreal and Gatineau (1973-1990). Member of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada. Member of the International Association of Athletics Federation. PhD (Hon. Causa) University of Ottawa 2016. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division in Sochi 2014.
Ms Anita L. DeFrantz (1952)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor. President Tubman Truth Corp (2016- ); Former President of LA84 Foundation (1987-2015). Former Vice President Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (1981-1984). IOC Vice-President (1997-2001 and 2017-). Member IOC Legal Affairs Commission (1994-present). Member United States Olympic Committee Executive Board (1977-1985; 1986-present). Former Vice President Fédération Internationale des Sociétés dAviron (FISA) (1993-2013). Secretary Los Angeles Sports Council (1988-present). Bronze Medal in rowing, 1976 Olympic Games. Silver medal World Rowing Championships 1978. Winner of 6 national championships. Member of the IOCs Finance Commission, of the Olympic Channel Commission and the Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Mr Carlos Del Campo Colás (1960)
Lawyer (Spain)
Assistant Director to the President of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LNFP - Spanish Professional Football League) from March 2001 until present. Secretary and Counsel of the Professional Football Foundation. Delegate of the Spanish Court of Arbitration of Football (TAF, Tribunal Arbitral del Fútbol). Member of Rex Sport. Professional Football Strategy Council of UEFA. Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"
Mr Ivaylo Dermendjiev (1962)
Attorney-at-law (Bulgaria)
PhD. Attorney-at-law, LLM, Dipl. (Cambridge, UK). Senior Partner "Simeonov & Dermendjiev" Law Firm. Visiting Professor at South-West University, Bulgaria. Legal Advisor of Bulgarian Tennis Federation. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Athens 2004.
Me François Claude Dikoume (1946)
Avocat (Cameroon)
Docteur en Droit. Enseignant Droit du Sport à lInstitut National de la Jeunesse et des Sports et à lEcole Nationale dAdministration et de Magistrature - Yaoundé. Conseiller Technique no 1 du Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports, chargé des problèmes juridiques.
Me Sophie Dion (1956)
Avocat (France)
Docteur dEtat en droit. Directeur et fondateur diplôme droit du sport Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne). Conseiller technique chargé des sports à la Présidence de la République française. Maître de conférences à Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne). Avocat - anciennement associée au Cabinet Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris (Directeur de léquipe droit du sport).
Mr James Drake QC (1959)
Barrister & Arbitrator (United Kingdom / Australia)
LL.M - Columbia University. Admitted to the bar of: South Australia, New South Wales, New York, England & Wales, British Virgin Islands. Barrister and Arbitrator.
Mr Stephen Drymer (1960)
Attorney-at-law (Canada)
Head of International Arbitration, Woods LLP. See CV for full details.
Ms Carine Dupeyron (1974)
Attorney-at-law (France)
LLM, MBA, Partner at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris; Formerly partner in the "Litigation, Arbitration and White Collar Crime" department of August & Debouzy; See CV for full details of Ms Depeyron's experience.
Ms Margarita Echeverria Bermúdez (1966)
Attorney-at-law (Costa Rica)
Attorney at law and Notary. Legal Adviser for Costa Rican Football Federation. General Secretary for Costa Rica Football Federation.
Mr Ike Ehiribe (1959)
Barrister (Nigeria / United Kingdom)
English football league - Chair Football Disciplinary Commission and Football Appeal panels (2007-2011);
Mr Jalal (Jil) El Ahdab (1973)
Attorney-at-law (Lebanon / France)
Partner, Dispute Resolution, Bird & Bird Paris (2018-). Formerly Senior Associate at Orrick Rambaud Martel in Paris. PhD - Doctorate in law (Paris I). Maître de conférence at the Institut dEtudes Politiques de Paris/Sciences Po-Paris since 2005.
The Hon. Robert J. Ellicott (1927)
Barrister (Australia)
Barrister B.A.; LLB; Australian Solicitor General and Attorney General; former Judge at the Federal Court; member of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) Panel of arbitrators. Member of the CAS ad hoc Divisions at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, 1998, and at the Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, 2000 and at the Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, 2002. Appointed in 2017 as a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) and in 2016 as a Member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF).
Justice Arthur Emmett (1943)
Judge (Australia)
Doctor of Laws. Queens Counsel. Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. President, Copyright Tribunal of Australia. Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission. Lecturer, University of Sydney Law School. Conduct Commissioner, NSW Cricket Association, 1990 to 2007.
Prof. Dr. Jens Evald (1961)
Professor (Denmark / New Zealand)
Dr. of Law, Professor (Sports Law); Head of Sports Law Research Unit, Institute of Law, Aarhus University; Member of the Board of the Institute of Sport (1998-2007); Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Committee, Danish Kayak & Canoe Federation (2000-present); Vice Chairman Danish Sports Law Association (2001-2005); Chairman of the Board of Anti-Doping Denmark (2006-2012); Member the Political Commission, Danish Football Association (DBU) (2016-2017).
Mr David L. Evans (1957)
Arbitrator (USA)
J.D. Attorney-at-law. Partner, Murphy & King. Co-chair of the litigation department at Murphy & King in Boston, Massachusetts. Member of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association.
Dr. Mingchao Fan (1978)
Juris doctor (China)
Regional Director of Arbitration and ADR for North Asia, International Chamber of Commerce; Deputy Director, Judicial Research Instiution of Supreme People's Court of People's Republic of China; Deputy Head of International Affairs, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (2015-2016);
Mr Lino Farrugia Sacco (1949)
Judge (Malta)
Notary Public. Doctorate in Law. Judge of the Superior Courts of Law - civil and constitutional in Malta. Consultant to Farrugia Sacco Advocates, Valletta, Malta; Chairman of the Lands Authority. Former President of the Maltese Olympic Committee for 16 years. Treasurer European Tennis Association.
Mr Hussein Fathy (1951)
Judge (Egypt)
Vice-Chairman, Egyptian State Lawsuits Autority. Legal Adviser, Ministers Cabinet, 1981 - to date. Legal Adviser, Youth Minister, since 2000. Legal Adviser, Cairo Arbitration Centre, since 1992. Former Member, Arbitration Committee, IHF. Vice President, Egyptian Handball Federation. Former Member of Egyptian National Handball team.
Ms Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder (1970)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Attorney-at-law. Partner at Barandun Law AG. Alternate Judge of the Appellate Court of Valais/Wallis, Sion. Member of the Committee Sports Law of the Swiss Bar Association. Member of the Extended Board of Ski Valais.
Mr John A. Faylor (1945)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Bard College, B.A. 1967, University of Heidelberg; admitted to the courts of Germany since 1979; University of Michigan, LL.M.,1979, Attorney at law, admitted to the U.S. District Courts and the courts of the State of Pennsylvania since 1982; American citizen resident of Germany since 1967; Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown LLP; Frankfurt am Main, continuing representation of of sportswear and sport article manufacturers since 1985. Former Member of FIS Doping Panel (2007); Chairman, Anti-Doping Panel, World Archery Federation since 2007; Chairman of the Ethics Commission of The World Games since 2017;
Mr György Fehér (1964)
Attorney-at-law (Hungary / Australia)
J.D. Attorney-at-law. Partner, PRK Partners/Fábry Law Office, Budapest, Hungary.
Prof. Dr. Miguel Angel Fernández-Ballesteros (1950)
Professor (Spain)
Full/Tenured Professor of Procedural Law at the Universties of Barcelona, Sevilla and Madrid. Professor in the Master in Law Program at the Madrid Bar. Professor in the Arbitration post-graduate degree at Complutense University of Madrid. Professor in the Mater in international commercial and investment arbitration at ISDE. Former President of the Court of Arbitration of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce. Vice-President of the Spanish Club of Arbitration. .
Mr Hernán Jorge Ferrari (1937)
Lawyer (Argentina)
Professor of Constitutional Law; attorney at law; legal advisor of the Argentine Olympic Committee; President of the Argentine Sports Law Arbitration Tribunal; Legal Advisor of the National Parliament Sports Commissions; Secretary General of the National Olympic of Argentina; member of the Special Events Committee of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF); President of the Judicial Commission of the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).
Mr Diego Ferrari (1975)
Barrister (Argentina)
Barrister. Partner at Cambiaso & Ferrari - Attorneys at Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mr Ian S. Forrester QC (1945)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
Nominated by the UK government to serve as a judge at the General Court of the European Union (2015-_); LL.B. Barrister. Queens Counsel. Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow (2010). Co-founder of Forrester & Norall, 1981; merged with White & Case LLP, 1998-2015. Specialized in European law (trade, customs, regulations, free movement of goods, services and persons, employment, precautionary principle, sport, competition, abuse of dominant position, cartels, chemicals, civil service, etc.).
Me Yves Fortier (1935)
Barrister (Canada)
Chairman,Emeritus Senior Partner, Ogilvy Renault, lawyers; Former President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York; Member of the CAS ad hoc Divisions at the Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, 2002 and Vancouver 2010. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
M. Bernard Foucher (1945)
Conseiller dEtat (France)
Docteur dEtat en droit; Conseiller dEtat; chargé denseignement à la Faculté de droit de Limoges; Conciliateur au Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF); Président de la conférence des conciliateurs.
The Hon. Justice Hugh L. Fraser (1952)
Judge (Canada)
1993-2016 Judge at the Ontario Court of Justice; as of 1 January 2017: arbitrator and supernumerary Judge; former member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal; former member of the Dubin Commission on Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sport; adjunct Law Professor, and guest lecturer on legal aspects of sport; competed in Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games and International University Sports Federation (FISU) Games; bronze medalist, 1975 Pan American Games; chef de mission, Canadian team at the World Athletics Championships (1983); past president, Sports Federation of Canada; member of the CAS ad hoc division for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Mr Franco Frattini (1957)
Judge (Italy)
Judge. President of 3rd Jurisdictional Chamber - Council of State, Italy. Former State Prosecutor (Italy). Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy. Former Vice President of EU Commission, responsible for security, justice, fundamental rights. President of Italian Court of Sport Justice "Collegio di Garanzia dello Sport". President of Commission of ski instructors (Italian Ski Federation).
Mr Luigi Fumagalli (1959)
Prof. Attorney-at-law (Italy)
Professor – University of Milan. Attorney at law. Appeals Judge of Euroleague Basketball. President of the Second Division of the National Anti-Doping Tribunal of the Italian National Anti-Doping Organization at the Italian National Olympic Committee. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Beijing 2008, and at the Winter Olympic Games, Sochi 2014.
Dr Ernesto Gamboa (1952)
Arbitrator, attorney (Colombia)
Senior and Founding Partner at Gamboa Abogados (2002-_); Professor of Civil Procedure Law at Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogata D.C. (2004-_); General Legal Advisor of the Major Division of Colombian Professional Football (Dimayor) (1998-_); General Legal Advisor of the Colombian Football Federation (1998-_); Legal Advisor of Fedefutbol; Member of Arbitration Panel in Chamber of Commerce of Bogota.
Dr M. Idwan Ganie (1955)
Attorney-at-law (Indonesia)
1982 Phd, University of Hamburg. Barrister. Founder, Senior Partner & Managing Partner Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo. Lecturer with the Economic Law Dept of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia. President of the Indonesian Sports Arbitration Body (BAKI). Chairman of Association of Indonesian Anti-Trust Lawyers. Member of the Regional Panel of Arbitrators of Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Member of Panel of Arbitration of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
Mr Walter G. Gans (1936)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Adviser, Distingued Neutrals Panel and Executive Committee, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution; American Arbitration Association Corporate Counsel Committee; ADR Editorial Board; commercial and international panels; Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators.
Mr Alvaro Garcia Alaman de la Calle (1970)
Lawyer (Spain)
Member of the legal services department of Real Madrid FC; Member of the Institutional Relations Department of Real Madrid FC; Member of the Legal Advisory Panel of the European Club Association (ECA); Mediator in the ECA; Member of the Asociacion Espanola de Derecho de Deporte (AEDD); Professor of Sports Law at Universidad Europea de Madrid (Laureate International Universities).
Me Jean Gay (1946)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Avocat et notaire; Juge à la Cour dAppel Internationale de la Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA). Président de la Commission de Discipline de lASS (Auto Sport Suisse). Médiateur de la Chambre Suisse de Médiation Commerciale (CSMC) et de la Fédération Suisse de Médiation (FSM).
Ms Svenja Geissmar (1964)
lawyer (Germany)
General counsel of Arsenal Football Club; Chair of the Arsenal Foundation; Member of the Executive Committee of Arsenal Football Club
Mr Michael Geistlinger (1956)
Professor (Austria)
Dr. jur.; University Professor for Public International, Comparative Constitutional and Eastern European Law; Visiting Professor St. Petersburg; Legal Adviser of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).
Mr Paul E. George (1941)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor; Principal in law firm of Kellogg & George. Served on various boards, committees and commissions of USOC and IOC. Experienced mediator and arbitrator.
Dr Chris Georghiades (1953)
Attorney-at-law (Cyprus)
Partner in law firm Chrysses Demetriades & Co LLC; Member of the UEFA Appeals Body; President of the Judicial and Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Swimming and Sailing Associations; Former President of the Cyprus Football Association Regulations Committee; legal advisor to various football clubs and players; Former member of the Council of the Cyprus Football Association.
Dr Hamid G. Gharavi (1971)
Attorney-at-law (France / Iran)
Dr. jur. Founding Partner of Derains & Gharavi. Appointed to the LCIA Court and the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators. Ph. D from the University of Paris II and holder of a Master of Comparative Jurisprudence from New York University School of Law.
Mr Jean-Mathias Goerens (1947)
Docteur en droit, magistrat honoraire (Luxembourg)
Docteur en droit. Magistrat honoraire. Expert auprès du Conseil de lEurope. Ancien Premier Conseiller du Gouvernement du Luxembourg (-1996). Ancien Vice-Président de la Cour Administrative du Luxembourg. Ancien Membre de la Cour Constitutionnelle du Luxembourg. Ancien Conseiller juridique de la Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football (FLF).
Dr Francisco Gonzalez de Cossio (1972)
Attorney-at-law (Mexico)
Founding and Managing Partner of González de Cossío Abogados - Mexico City. Chair of the Arbitration Committee, Mexican Bar Association. Chair of the Antitrust Committee, Mexican Branch of the ICC. Professor of Arbitration, Corporate/ Business law and Antitrust (Universidad Iberoamericana).
Me André Gossin (1958)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Mr David Grace QC (1953)
Barrister and Solicitor (Australia)
Master of laws; Queens Counsel; Barrister; Co-Chair Criminal Law Committee Law Council of Australia; Member Court of Honour, and formerly Vice-President, Maccabi World Union. Director Athletics Australia; Team Advocate Australian Olympic Team Athens 2004; Member CAS ad hoc Divisions Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 and Winter Olympic Games Vancouver 2010. President Athletics Australia. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Mr Jack Graham (1956)
Lawyer (Canada)
Senior Partner, McInnes Cooper. 2006-2012 Past Chair and Vice Chair of Tennis Canada. 2009-present Board Member of the ITF. 2006-present Member and Chair of the ITF Constitutional Committee.
Mr Peter Grilc (1967)
Professor (Slovenia)
Professor of Law University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Law (Commercial, Intl. Commercial EU), Dean. Member of the Judicial Commission of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia. President of the Arbitration of the Triglav Insurance Company, Arbitrator.
Dr András Gurovits (1960)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Dr. iur. at Zurich University; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); Partner with Niederer Kraft & Frey Ltd; Member of Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations; Member of the Legal Committtee of the IIHF; Vice-President of Grasshopper Football Ltd; Member of the Judicial Administration Supervisory Commission of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (2018- );.
Dr Maria A. Gwynn (1980)
Attorney-at-law (Paraguay / Italy)
Doctorate (Dr.Phil) Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany; Magister Juris, International Dispute Resolution, University of Oxford; attorney-at-law; Lecturer of International Law, University Bonn, Germany and Senior Research Associate Global Economic Governance, Blavatnik School of Government, University Oxford; former Associate at Berkemeyer, Attorneys & Counselors (Paraguay); former international athlete in Fencing (Paraguay); Athlete Arbitration Training Programme, Court of Arbitration for Sports.
Mr Lachlan V. Gyles SC (1963)
Barrister (Australia)
Senior Counsel NSW Bar (2008- ), Deputy Chairman FFA Disciplinary Tribunal; Member of FFA Appeals Committee (2010- ); Acting Chairman NRL Anti-Doping Tribunal (2013), Counsel assisting NRL Anti-Doping Tribunal; NRL Appeals Committee (2014- ).
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas (1964)
Professor (Germany)
PhD.Professor of law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Former Chairman of the Geman Anti-Doping Commission (1999-2002) and of the advisory group on legal issues of the monitoring group of the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention (2002-2004). Since 1998, member of the Appeals Tribunal and since 2007 of the Arbitration Tribunal of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Member of the drafting team for the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code(2006-2007).
Mr Jirayr Habibian (1974)
Attorney-at-law (Lebanon)
Solicitor, attorney-at-law, Managing partner at Al kamali & Co Advocates and legal consultants, previously of Counsel at Squire Patton Boggs and consultant to the Under Secretary of the Abu Dhabi judicial department; member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Horse Racing academies
Mr Raymond Hack (1950)
Attorney-at-law (South Africa)
Practicing Attorney, Senior Partner at Rapeport Incorporated. Member of the FIFA Players' Status Committee; Former Chief Executive Officer of the South African Football Association and Board Member of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee; Chairman of the Legal and Constitutional Committee, Anti-Doping Committee, World Anti-Doping Agency – Legal Member, Independent Observer Commonwealth Games; Member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, Legal and Anti-Doping Member; Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football; Member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee; Board Member of the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport.
Mr Monty Hacker (1934)
Attorney-at-law (South Africa)
Commercial Attorney, Senior Partner at Fairbridges Wertheim Becker; Former President of South Africa Masters' Athletics. Former Secretary General and Acting President of World Masters' Athletics. Chairman of the Ahtletics South Africa Disciplinary Committee (2005-2010); served on the SASCOC Disciplinary Committee and currently appointed Chairman of South African Institute for Drug-Fee Sport (SAIDS) Committees, and Member of CAS ad hoc Division at the 19th XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Dr Mahmoud Hammami (1958)
Lawyer (Tunisia)
PHD in private law (University of Montpellier). Chief Executive Officer of SNDP-AGIL. General Treasurer Tunisian Football Federation (FTF:2001-2010). General Secretary National Olympic Committee (CNOT: 2010-). CAF, Finance Committee Member (since 2002). Union Arab Football Association/Finance Committee Member (since 2004).
Me Bernard Hanotiau (1947)
Avocat (Belgium)
Docteur en droit, Université de Louvain. LLM, Columbia University. Avocat aux barreaux de Bruxelles et Paris. Professeur émérite (Droit commercial international) aux universités de Louvain et Namur. Conseil pendant 15 ans du European Champion Championship (Tennis) à Anvers.
Mr Akihiko Hara (1952)
Attorney-at-law (Japan)
Attorney-at-law. Private practice of law. Member of Legal Committee of EAFF (East Asia Football Federation). Member of Legal Committee of JFA. Legal Counsel to Japan Organizing Committee for FIFA World Cup 2002. Member of FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (2002-2005).
Mr Alan E. Harris (1943)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Lawyer. Visiting Professor, University of California (Boalt Hall School of Law). 1976-present, Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP.
Ms Siobán Healy QC (1965)
Barrister (United Kingdom / Ireland)
Ba Hons Jurisprudence, Oxford University; LLM Northwestern University, Chicago; Barrister (QC) and arbitrator in London.
Mr Axel Heck (1947)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
International arbitrator and legal counselor; Co-Chair, International Section, Indian National Bar Association
Dr Peter Heckel (1952)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Independent arbitrator; Formerly Partner at the law firm Hengeler Mueller; Member of the IBA Rules of Evidence Review Subcommittee (2008-2010).
Ms Claudine Helou (1974)
Attorney-at-law (Lebanon)
LL.M General Law, Lebanese University, Lebanon; International Dispute Resolution, University of Dundee, UK. Attorney-at-law. Managing Partner at HSLF (Helou Sade Law Firm), Beirut, Lebanon. Specialized in international commercial arbitration.
Mr Clifford J. Hendel (1957)
Attorney-at-law (USA / France)
Attorney-at-law (New York), solicitor (England and Wales), avocat à la cour (Paris) and abogado (Madrid). Global Executive Masters in International Sports Law, ISDE. Partner of the Madrid law firm Araoz & Rueda until June 2018. Hendel IDR (July 2018- ).
Mr Gilberto Hernández Oseguera (1977)
Attorney-at-law (Mexico)
Attorney-at-law. Partner, Ojeda & Asali Law Firm (commercial and civil litigation and arbitration). Member of the legistlative Commission of the Mexican Olympic Committee; Secretary General of the Mexican football federation.
Mr Bernhard Heusler (1963)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Founding Partner of Heusler Werthmüller Heitz AG, consulting Company in the areas of business, sports and culture. Member of the Executive Board of the Swiss FA. Honorary President of FC Basel 1893 and Honorary Member of the Swiss Football League.
Mr Lars Hilliger (1971)
Attorney-at-law (Denmark)
Attorney-at-law/Partner Advice Law Firm; Chairman of the Appeals Panel for the Danish FA Club Licensing System (2004-); Member of FIBA Appeals Panel (2010-); Chairman of the Team Rudersdal (2008.-).
Mr Bruce Hodgkinson SC AM (1957)
Barrister (Australia)
Senior Counsel (2001); Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union Players' Association; Member of South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina Rugby (SANZAAR) judiciary panel (2000- ).
Mr Malcolm Holmes (1948)
Barrister (Australia)
B.A., LLB Sydney University, BCL, Oxford University, Queens Counsel (1991); appointed as the athletes advocate to the Australian Olympic Team at Atlanta in 1996. Member IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal; Adjunct Professor International Arbitration at University of Queensland; Member FFA Appeals Committee; Director Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Athens 2004 and at the Winter Olympic Games, Turin 2006.
Mr Mark Hovell (1968)
Solicitor (United Kingdom)
Solicitor, Partner - Head of Sports Law Department Mills & Reeve LLP, Manchester; Former Secretary of British Basketball Players Association; external legal advisor to Professional Footballers Association and British Athletes Commission. Member of the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) in United Kingdom. Licensed Insolvency Practitioner. Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"
Mr Ian Hunt (1959)
Barrister & Solicitor (New Zealand / United Kingdom)
Barrister & Solicitor, New Zealand. Solicitor, England and Wales. Partner, Young Hunter Lawyers, Christchurch. Director High Performance Sport New Zealand. Represented New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) during the period 2007-2009. Member, FINA Ethics Panel (2013-2017). Director, Swimming New Zealand (2012-2014).
Prof. Martin Hunter (1937)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
Barrister in private practice; Professor of international dispute resolution, Nottingham Law School; former member of the Appeals Committee of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).
Dr Michael Hwang (1943)
Barrister and Chartered Arbitrator (Singapore)
Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1997-); Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission (claims against Iraq arising from Gulf War) (2000-2003); Singapore's non-resident Ambassador to Switzerland (2004-2013); Ambassador to Argentina (2015-present); President of Law Society of Singapore (2008-2010); Chief Justice of the Courts of Dubai Financial Centre (2010-); Vice Chairman, International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris) 2006-2009; Vice President, International Council of Commercial Arbitration (2002 - 2010); Vice Chairman, International Bar Association, Arbitration Committee (2001 - 2003); Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague) (1995 - 2010); Member, International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) (2006-2014).
Mr Pekka Ilmivalta (1970)
Lawyer (Finland)
Former attorney at law, currently Senior Vice President of Veikkaus Oy, the Finnish national money gaming company. Currently Board member of Finnish Hockey League Ltd. Previously eg. president of Finnish Antidoping Agency (FINADA, 2012-2017); Chairman of Finnish Antidoping Panel (2008-2011), Member of Disciplinary Committee of Finnish Hockey League (1999-2008); Arbitrator of the Arbitration Panel for Sports in Finland (2004-2008) and President of Finnish Ice Hockey Players' Association (2002-2004).
Dr Siarhei Ilyich (1977)
Attorney-at-law (Belarus)
Juris doctor; Director for International Relations and Legal Affairs Department, Belarus Football Federation (2012- ); UEFA Delegate (2013- ); Member of UEFA Players' Status, Transfer and Agents and Match Agents Committee (2011- ); FIFA Commissioner (2016- ); Member Legal Commission of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus (2014- ); Professor Belarusian State University, Faculty of Law (2011- ); Former professional football player
Mr Enrico Pedro Ingles y Mendiola (1952)
Lawyer (Philippines)
Laywer. Managing Partner - Law Firm of Ingles Laurel Dolino.
Mr David Ipp (1938)
Judge (Australia)
Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia; Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC); former barrister, solicitor in Australia and in South Africa.
Mr Fabio Iudica (1966)
Attorney-at-law (Italy)
Attorney-at-law. Civil lawyer at Milan bar association; Partner of law firm "Studio Legale Associato Iudica – Carbone" in Milan, Italy; Director of the advanced Course in Sports Law and Sports Justice at Milan University; Adjunct Professor of corporate law and financial market law at Milan University -Bicocca; Appeals judge of the Italian Sports fishing and underwater activity Federation.
Mr Anton Jagodic (1957)
Lawyer (Slovenia)
Ph.D; Lawyer; Project Manager with the Olympic Committee of Slovenia; Judge at the District Court of Ljubliana (1985-1992); Secretary General of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia (1992-2015); President of the Disciplinary Court of Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia (1998-2013); Member of Arbitration of Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia (2013- ); Member of legal and disciplinary commission of European Games 2015 in Baku; President of the Association of Sports lawyers of Slovenia (2002-2016); Adviser of the President of European Olympic Committees - EOC (2017-).
Mr Simon Jefferson (1952)
Barrister (New Zealand)
Queen's Counsel since May 2013. Hon. Solicitor (Legal Adviser) NZ Soccer since 1997. NZ Soccer Appeal Authority (1997 – to date). Chairperson of the Oceania Disciplinary Committee (2009-2011). Life Member of Bay Olympic FC.
Prof. Philippe Jestaz (1936)
Professeur (France)
Docteur en droit; Professeur émérite de lUniversité de Paris XII; docteur honoris causa de lUniversité Libre de Bruxelles, directeur de la Revue trimestrielle de droit civil, ancien membre de lInstitut universitaire de France.
Mr Geraint Jones (1953)
Barrister, Q.C. (United Kingdom)
Barrister and QC at 3 Paper Buildings Chambers; Chancery and Commercial Litigation. Recorder. Pt. Time Judge Tax Tribunal. Pt. Time Judge Immigration Tribunal. Arbitrator to the Motor Insurers Bureau. Judicial Panel of International Rugby Board. Judicial Panel Welsh Rugby Union. Tribunal Chair British Parachuting Association.Chair/Judge, Disciplinary Panel Appeals: R.F.U. Commercial Adjudicator, 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Dr Cristian Jura (1972)
Lawyer (Romania)
PhD in law. Lawyer. State Secretary. Professor of Public International Law. Legal consultant Amateurs and Non-Amateurs Football Players Association (ANAFPA). Arbitrator at The Court of International Commercial Arbitration, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania. Member of the Appeal Commission of National Anti-Doping Agency of Romania. Member in various anti-doping structures at international level. Member of European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) at the Council of Europe.
Mr Conny Jörneklint (1949)
Lawyer (Sweden)
Former Chief Judge at the District Court of Kalmar. Former Director and Head of the Kalmar Enforcement Service. Former District Court Judge. Former Court of Appeal Judge. Former Commissioner Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Interior in Sweden (1984 -1990). Former Member, Swedish Athletic Association. Former Member IAAF Arbitration Panel. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Mr Pieter Kalbfleisch (1947)
Solicitor (Netherlands)
Member/chairman supervisory boards of several big family-owned companies; trustee Europa Institute Leiden Law School; attorney-at-law; judge – acting president of the Court of First Instance; Chairman of the Board of the Netherlands Competition Authority; arbitrator Netherlands Arbitration Institute; Judge/President Disciplinary Board of Appeal Royal Netherlands Football Association and Royal Netherlands Cricket Association
Mr Abdullah Kamarudin (1952)
attorney-at-law (Malaysia)
Chairman of Football Association of Malaysia Disciplinary Committee (2011-2012); Member of the Asian Football Confederation Appeal Committee (2006-2014); Member of the FIFA Appeal Committee (2011-2013); Played for Malaysia national football team (1978-1980); Played for Malaysian national team in 1980 Olympics qualification.
Mr Bala Chandran Kandiah (1953)
Lawyer (Singapore)
Advocate & Solicitor. Partner in Mallal & Namazie (Law Firm). Deputy Chairman of Disciplinary Committee of Singapore Professional Soccer League (1996-1997). Deputy Chairman of Disciplinary Committee of the Football Association of Singapore (1998-2002). Council Member and Chairman of Disciplinary Committee of the Football Association of Singapore (2003-todate). Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Singapore Hockey Federation (2006-todate). Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
M. Jean-Pierre Karaquillo (1943)
Professeur (France)
Docteur en droit privé; Agrégé de Droit privé; Professeur à lUniversité de Limoges et Maître de conférences à lEcole Nationale dAdministration (ENA); Directeur du Centre de droit et déconomie du sport de Limoges; conseil juridique de la Fédération Française des sports de glace et de voile; co-rédacteur en chef de la Revue juridique et écnomique du sport Dalloz-Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français.
The Hon. Dr Tricia Kavanagh (1942)
Retired Judge (Australia)
Doctor of Philosophy: Sports Law. Justice of the Industrial Court of New South Wales & Deputy President of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (1998-2012). Arbitrator/Barrister (2012-). Barrister-at-Law (1981-1998). Member/Chair Australian Sports Doping Agency (ASDA 1990-1993). Conducted investigations into doping of team players in Australian Rugby League Code. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, 2000. Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, 2016.
Mr Hendrik Willem Kesler (1949)
Attorney-at-law (Netherlands)
Attorney-at-law. Partner with the lawfirm JPR lawyers in Enschede until 2000; CEO and chairman of the professional section of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) (1995-2010); 1982 - 1994 board member of FC Twente Enschede (secretary, treasurer and vice-chairman); Board Member of the KNVB (1995); Board member in the Euro 2000 in Belgium/Netherlands and member of several committees of UEFA (media,pfc and legal); Currently working as legal advisor/business consultant; Appointed on behalf of Dutch government as member of the board of the Gambling Authority - responsible for the fight against matchfixing (2012- ).
Dr Minas Khatchadourian (1958)
arbitrator (Egypt / Armenia)
PHD International Arbitration; LLM, Executive Director & Deputy Secretary General Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration; adjunct Professor of Law, College of Law, Qatar University.
Ms Jennifer Kirby (1969)
Attorney-at-law (United Kingdom / USA)
Founder, Kirby, Paris, France (2010-); Partner, Herbert Smith, Paris, France (2008-2010); Deputy Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, France (2005-2007); Counsel to the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, France (2002-2005); Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, USA (1998-2001); Associate, Proskauer, New York, USA (1995-1998); University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, USA, JD (1995); Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, USA, BA (1991).
Me François Klein (1951)
Avocat (France)
Avocat au Barreau de Paris. Président Directeur Général de la Selafa KGA Avocats. Membre créateur de la Direction Nationale du Contrôle de Gestion (DNCG) auprès de la Ligue française de Football Professionnel (LPF). Membre de la Commission paritaire de la LPF. Membre de la Chambre arbitrale du sport (CNOSF).
Dr Dominik Kocholl (1975)
Attorney-at-law, Arbitrator, Lecturer (Austria)
Attorney-at-law; Assistant Professor for European, Comparative and International Private Law at the Institute for Civil Law at the University of Innsbruck (until Dec 2016); Head of Research Unit on Mountain Sports Law, Lecturer; CEO of Alprimo KG; Helmsman and Team Manager of 470 and 49er Olympic Sailing team Kocholl/Kocholl; Member of the Austrian Sailing Team (1993-2004), now Member of the National Appeal Committee and Judicial Commission, National Judge and Umpire, won Offshore race across the Atlantic in 2012; Arbitrator at various institutions including the DIS-Sportschiedsgericht; Co-Editor "Causa Sport" a Swiss based scientific journal on international sports law and economy.
Prof. Peter Koh (1951)
Barrister, Solicitor, Arbitrator (Singapore)
LL.M-London. Barrister, Solicitor, Arbitrator. Sport lawyer and Head of Sports Practice Group at RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP in Singapore. Visiting Professor of Sports law at China University of Political Science & Law. Current member, Disciplinary Tribunal at IAAF. Investigator, IAAF (2015-2017).
Mr Richard H. Kreindler (1959)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; Formerly Partner in the law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP. Attorney, New York, Paris, Frankfurt. Commercial investment, construction and infrastructure arbitration before and under the rules of the leading global institutional and ad hoc arbitration regimes. Council Member, Institute of World Business Law of International Chamber of Commerce (Paris). Honorary Professor, University of Münster, Germany.
Prof. Dr Eligiusz Krzesniak (1972)
Barrister, Professor of law (Poland)
Doctor of law, University of Wroclaw. Professor of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Lazarski University in Warsaw, Poland. Barrister. Managing partner of the Warsaw office of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs. Chairman of the Committee on Discipline and Rules at the Polish Golf Union.
Me Patrick Lafranchi (1964)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Attorney-at-law. Partner Lafranchi Meyer Rechtsanwälte; Member of Appeal Court Transfers Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) since 1992; Board Member of the Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (ASDS); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Mr Om Lalla (1967)
Attorney-at-law (Trinidad & Tobago)
Attorney-at-law. Partner K.R. Lalla + Co. - Attorneys-at-Law, Trinidad. Member, Ely Place Chambers - London Barristers. Director of the professional Footbal League of Trinidad & Tobago. Member of the Appeals Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation.
Mr Ken E. Lalo (1958)
Attorney-at-law (Israel / USA)
Attorney-at-law in Israel and in Washington DC. President and CEO, Grand Automotive LP. Member of the Bureau of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI)(1999-2007). Chairman of the Tribunal of the FEI (1999-2011). Member of the FEI Judicial Committee (1996-1999). Chairman, the Israel Equestrian Federation (1993-1997, 2001-2009 and 2014 - Present).
Prof. Franck Latty (1973)
Professor of law (France)
Law Professor at the University of Paris Nanterre and Institute d'études politiques de Paris; Director of the Nanterre Centre of International Law (CEDIN); Secretary General of the French branch of the International Law Association; Member of the Conciliators Conference of the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF); Member of the Arbitral Division of the CNOSF; President of the Ethics Committee of the French Tennis Federation (FFT); PhD in public law University of Paris X-Nanterre (2005).
Mr Kok-Keng Lau (1964)
Attorney-at-law (Singapore)
Partner at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP; Legal Advisor to the Singapore Asian Youth Games Organising Committee; Legal Advisor to the South East Asia Games 2015 Organising Committee; Vice-Chairman of professional S-League team Geylang International Football Club; Chairman of disciplinary Committee of Geylang International Football Club; Honorary Secretary to the Football Association of Singapore's Captain's Advisory Panel (2009-2011)
Mr Tal Lavie (1971)
Attorney-at-law (Israel)
Attorney-at-law. Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2001. Owns independent Law firm. Judge in the Appellate Court of the Sports Association in Israel since 2007. Co Chairman of the Disciplinary Court of the Maccabiah Games 2013 (Jews Olympic Games). Co Chairman of the Sport Law Committee at the Israeli Bar Association. Former Chairman of the Handball Referee Association in Israel. Former athlete and handball player in leading teams and Israel National Teams.
Mr Hervé Le Lay (1980)
Attorney-at-law (France)
Avocat à la Cour Brown Rudnick LLP, Paris (2013-present); Admitted to the Paris Bar; DESS Droit et Globalisation Economique, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne / Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (masters); Diplôme de l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, major in International Business (masters).
Mr Thomas Lee (1938)
Attorney-at-law (Malaysia)
Barrister at law; managing partner, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill, advocates & solicitors; Former President of the Malaysian Golf Association; Former Chairman of Asia Pacific Golf Confederation; member of the CAS ad hoc Divisions at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, Beijing 2008 Olympics and London 2012 Olympic Games.
Mr Diego Maria Lennon (1965)
Lawyer (Argentina)
LL.M.; Professor of economics law, University of Buenos Aires (1989-1996); Professor of commercial law, University of Salvador (2001-2004); Director of the Program of Management and Sport Law, University Abierta Interamericana; partner of the law firm "Lennon & Figueiras Abogados (2010-_); Lawyer of the legal department of the club San Lorenzo de Almagro, Argentina
Ms Judith Levine (1975)
Lawyer (Australia / Ireland)
Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2008- ); Director, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (2007- ), Appointments Committee (2013- ); Australian member of International law Association Committee on International Commercial Arbitration (2009- ); Member, Disciplinary Board, UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (2017-); Visiting Lecturer at King's College, London; Visiting Fellow, Sydney University Centre for International Law; Senior Associate, International Arbitration Group, White & Case LLP, New York (2003-2008).
Prof. Dr. Zhi Li (1972)
Attorney-at-law (China)
Juris doctor; Professor of Law Fuzhou University Law School, Director of International Law Institute (2006- );
Prof. Didier Linotte (1948)
Professeur émérite de l'Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis; Président du Tribunal Suprême de Monaco; Ancien Recteur de l'Académie de Nice; Docteur en droit; Ancien avocat au barreau de Nice et de Paris.
Mr Chi Liu (1963)
Attorney-at-law (China)
JunZeJun Law Offices, Beijing. Member of China Law Society Sports Law Chapter; Asian Football Confederation ("AFC"), Entry Control Body, Chairperson; former FIFA Ethics Committee member(2013-2016); FIBA appeal panel member; FIVB Vice Chairman of Arbitral Tribunal; Board member of Beijing Law Society Sports Law and Olympic Legal Affairs Committee. Arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Beijing 2008, and at the Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver 2010.
Mr Anthony Lo Surdo SC (1964)
Barrister, Arbitrator, Advanced Mediator (Australia)
LLM; LLB; BA (Sydney), Senior Counsel (SC) (Barrister); Member Appeals Committee, Football Federation of Australia (FFA); Deputy Chair, FFA Disciplinary and Ethics Committee; Chair, Football NSW Appeals Tribunal; Member, Appeals Board AFL NSW/ACT. Judiciary Counsel, National Rugby League (see CV for full details).
Mr Daniel Lorenz (1973)
Attorney-at-law (Portugal)
Former Legal Director & Club Secretary, FC Porto (2003-2016); Head of Sports Law Department at Gil Moreira dos Santos, Cladeira, Cernadas & associados legal firm (2006- ).
Mr Song Lu (1957)
Professor of law (China)
LL.M. Dean of Faculty, International Law Dept, China Foreign Affairs University. Formerly Senior Counsel, Yao Liang Law Office. Arbitrator and Mediator.
Mr Francesco Macri (1964)
Attorney-at-law (Italy)
Co-founder and Senior Partner at Taini Gardi Macri, law firm in Piacenza; Trust Attorney of the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC); Member of the panels of arbitrators for disputes resolution between football players and clubs of Italia Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B; Member of the Federal Appeal Court of the Italian Fencing Federation.
Mr Khuthaila Majid (1976)
Attorney-at-law (Saudi Arabia)
Secretary General Saudi Sport Arbitration Center (SSAC); Former Executive Director of Legal Department of Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee: Managing Director Majid Khuthaila Law Firm; Member of Saudi Arabian Football Federation General Assembly's Technical Commitee; Member of the Legal Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia;
Mr Hector Rene Maldonado Rodriguez (1965)
Lawyer (Honduras)
Lawyer and Notary Public, master's degree in civil procedural law, with specialization in labor law, civil and commercial law, General Secretary of the National Commission of Appeal of football of Honduras.
Ms Sangeeta Mandal (1963)
Attorney-at-law (India)
Attorney at law; Bachelor of art; L.L.B.; Partner of Fox Mandal & CO; Practising as litigator in the Supreme Court of India and arbitration matters; Member of Delhi Development Authority, Sports Complex, Asiad Village.
Mr Markus Manninen (1977)
Attorney-at-law (Finland)
Attorney-at-law, L.L. Lic. M.Sc. (Econ.), Counsel, Head of Sports, Media and Entertainment Team, Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd. Chairman of the Finnish Center for Integrity in Sports FINCIS' Anti-Doping Supervisory Board. Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Football Association of Finland. Member of the IRONMAN Arbitration Panel. Member of the UFC Arbitration Panel. Member of the IBU Anti-Doping Hearing Panel. Vice Chairman of the Disciplinary Board of the Finnish Bar Association.
Mr Charles Manzoni (1963)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
Advocate and Arbitrator in Commercial Law since 1988 specialising in international Disputes. Qualified in Hong Kong and London and appointed Queens Counsel in 2009 and Hong Kong in 2011. High Court Judge in Hong Kong. Vice President of Hong Kong Sailing Federation. Member of Constitutional Committee of World Sailing. Chairman of World Sailing Judicial Board.
Mr Dirk-Reiner Martens (1942)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Doctor of Law; Principal at MARTENS Rechtsanwälte; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Olympic Games, 2000, 2004, 2002 and 2006; Lecturer in sports law and international commercial arbitration at several universities."
Mr Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda (1952)
Lawyer (Zimbabwe)
Attorney-at-law. Commercial and Sports Arbitrator. Ex-partner, Gill Godlonton & Gerrans attorneys. Ex-Vice Chairman, Zimbabwe Sports & Recreation Commission. Ex-President, Zimbabwe Golf Association. Ex-Trustee, Tennis Zimbabwe; Mayor of Harare July 2008 - June 2013.
Me Paul Mauriac (1943)
Avocat (France)
Avocat. Médiateur. Ancien joueur de Rugby de haut niveau. Vice-Président de la Conciliation près le Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français - CNOSF. Arbitre près la Chambre dArbitrage du Sport du CNOSF. Membre dInstances Disciplinaires et de Lutte contre le Dopage Nationales et Internationales dans le domaine du Cyclisme et du Rubgy.
Mr Petros C. Mavroidis (1959)
Professor of Law (Greece / Switzerland)
Professor of Law: Columbia Law School, New York (since 1998), University of Neuchâtel (since 1996) and European University Institute, Florence (2000-2002 and 2011-). GATT Legal Service (1992-1996). Member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Panel.
Mr Stuart C. McInnes (1956)
Solicitor (United Kingdom)
Solicitor, Consultant to the Sport Department, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP, formerly Managing Partner, Pritchard Englefield Solicitors. Director, British Showjumping Association; Chair, Parkour Earth, Member of Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte. Visiting Professor to Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia, Madrid, Spain and Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
Prof. Richard H. McLaren (1945)
Professor, Barrister (Canada)
Recipient of the Order of Canada; Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree; H.B.A. and LL.B The University of Western Ontario; LL.M University of London: C.Arb., Arbitrator's Institute of Canada; professor of Law, Western University, London, Canada; Counsel to London, Ontario law firm McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP; President of Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT Geneva, Switzerland); arbitrator and mediator of professional and amateur sports related disputes; Independent Person appointed by WADA to conduct investigation and review of allegations made in relation to Russian operation of the Moscow and 2014 Sochi laboratories and the Sochi Winter Olympics; one of three Commissioners appointed by WADA Independent International Commission that examined allegations of doping and cover-ups in Russian Athletics, Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Winter Olympic Games, Nagano 1998, Turin 2006, at the Summer Olympic Games, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester 2002.
Mr Alexander McLin (1970)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland / USA)
Executive Director, ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association. Member, IAAF Legal Commission; IAAF Working Group on Governance and Integrity Reform. Member, World Rowing (FISA) Ethics Group. Secretary General and CEO, Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) (2007-2011). General Counsel, FEI (2005-2009). General Counsel, CNET Channel Services (CNET Networks, now CBS Interactive) (2000-2004). Attorney-at-law, Baker & McKenzie, New York (1998-2000). Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva (1997). World Economic Forum, Geneva/Davos (1993-1999). J.D. Duke University School of Law (1999).
Mr Niall P. Meagher (1965)
Attorney-at-law (Ireland / USA)
Attorney-at-law. Executive Director of the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL). Former Senior Counsel at the ACWL (2004-2012).
Mr Rohinton R. Mehta (1960)
Professor of law (India)
Associate General Counsel, ITC Ltd.
Dr Andrea Meier (1974)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Dr. iur. University of Zurich; LLM Harvard Law School; attorney-at-law, Partner at Wartmann & Merker; Board Member of ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association; Court member of SCAI - Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution.
Mr Henry Menin (1938)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor of Laws. Former practicing lawyer (commercial litigation). Certified Mediator. Sailing US National Champion, Robin Class (1972-1973). President of Virgin Islands Sailing Association (1995-1999). International Sailing Federation International Judge (1992-present). ISAF International Umpire (1995-present). Chairman, ISAF Match Racing Committee (2005-present). Member of the Jury for the Louis Vuitton Challenger Series and 32 Americs Cup (2004-2007).
Me Koffi Sylvain Mensah Attoh (1961)
Avocat (Togo)
Avocat au Barreau de Lomé. Chef Division Législation au Ministère des Droits de lHomme. Arbitre au niveau du Centre National de lArbitrage au Togo. Membre du Comité de rédaction de la Revue Togolaise des Droits des Affaires et de l' Arbitrage. Conseiller juridique de la Fédération Togolaise de Boxe depuis décembre 2017. Conseil du Bureau de la Fédération Togolaise de Football et 1er Vice-President de l'Association Sportive Etoile Filante de Lomé Club de football.
Mr Jeffrey Mishkin (1948)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Former Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, National Basketball Association.
Prof. Matthew Mitten (1959)
Professor of law (USA)
Professor of Law and Executive Director, National Sports Law Institute and LL.M in Sports Law Program for Foreign Lawyers at Marquette University Law School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).Member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial and National Sports arbitration panels as well as the Ladies Professional Golfers Association, UFC, and United States Anti-doping Agency drug testing panels. Member, Board of Directors and former President (May 2015-May 2017), Sports Lawyers Association. Formerly professor of law at South Texas College of Law (Houston, Texas), attorney with Kilpatrick Townsend, LLP (Atlanta, Georgia), and chair, National Collegiate Athletic Association Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee. Member, CAS ad hoc Division at Winter Olympic Games, Sochi, 2014.
Dr Hossein Mohammadnabi (1950)
Attorney-at-law (Iran)
Lawyer. Manager and Director of a law office in Tehran. Board Member of "Iran central bar association". Former Judge in Tehran Court. Former Advisor of deputy of Supreme Judicial Council. Former Advisor of Ministry of Justice. Legal Advisor in Iran Football Federation.
Prof. Roberto Moreno Rodríguez Alcalá (1976)
Attorney-at-law (Paraguay)
Magister Juris, Comparative Law, University of Oxford (Distinction); Attorney General of the Republic of Paraguay (2013-2017); Professor of Law, School for Magistrates (Asunción); Professor of Contract Law and Arbitration, Catholic University (Asunción); Director of the Master in Business Law (MADE), Catholic University (Asunción); Former Legal Advisor and Consultant for the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. Former Legal Advisor for the Paraguayan Football Players Union; Partner in the Law Firm Moreno Ruffinelli & Asociados, Asunción, Paraguay.
Mr Daniele Moro (1968)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland / Italy)
Attorney-at-law and founding partner at Moro Recthsanwälte (2010- ); Former judge (substitute member) of the criminal court of the Canton of Lucerne (2005-2010); President of the Disciplinary Commission of the Swiss Football League (SFL); President of the Court of Appeal of the Central Switzerland Football Association (IFV); Member of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG); President of the European Athletic Association (EAA) Court; Member of the Disciplinary Commission Swiss Basketball; Former professional football player in the Swiss 1st division (Servette FC, FC Neuchatel Xamax, FC Basel, FC Zurich, Lausanne-Sport) and Swiss national U21 team.
Mr John Paul Mowberry (1969)
Solicitor (United Kingdom)
Solicitor at Bridge Litigation; Principal external legal advisor to the Professional Football Association of Scotland;
Mr Mark Muedeking (1954)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
JD. Attorney-at-law. Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US). Former General Counsel and Managing Director, US Olympic Committee. Adjunct Professor of law, Antioch University. Attorney, US Department of Justice. Counsel for USA Biathlon.
Mr Pierre Muller (1969)
Former Judge (Switzerland)
Independent Arbitrator, Conciliator and Mediator. Former Judge at the Cantonal Court (Vaud) and Court of District of Lausanne (1998-2017); Former Vice-President of the Cantonal Court (2013-2016). Co-Chair of the Group ASA Swiss Arbitration Association Vaud.
Mr James Michael Murphy (1943)
Judge (USA)
Judge, Superior Court State of Washington. Former Member IAAF Arbitration Panel. Chair, Law and Legislation Committee USA Track & Field Federation. USA Track & Field National Board of Review co-chair and Member. Past Member USA Track & Field Board of Directors.
Mr Christopher Murray (1971)
Attorney-at-law (United Kingdom)
Attorney-at-law. Partner at Clyde & Co. Judicial Panel- British Swimming. Chair of Judicial Panel - Len (European swimming). Sports agent - Sir Chris Hoy - British Cyclist.
Ms Cameron Myler (1968)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Four-time Olympian in the sport of luge; Clinical Assistant Professor of Sports Law and Governance at New York University; attorney-at-law in New York.
Mr Francisco Müssnich (1955)
Attorney-at-law (Brazil)
JD from the Pontificia Universidade Católica - PUC/Rio, 1976. Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, 1979 and Fundaçao Getulio Vargas - FGV/Rio, 2015. Former member of the Superior Court of Sports Justice for Soccer (STJD - Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Futebol) from 2004 through 2012. Senior and Founding Partner of Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão since April 1995. Member of the Sports Law Studies Commission from the Ministry of Sport. National Reporter for the 2009 Brazilian Code of Sports Justice. Legal counsel to the Local Organizing Committee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil since its bidding process in 2007. Professor of Corporate Law at PUC/RJ since 1981 and FGV/Rio since 2015. Visiting Professor for international Mergers and Acquisitions of the Vanderbilt Law School since 2010. Arbitrator for the ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad - Rio 2016.
Dr. Sven Nagel (1970)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Doctor juris; Senior Partner Nagel Kauerhof Rechtsanwälte law firm; Member of the Board, Institute for German and International Sports Law, Leipzig; Former member of the GDR junior national team in wrestling.
Mr Manfred Peter Nan (1960)
Attorney-at-law (Netherlands)
Lawyer ; Partner at the law firm De Kempenaer Advocaten. Deputy Judge District Court of Overijssel. Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee in Doping cases of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB). Member of the Disciplinary Committee Professional Football of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB). Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte". Lecturer at the Online Masters Program International Sports law at the REX Sport Academy and CEU Universidad Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain. Former member of the Appeal Committee in Disciplinary Cases Professional Football of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB; 2003 – 2015). Former Arbitrator of the Arbitration Committee of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB; 1987 - 2011). Former Member of the Dutch Football Players' Committee (CSR; 1985 - 1986). Former Arbitrator of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Dutch Olympic Committee/Dutch Sport Federation (1990 – 1994).
Dr Hans Nater (1943)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Docteur en droit; Master of law, Harvard Law School; avocat en létude Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte; ancien Vice-président du Comité Olympique Suisse (1985-1996); ancien membre du Comité central de la Fédération Suisse de Ski ; membre de la Chambre ad hoc du TAS aux Jeux Olympiques dhiver, Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 et aux Jeux Olympiques dété, Athènes 2004.
Me Guédel Ndiaye (1954)
Avocat (Senegal)
Avocat à la Cour. Barreau du Sénégal. Trésorier général de lOrdre des Avocats du Sénégal. Président de la Fédération sénégalaise de Rugby. Membre de la Commission juridique du Comité National Olympique Sénégalais (CNOSS) et du Comité dOrganisation de la Coupe dAfrique de Football en 1992, Sénégal. Capitaine de léquipe nationale du Sénégal (rugby) de 1980 à 1985. Vice-président de lAssociation sénégalaise de droit pénal.
M. Youssoupha Ndiaye (1938)
Juge (Senegal)
Mnistre dEtat; Ministre des Sports du Sénégal; ancien Président du Conseil constitutionnel du Sénégal; ancien Président de la Fédération sénégalaise de tennis; ancien Président de la fédération sénégalaise de football; membre de la Chambre ad hoc du TAS aux Jeux Olympiques dété, Atlanta, 1996.
Ms Thi My Dung Nguyen (1976)
Lawyer (Vietnam)
Lawyer. Director at MD Lawyers Partnership/Vietnam. Member of Disciplinary Committee/Asian Football Confederation. Member of Ethics Committee/Federation Internationale de Football Association. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Judge Henric Nicholas (1941)
Judge (Australia)
Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since Feb. 2003. Barrister-at-law 1966 - 2003, appointed Queens Counsel in Oct. 1981.
Mr Laurent Niddam (1960)
Attorney-at-law (France / USA)
Attorney at law admitted to the New York and Paris Bars. Independent arbitrator and counsel in commercial and investment arbitrations. Former Senior Partner: Szecskay, Attorneys at Law, Budapest. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and approved faculty member of the Institute. Member of the Tribunal of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI).
Mr Lars Nilsson (1953)
Attorney-at-law (Sweden)
Attorney-at-law. Partner ENN Lawfirm, Stockholm, Sweden. Chairman of the Swedish Sports Law Association, Chairman of the Appeal Board of the Swedish Football Federation. Chairman of the Disciplinary and Appeal Board of the Swedish Motorcycle Sports Federation. Member of the FIM International Disciplinary Court, Chairman of the Federation of International Bandy (FIB) Disciplinary Committee, In-house legal counsel Skandia Insurance Company Ltd, Stockholm, 1988-1995. Board Member of Hammarby Fotboll AB 2010-2013. Former Secretary and Deputy Chairman of the Doping Committee within horse-racing.
Me José Miguel Nobre Ferreira (1936)
Avocat (Portugal)
Avocat au barreau de Lisbonne; Président de la Fondation pour le sport; membre de la Commission juridique de lAssociation des Comités Nationaux Olympiques dEurope (ACNOE); ancien vice-président de la fédération portugaise de rugby; ancien membre de la Direction du Comité National Olympique Portugais; président de la Commission Juridique du Comité National Olympique Portugais; membre du Conseil Supérieur du Sport du Portugal.
Mr João Nogueira Da Rocha (1963)
Attorney-at-law (Portugal)
Lawyer, Legal adviser of the Portuguese Players Association, Arbitrator at the Training Compensation Chamber at the Portuguese Football Federation (F.P.F.), member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Portuguese Motorcycle Federation (F.P.M.), member of the Disciplinary Committee of Table Tennis Federation (F.P.T.M). Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte".
Mr Vladimir Novak (1986)
Attorney-at-law (Slovakia)
Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; Admitted to the New York Bar; LLM Harvard Law School (2012); Master of Laws Comenius University in Bratislava (2011); Former football referee; Former CAS ad hoc clerk.
Mr Piotr Nowaczyk (1953)
Attorney-at-law / arbitrator (Poland)
Attorney-at-law admitted in Warsaw and Paris. Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. President of the Court of Arbitration of the Polish Chamber of Commerce (2006-2009). Former Partner and Head of Arbitration Department of Dentons Warsaw. Member of UNCITRAL Arbitration and Conciliation Working Group.
Ms Carmen Nunez-Lagos (1966)
Attorney-at-law (Spain)
Partner at Hogan Lovells law firm, Paris. Honorary President of the French chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club; Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Arbitration Club. See CV for full details of Ms Nunez-Lagos' experience.
Ms Maidie E. Oliveau (1953)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center; Counsel in the law firm of Arent Fox, LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA; executive at the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (1984); former managing director of Women's International Professional Tennis Council (now WTA Tour, Inc.); represents sports events, leagues, teams, major corporations and individuals in sports acquisitions, marketing and television/media transactions; arbitrator on Olympic, doping and professional sports matters for American Arbitration Association and International Center for Dispute Resolution and on numerous CAS cases;.member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Olympic Games, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and at the Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006.
Mr Ucheora Onwuamaegbu (1965)
Solicitor (Nigeria / United Kingdom)
Consulting Attorney at Arent Fox LLP in Washington, D.C. (2015-); Barrister and Solicitor of Supreme Court of Nigeria. Solicitor Supreme Court of England and Wales. Editorial Committee Member, Columbia University Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy. Member, Peer Review Board, ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal. Legal Advisor, Kuwait National Focal Point (KNFPP), Kuwait City. Arbitration Principal, Onwuamaegbu and Co., Lagos; 2001-2010: the World Bank, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington D.C.
Mr Hayden Opie (1953)
Sports Law Consultant and Educator (Australia)
Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne; Independent Member, Racing (Thoroughbred) Victoria Integrity Council (2018-_); Independent Member, Basketball Australia Hearing and/or Appeals Panels (2018-); Member of the Board of Advisors of the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, USA (1993-_); Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Sports Policy and Research at Penn State University, USA (2008-__); Member of the Editorial Advisory Board on the International Sports Law Journal (2009-__), Director of Studies, Sports Law Program and Senior Lecturer in Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne (1987-2017); Founding President, Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association (1990-1998); Member of the Australian Federal Government Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel (2010-2015); Chairman of the Doping Control Tribunal of Athletics Australia (1992-1996); Member of the National Basketball League Appeals Tribunal, Australia (2010-2015).
Ms Sarah OShea (1973)
Solicitor (Ireland)
Solicitor. Legal Director, Football Association of Ireland. Chairperson, Federation of Irish Sport. Committee Member, UEFA Hattick Committee.
Me Denis Oswald (1947)
Avocat, Professeur (Switzerland)
Docteur en droit; avocat au barreau de Neuchâtel; ancien bâtonnier de l'Ordre des avocats neuchâtelois; Professeur émérite de l'Université de Neuchâtel (chaire de droit du sport) ; Directeur du Centre international d'étude du sport (CIES) ; membre du CIO (1991-) ; membre de la commission exécutive du CIO (2000-2012 et 2017-); membre de la commission des affaires juridiques du CIO (1993-); Président de la commission disciplinaire du CIO; membre de la Chambre des recours de la Ligue suisse de hockey sur glace (1976-1991); Secrétaire général (1978-1989) puis Président (1989-2014) et Président d'honneur (dès 2014) de la Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA); secrétaire général adjoint du Comité National Olympique Suisse (1985-1997); Médaillé de bronze aux Jeux Olympiques 1968 (aviron) et participation aux Jeux Olympiques de 1972 et 1976.
Mr José Manuel Otero Lastres (1947)
Professor (Spain)
Professor of Commercial Law at University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). Lawyer. Member the Board of Directors of Real Madrid. Former Vice-President of "Comite Español de Disciplina Deportiva".
Mr Emin Ozkurt (1979)
Barrister (Turkey)
LL.M - University of Manchester. Barrister. Managing partner, Ozkurt Law Office. Fenerbahçe SK, Senior Legal Counsel on Sports Law (July 2011-January 2014). Besiktas JK, Senior Legal Counsel on Sports Law (May 2012-January 2014).
Mr Mika Palmgren (1964)
Attorney-at-law (Finland)
Partner Palmgren Ltd. Former chairman of Players Union of Finland. Former and first FIFA licensed player agent in Finland. Arbitrator World Cup 2010 and 2014 and UEFA Euro 2012 and 2016. Member of the Board Telia 5G stadium (Helsinki). Member of the Legal Protection Board of Sport in Finland.
Mr Marek Palus (1964)
Attorney-at-law (Poland)
Attorney-at-law. Partner in Law Firm VESTER in Katowice. President of the Polish Basketball Federation (2000-2006). Member of the Board of the International Basketball Federation FIBA, Europe, Munich (2001-2010). President and CEO in Gornik Zabrze SA (football) (2015-2016). Member of the Appeal's Panel of FIBA. Former Arbitrator in Arbitral Tribunal for Sport by Polish Olympic Committee. President of the Ice Hockey Arbitral Tribunal in Poland. Founder of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal in Poland.
Mr Jinwon Park (1946)
Attorney-at-law (Korea)
Of Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers Seoul Office, Formerly Senior Foreign Lawyer and Partner, Shin & Kim. Outside Director, Hyundai Heavy Industries. Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, ROK. Legal Counsel to the Korea Football Association.
The Hon. Barry Paterson (1935)
Retired Judge (New Zealand)
Retired High Court Judge. Chair of New Zealand Press Council. Chair of New Zealand Sports Disputes Tribunal. Courts of Appeal in the Cook Islands, Kiribati and Samoa. 25 years as Board Member of New Zealand Cricket, including two years as Chairman.
Prof Jan Paulsson (1949)
Avocat (France / Sweden)
AB Harvard, JD Yale, DESS Paris; Partner, Three Crowns LLP (2014- ); Professor of Law, University of Miami (2008- ); President, European Bank Administrative Tribunal (2008-2016), President, World Bank Administrative Tribunal (2006-2010); Judge, International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal (2011- ); Board Member, American Arbitration Assocation (2010-2017); Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration (2009-2012); Head of International Arbitration and Public International Law, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (1993-2012); member of CAS Ad hoc divisions for the Olypic Games of Atlanta, Sydney and Nagano. Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Mr Mohd. Alam Pengiran Anak Puteh (1951)
Lawyer (Brunei)
Legal Director, Jati Investment SDN BHD. Member and Arbitrator, Arbitration Association, Brunei Darussalam. Ambassador to Tokyo, Jpan (1986). Deputy and Permanent Secretary, Minitry of Foreign Affairs (1986-1997). Ambassador to USA, Republic of Peru and Unites States of Mexico (1997-2008). President of Brunei Squash Racket Association (1988-1990). Vice President of Brunei Amateur Football Association (1988-1990). President of Brunei Karate Association (1991-1995).
Prof. Sinisa Petrovic (1966)
Professor of law (Croatia)
Ph.D - Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. Special Advisor of the Prime Minister for European Law (2012-2015).
Prof. Pascal Pichonnaz (1967)
Professor of law & Arbitrator (Switzerland)
Ph.D - University of Fribourg. Ordinary Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Arbitrator. Vice-President of the Federal Commission for Consumer Affairs. Member of Judicial Committee for Swiss basketball.
Mr Alfonso Picone (1935)
Lawyer (Italy)
Attorney at law, Supreme Court; President of the juridical Commission of the Italian Federation of Swimming; member of the editorial staff of the "Rivista di diritto sportivo"; counsel to Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI) and some Italian sport federations; counsel to sport manager and athletes; President of the European Confederation of Modern Pentathlon; Europe Vice-president of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM); member of law rules commission of CONI.
Mr Sofoklis Pilavios (1966)
Attorney-at-law (Greece)
Attorney-at-law. Member of the Athens Bar Association. Founder and Head of Sofoklis P. Pilavios Law Firm. 3rd Vice-President of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. Former President of the Hellenic Football Federations (2009-2012). Former member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (as representative of the Hellenic Football Federation, 2013-2016). UEFA Disciplinary Inspector (2006-2009). Member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (2007-2009). Member of the UEFA Legal Experts Panel (2002-2004). Legal Advisor of Panathinaikos FC (2000-2004). Member of Board of Directors - Panathinaikos FC (2000-2004).
Mr José Juan Pintó Sala (1951)
Lawyer (Spain)
Lawyer. President of Bufete Pintó Ruiz, S.L. based in Barcelona. President of Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle, S.L. based in Madrid. Former President of Pannone Law Group G.E.I.E. based in Brussels. Member of the "Associazione Internazionale Giuristi di Lingua Italiana". Member of the "International Sports Lawyers Association" (ISLA). Honorary President of the "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte". Awarded with the Medal for Sports Merit by the Sport Council of Spain (Consejo Superior de Deportes del Estado Español). Independent member of the UEFA Governance and Compliance Committee. Independent member of the UEFA Compensation Committee (2017).
Mr Pavel Pivovarov (1981)
Attorney (Russia)
FC Zenit JSC Deputy General Director - Administrative Director, Executive Board Member, Representative of the Club in European Club Association; Football Union of Russia: Legal Committee Member, Arbitrator of the Players' Status Committee; European Club Association: Legal Advisory Panel Member; member of the Institutional Relations Working Group; former arbitrator of Football Union of Russia Dispute Resolution Chamber;
Ms Petra Pocrnic Perica (1981)
Arbitrator (Croatia)
Master of laws, Queen Mary University of London; LLB University of Zagreb; Various positions within the Croatian Olympic Committee: Secretary General of the Croatian Court of Arbitration for Sport, Secretary General of the Ethics Committee, Member of the Committee for Competition System, Secretary General of the Disciplinary Committee; Head of Legal Department at the Croatian Olympic Academy; Member of the Anti-Doping Appeal Committee of the Croatian Institute for Toxicology and Anti-Doping (NADO); Arbitrator with the Croatian Football Federation; Member Delegate of the Council of Europe, Ad hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Sir Oliver Popplewell (1927)
Lawyer (United Kingdom)
Former High Court Judge. Member of the Sports Disputes Resolution Panel (UK). Member of the ICC Commission enquiring into corruption (match fixing).
Mr Didier Poulmaire (1968)
Lawyer (France)
Lawyer specialised in sports law and entertainment; General Secretary of "Avocats en droit du sport"
Mr Richard W. Pound (1942)
Lawyer (Canada)
Counsel, Tax group, Stikeman Elliott law firm; Chancellor Emeritus of McGill University; Member of the IOC Executive Board (1983-1991, 1992-1996); Vice-President of the IOC (1987-1991, 1996-2000). President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (1999-2007); Member of ICAS (2007-2018). Olympic finalist at the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960 (swimming); gold medallist and silver medallist at the 1962 Commonwealth Games (swimming). President of the Canadian Olympic Committee (1977-1982);
Mr Vinayak Pradhan (1950)
Solicitor (Malaysia)
Advocate & Solicitor, West Malaysia, Singapore. Partner in the law firm Skrine, Advocates & Solicitors Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Commissioner, United Nations Compensation Commission (August 1998 to July 2003). Appeared as solicitor and counsel in domestic and international arbitrations Has sat as sole and co-arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations.
Ms Jennifer L. Price (1958)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
J.D. Attorney-at-law. Independent arbitrator, formerly King & Spalding LLP, Partner, International Arbitration and Litigation. United States Equestrian Federation, Legal Review Committee (2001-2012). United States Equestrian Federation, Ethics Committee (2004-present).
Mr Jacques Radoux (1969)
Référendaire à la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne (Luxembourg)
Legal Secretary to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg (since 1999). Attorney-at-law (1997-1998). Member of the Legal Commission and of the Elite Sport Commission of the Luxembourg Olympic Committee (1998-2003). Tournament Director of the European Club Championships for women (1999-2000). Arbitrator at the Commission Luxembourgeoise d'Arbitrage pour le Sport (1998-2013). Davis Cup player for Luxembourg (1987-1995). Captain of the Luxembourg Davis Cup Team (2008-2013). Tennis head coach for Special Olympics Luxembourg (since 2008).
Judge Chedli Rahmani (1968)
Vice Chairman of the Tribunal of first instance of Ariana (Tunisia); President of the tax chamber; Formerly member of Civil and Commercial Chamber in several governorates of Tunisia; Member of the Criminal Chamber; Social Security Judge; Family Court Judge; Arbitrator with Tunisian Court of Arbitration for 5 years; Former President of the Disciplinary Committee of the Tunisian Chess Federation; Member of the Legal Committee and Competitions Committee of the Chess Arab Union; President of the Tunisian Chess Federation; Former international chess player with Tunisian team.
Mr Chelva R. Rajah SC (1948)
Lawyer (Singapore)
Senior Counsel and Partner, Tan Rajah & Cheah law firm; Board Member and Panel Member, Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Panel Member Singapore International Mediation Centre; Vice President Singapore Cricket Association (1983-1992); Represented Singapore in Cricket (1974-1987).
Mr Arben Rakipi (1961)
Lawyer (Albania)
Lawyer, Rakipi and partners. Chairman of CAS Albania. Professor of Criminal Law. Judge at the District Court of Law of town of Mirdita, First Instance (1986-1990). Judge at Tirana District Court of Law, First Instance (1990-1993). Attorney General of the Republic of Albania (1997-2002). Chair of Appeal Commission at the Albanian Football Federation (2010-2012).
S.E.le Juge Raymond Ranjeva (1942)
Juge (Madagascar)
Docteur en droit, Université de Paris II; Ancien Vice-Président et Juge à la Cour Internationale de Justice, La Haye. Membre du Curatorium de lAcadémie de Droit international de la Haye. Président ex-officio du Conseil de discipline en matière de sports collectifs et individuels à Madagascar. Membre de la Commission des experts de lOrganisation internationale du Travail pour lapplication des conventions et recommandations. Président de la Commission internationale denquête du Bureau international du Travail sur la liberté dassociation et les conventions collectives au Zimbabwe.
Mr Sharad Rao (1935)
Barrister-at-law (Kenya)
Barrister at law; private legal practice in Kenya; hon. legal advisor of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Kenyan National Olympic Committee and Kenyan National Sports Council. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Athens 2004.
Dr Mohamed Abdel Raouf (1971)
Lawyer (Egypt)
Attorney at law, Partner, Abdel Raouf Law Firm, Cairo-Egypt. Former Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA [2012-2016]) and Associate Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. International commercial arbitration and ADR as well as in commercial contracts, investment agreements, construction, real estate and sports-related disputes.
Mr Gordon Rapp (1957)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Attorney-at-law and Senior Partner of RAPP WOLFF Rechtsanwälte. Member of the Articles Commission of the German Fencing Association 1996 - 1998. Vice President of the German Fencing Association 1998 - 2000. President of the German Fencing Association 2000 - 2014. Honorary President of the German Fencing Association. Member of the Marketing Commission of the European Fencing Association (CEE). Member of the FIE Legal Commission since 2008. Member of the ASOIF Legal Consultative Group since 2015. Member of the Executive Committee of the Olympic Training Center Rhein-Neckar since 2016.
Mr Daniel Ratushny (1970)
Lawyer (Canada)
Juris Doctor, MBA, Executive Master International Sports Law. Corporate Lawyer, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Canada (2006-2009). Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal. Professional Ice Hockey Head Coach (2009-2017) in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Professional Ice Hockey Player (1991-2003). Olympic Silver Medal, 1992. World Junior Championship Gold Medal, 1990. Head Coach, Austrian National Men's Ice Hockey Team (2014-2016).
Mr Olli Rauste (1963)
Attorney-at-law (Finland)
LL.M., Universities of Helsinki and Pennsylvania; Lawyer; visiting teacher (sports law), University of Jyväskylä; Deputy Judge, District Court of Joensuu, 1992; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, 2002. Arbitration Panel for Sports in Finland, Arbitrator 2004. Competition and Disciplinary Committee of Finnish Floorball League, President 2005. Chairman of the Ethics Commission for the International Floorball Federation (2018-present).
Ms Barbara Reeves (1949)
Arbitrator & Mediator (USA)
J.D. - Harvard Law School. Arbitrator and Mediator with JAMS. Partner in international law firms (1981-1999). Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Edison International and Southern California Edison (1999-2005). Owner of horses competing at international level in show jumping.
Mr Klaus Reichert (1968)
Barrister (Ireland / Germany)
Barrister at Brick Court Chambers. Member of the Basketball Arbitration Tribunal (BAT) panel of arbitrators and the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).
His Honour James Robert Reid QC (1943)
Judge (United Kingdom)
Retired Circuit Judge. Chairman Football League Appeals Committee and Professional Football compensation Committee. Has chaired FA Premier League Disciplinary Committees and disciplinary committees in athletics and squash.
Ms Deanna Reiss (1966)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor; Founding partner in law firm specializing in international sport issues; Arbitrator, US Anti-Doping Agencys Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing (American Arbitration Association); CONCACAF legal Counsel.
Mr David W. Rivkin (1955)
Lawyer (USA)
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Member, Board of Directors and Chair, Law Committee, American Arbitration Association (AAA); Chair, International Bar Association Legal Practice Division; President, London Court of International Arbitration North American Users Council; Director, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City 2002 and at the Summer Olympic Games, Athens 2004.
Ms Carol L. Roberts (1957)
Arbitrator (Canada)
Lawyer, chartered arbitrator and mediator covering a variety of areas including sports, employment, human rights and personal injury. Member of the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitrator Centre's domestic and international arbitration and mediation panels. Member of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada. Member of the anti-doping arbitration panels for the Ultimate Fighting Championships and the World Triathlon Corporation. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Ms. Roberts was a figure skating judge for over 30 years with Skate Canada, and is a member of the International Floorball Federation's Ethics Commission.
Prof. Gary R. Roberts (1948)
Professor of Law (USA)
J.D.1975, Stanford University. Attorney-at-law. President, Bradley University, Peoria (2016- ); Dean & General L. Bepko Professor of Law, Indiana Univ. McKinney School of Law. Director & Officer, Sports Lawyers Associatiohn (U.S.). Consultant on Sports Business & Legal Issues (current clients include Minor League Baseball; the Batimore Orioles Baseball Team). Former counsel to the National Football League and National Hockey League (1976-83). Founder and Director of the Sports Law Certificate Program at Tulane University Law School (1983-2007).
Me Jean-Philippe Rochat (1957)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Attorney-at-law; Partner Kellerhals Carrard. Former Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (1994-1999). Founding member of the Swiss Sports Law Association. Former Vice President of the Swiss Ski Federation (2004-2016). Member of the ASA Swiss Arbitration Association. Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Sydney 2000.
Mr Anthony Rogers GBS QC JP (1946)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
Chairman of the Hong Kong Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel; Company Secretary of the Hong Kong, China Rowing Association; Company Secretary of Hong Kong Chinese Lady Golfers' Association; Chairman of Disciplinary Panel of Hong Kong Anti-Doping Committee.
Ms Annett Rombach (1980)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
LL.M - University of Miami. Attorney-at-law at Klinkert Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Arbitrator at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT), Geneva, Switzerland. Guest Lecturer at the University of Zurich (International Arbitration).
Mr Anangga Roosdiono (1944)
Attorney-at-law (Indonesia)
Managing Partner - Roosdiono & Partners. Council Member - ASEAN Business Advisory Council. Honorary Consul of Ireland in Indonesia. Member of the Executive Committee of Indonesia Swimming Federation (PRSI). Member of the Executive Committee of Indonesia Badminton Federation (PBSI).
Mr Murray Rosen QC (1953)
Attorney-at-law (United Kingdom)
Deputy High Court Judge, Chancery Recorder, arbitrator and mediator, barrister, founding chairman of the Bar Sports Law Group; former Chairman and Director of the British Association for Sport & Law; Panel Chair with Sports Resolutions UK and the FA Disciplinary Commission.
Mr Jeffrey Rosenthal (1967)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
J.D. Attorney-at-law. Director, New York International Arbitration Center. Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
Mr Alan I. Rothenberg (1939)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Juris Doctor. Full time neutral on the following panels: (1) AAA Complex litigation; (2) ADR services; (3) American film marketing association; (4) CPR. Former partner Latham & Watkins (1990-2000). Vice President and Commissioner of Soccer, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Vice President of Los Angeles Lakers, Wolves, Kings, (1967-1979). President of Los Angeles Clippers, (1984-1989). Chairman and CEO of 1994 FIFA World Cup. President of United States Soccer Federation. Chairman of 1999 FIFA Womens World Cup. Founder & Board Member, United States Soccer Federation.
Dr Donald Rukare (1968)
Lawyer (Uganda)
Doctor of Laws (PHD); Attorney-at-law; advocate of the High Court of Uganda; Secretary General Uganda Olympic Commitee; President Uganda Swimming Federation; Vice president African Swimming Federation (CANA); FINA Bureau Member; Member of the RADO (East Africa) Results Management Team
Dr Jan Räker (1977)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Legal Director at VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V., Attorney-at-law Rechtsanwälte Prinz Neidhardt Engelschall, Hamburg; Lecturer for Sports Law and Football Management at IST Hochschule, Düsseldorf; General Counsel and CCO Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V., Hamburg; General Secretary of International Sport Lawyers Association (ISLA) since 2012; Member of ECA Legal Advisory Panel.
Ms Hilkka Salmenkylä (1956)
Attorney-at-law (Finland)
Attorney at law at Juhani Salmenkylä Ky. Practising as a private attorney since 1979. Member of the Board of the Finnish Association for Sports and Law. Former Member of the Board of the Finnish Antidoping Agency (FINADA). Arbitrator of the Finnish Sports Arbitration Board.
Mr Barry Sanders (1945)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
J.D. Attorney-at-law. Formerly, senior partner, and head of international practice at law firm Latham & Watkins. Currently adjunct professor at UCLA in the Law School and in the Department of Communication of the College of Arts and Sciences. Currently member of sports arbitration panel of American Arbitration Association. Formerly served as President, Board of Commissioners, Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks. President, Board of Commissioners, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena. Chairman, Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. Director and Secretary of Los Angeles Sports Council and Director, Los Angeles Bid Committee for 2028 Olympic Games (LA2028). Acted as counsel for many sports events and organizations including Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, Salt Lake City Olympic Organinzing Committee; 1994 World Cup Organizing Committee; Americas Cup Organizing Committee in San Diego; Goodwill Games; and Los Angeles Dodgers. Founded and chaired the International Law Section of the California State Bar Association. Founded and chaired the Los Angeles Center for International Commercial Arbitration.
Mr Philippe Sands (1960)
Professor of Law (United Kingdom / France)
Professor of Law, University College London. Barrister (QC), Matrix Chambers, London. Diretor, Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, UCL.
Ms Sylvia Schenk (1952)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Consultant / Attorney at Herbert Smith Freehills Germany LLP; Labour Court Judge at the Labour Court Offenbach/Main (1979-1989). City Councillor for Legal Affairs, Housing and Sports, City of Frankfurt (1989-2001). 1972 German Champion 800m Athletics and participant Olympic Games Munich. Member of the management Committee of the International Cycling Federation (UCI) (2000-2005). Chairwoman of the Appeals Board of the German Handball League women. Member of the Board of the German Olympic Academy, FIFA's Human Rights Advisory Board, the External Judicial Experts Group of the Badminton World Federation and the Ethics Commission of the International Floorball Federation.
Prof. Dr. Martin Schimke (1959)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Dr. jur.; LL.M.; Attorney at law; Of Counsel of the law firm Bird & Bird; 1998 - 2014 President of the Sports-law-Commission and member of the Governing Board of the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats); 1998 - 2000 member of the Arbitration Panel of the professional German Ice-Hockey League (DEL); since 1997 member of the Advisory Board of the German Sports-Law Association; 1989 - 2000 member of the Legal Committee of the German Basketball Federation and member of the Anti-doping Committee of the German Basketball Federation; 1978 - 1980 member of the German Basketball National Team; since 2015 member of the Ethics Group of the FISA (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron); Honorary Professor at the Hochschule Fresenius; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, London 2012 and at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyoengchang 2018. .
Mr Alexis Schoeb (1978)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Attorney-at-law. Founding Partner Schoeb Attorney-at-law. Member of the Arbitral Tribunal of the International Cycling Union (UCI). Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the International Cycling Union (UCI). Vice-President of the Appeal Tribunal of Swiss Volley. Member of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
Prof. Dr. iur. Walter Seitz (1938)
Judge (Germany)
Professor of Civil Law (Media Law and Personality Right), University of Munich; former President of a Panel at the Court of Appeal, Munich (until 2003).
Dr Ismail Selim (1975)
Doctor of law (Egypt)
Ph.D in international Dijon School of Law, France. Serves as Prosecutor and Judge in the Egyptian Judiciary since 1998 till 2009. Registered on the Egyptian Bar in 2010. Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA). Lecturer at Sorbonne University Paris I. Partner in international law firms in Cairo (2013-2016).
Mr Pathmanaban Selvadurai (1933)
Lawyer (Singapore)
Attorney at Law. Consultant with the law firm of Tan Rajah & Cheah. Past President and present Member of Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) (1994-1995), Singapore Representative in the Council of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA).
Me Augustin E. Senghor (1965)
Avocat (Senegal)
Avocat. Gérant Sce davocats Augustin Senghor et Associés. Président de la Fédération Sénégalaise de Football. Membre de la Commission Recours de la FIFA depuis 2009. Vice-Président Jury disciplinaire de la CAF (2009). Maire de lIle de Gorée et Adjoint au maire de Dakar (depuis 2002). Membre de la Commission exécutive du CNOSS (2009).
Ms Barbara Shycoff (1960)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
LLM, Boston University; J.D., George Washington University; B.S., Old Dominion University; former member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Legislation Committee; former member of the Athletes Advisory Council of the USOC; former Member of the Board of Directors of USA Swimming; former Chairman of the USA Swimming National Board of Review; former Chairman of the USA Swimming Athletes Committee; member of the CAS since 1995, and a member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta, 1996.
Mr Bruno Simma (1941)
Professor (Germany)
Professor of Law at the Universities of Innsbruck (retired) and Michigan, Ann Arbor (on leave); former Judge at the International Court of Justice (2003 - 2012); currently Judge/Arbitrator at the Iran - United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague and Arbitrator in inter-State and PCA/ICSID investor-State cases.
Prof. Gérald Simon (1950)
Professeur (France)
Professeur de droit public à la Faculté de droit de Dijon. Directeur du laboratoire de droit du sport de l'Université de Bourgogne. Avocat au Conseil d'Etat et à la Cour de Cassation (1989 – 1992).
Ms Janie Soublière (1976)
attorney-at-law (Canada)
Sports lawyer. Legal counsel and consultant in anti-doping in sport. Member AIU Disciplinary Tribunal. Panel Member, Sports Dispute Resolution Center of Canada (SDRCC). Member IBU Court of Arbitration and IBU Anti-Doping Panel. Panel Member, Sport Resolutions. Former manager, Legal and Results Management, World Anti-Doping Agency (2004-2007). Former President, Doping Hearing Panel, International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games.
His Honour Judge Rauf Soulio (1957)
Judge (Australia)
Judge - District Court of South Australia (appointed 2006) administrative, civil, commercial and criminal jurisdictions. Judge - Equal Opportunity Tribunal. Judge - Licensing Court of South Australia. Admitted as barrister in Supreme Court of South Australia 1981; High Court of Australia 1984; Roll of Solicitors, England and Wales 1990. 1981-1988 Solicitor. 1988-2006 Barrister. President - National Football Independent Banning Appeal Committee (2016- ). President - Football Federation of South Australia 2008 - 2016; Formerly Chair, Disciplinary Committee, Disciplinary Appeals Committee, Player Contract Disputes Committee. Chair, Boxing and Martial Arts Advisory Board - government of South Australia, Chair, Boxing and Martial Arts Medical Reference Group (2000- ).
Judge Robert Spear (1951)
Judge (New Zealand)
Judge of the District Court of New Zealand (1995-), Judge of the Supreme Court of Vanuatu (2011-13), International (FISA) Rowing Umpire( 2007-), Competition Director of World Rowing Championships (2010), President of the Oceania Rowing Confederation (2014-), FISA's Continental Representative for Oceania and member of FISA Council (2014-)
The Hon. James Spigelman (1946)
Retired Judge (Australia)
Arbitrator. Barrister, Australia 1980-1998, QC 1986-1998. Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New South Wales 1998-2011.
Ms Martina Spreitzer-Kropiunik (1967)
Judge (Austria)
Presiding Judge at the Vienna Criminal Court. Since 1995 working as Judge at the Vienna Criminal Court, since 2003 specialised in international organised crime cases mainly in the field of drug crime and anti-doping affairs.
Ms Yasna Stavreva (1969)
Attorney-at-law (Bulgaria)
Specialised in labour and sports law, litigation, arbitration and mediation; legal services to the Association of Bulgarian football players;
Ms Zali Steggall (1974)
Barrister (Australia)
Barrister at Family Law chambers in Australia; Director Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA) (1998-2002 2014- ); Director Sports Australia Hall of Fame (2015- ); Member ASADA Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel (2014- ); Vice Chair Football NSW Appeals Tribunal (2012- ); Member National Federation Appeal's Tribunal of the NOC of Australia (2009- ); Professional alpine skier (1989-2002); Winter Olympic Games 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002; Bronze medal Nagano 1998 Women's slalom; Gold medal 1999 World Alpine Championships Women's Slalom
Mr Ercus Stewart (1949)
Barrister (Ireland)
Senior Counsel (Barrister) practising since 1970. Chartered arbitrator, C.I.Arb., London; Lecturer in law/ Arbitration at University College Dublin, Kings Inn (law school), Dublin 7, and Dublin Institute of Technology. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Chairman JUST SPORT IRELAND, Sports Arbitration. Diploma in International Arbitration (UCD and DIT). Former Chairman, Broadcasting Complaints Commission. Committee, Irish Sports Council.
Mr Nicholas Stewart QC (1947)
QC, Barrister, Judge, Arbitrator, mediator (United Kingdom)
Football Association Appeal Board Chairman Panel; Sport Resolutions UK Panel of Arbitrators; World Rugby Anti-Doping Judicial Panel; Scottish Premier League Commission of Inquiry into Rangers FC 2012-2013; Deputy High Court Judge, England and Wales 1991-2017.
Me Ruggero Stincardini (1956)
Professeur Avocat (Italy)
Professeur de Droit civil et de Droit du sport à la Faculté de droit à lUniversité E-campus de Novedrate-Milan (Italie). Professeur de Droit du sport à la Faculté de médecine - Sciences du Sport et de la Motricité à lUniversité de Pérouse (Italie). Avocat. Conseiller juridique de la Ligue Nationale Professionnelle Italienne - FIGC- Fédération Italienne de Football. Membre de la "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte".
Mr Allan Stitt (1961)
Arbitrator (Canada)
President & CEO of ADR Chambers Inc and the Stitt Feld Handy Group (1994-present); Chartered Mediator and Arbitrator; Chair of the Board of Directors of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (2003-2009); UNCITRAL Working Group - Advisor to the Canadian Delegation (2015-present); Senior Consultant/Advisor to the Jerusalem Arbitration Centre (2013-present); Master of laws Harvard Law School (1992).
Mr Marvin R. V. Storrow Q.C., LL.D (1934)
Attorney-at-law, QC (Canada)
Partner Emeritus Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Director of the 2010 Olympic Games bid corporation; Director of British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre
Dr. Jan Stovicek (1972)
Attorney-at-law (Czech Republic)
Attorney-at-law. Doctor in laws and Ph.D in private law, Charles University, Prague. Vice President of FIM Europe, President of Auto Club of Czech Republic (ACCR), Member of the International Court of Appeal of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), President of the FIA Anti-Doping Disciplinary Commitee, Member of the International Judicial Panel of the FIM, Former President of the Disciplinary Committee of ACCR - Federation of Automobile Sport (FAS), Motorcycling Road Racing rider in European Supermono Cup (1998-2000), Automobile GT driver in FIA GT3 European Championships (2011), Driver in FIA GT Series - overall winner in Gentleman category (2013)
Mr Romano F. Subiotto (1961)
Attorney-at-law (United Kingdom)
QC. Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Solicitor-Advocate (England and Wales). Former Counsel to the International Olympic Committee on EC competition matters.
Mr Alan John Sullivan (1951)
Lawyer (Australia)
Queens Counsel; Barrister; former Chairman, Australian Rugby League Judiciary Panel; Commissioner, Code of Behaviour, Australian Cricket Board.
Mr Paul A.J. Supramaniam (1957)
Attorney-at-law (Singapore)
Chairman and Managing Partner - Law Asia; Member/Quasi judicial role Disciplinary Committee of the Singapore National Olympic Council, Panel of legal advisors of the Singapore National Olympic Committee; Special Advisor to the President of the National Equestrian Federation of Singapore. See CV for further details.
Mr Timour Sysouev (1973)
Lawyer (Belarus)
Advocate, managing partner, Sysouev Bondar Khrapoutski SBH Law Office; Associate Professor, Department of Civil procedure and labour law, Belarusian State University; 2018 ad hoc legal counsel at the Directorate of the 2nd European Games; Legal counsel of a National Federation and Hosting Company during preparation and conduct of XI Futsal World Championship 2015; Member of the Appeals Committee of the Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Belarus (2010-2015); ad hoc legal counsel of Belarus national Ice Hockey Federation for preparation and conduct of Ice Hockey World Championship 2014.
Mr Rajat Taimni (1977)
Attorney-at-law (India)
Partner and Head of Practice-Dispute Resolution Tuli and Co Advocates & Solicitors (litigation and arbitration).
Mr Jingzhou Tao (1958)
Attorney-at-law (France)
Partner, Jones Day Beijing Office, China. Chair of the Commission on ICC China. Adjunct Professor of Peking University Law School. Managing Partner, Coudert Brothers, China (1996-2005).
Mr Carlos Teran (1967)
Attorney-at-law (Venezuela)
Attorney-at-law at Urdaneta Fontiveros & Asociados. Associate since 2000, Venezuela. President of Honor Council of Venezuelan Football Federation (2001-present). President of the Justice Commission of the Venezuelan Professional Football League (1993-1996).
Hon. John Charles Thomas (Ret.) (1950)
Attorney-at-law (USA)
Chief of Appellate Practice Hunton and Williams. Member Executive Commission and Law Commission of American Arbitration Association. Former Co-Chair National Mediation Commission, American Arbitration Association. Former Justice of Supreme Count of Virginia.
Ms Blondel Thompson (1953)
Barrister (United Kingdom)
Barrister-at-law (specialing in crime and sports law). Panel of Arbitrators - UK Sport Resolutions. 1998 Anti-Doping Athletics - Panel Member. 2001-present, Anti-Doping Bobsleigh - Chairman. Appeal Court for Football Association & Swimming - Chairman. Specialist Advisor to the UK National Anti-Doping Panel, 2014; Football Specialist to The Football Association, Member of the CAS ad hoc division for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014; former track and field athlete and 100m hurdles British and Commonwealth record holder.
Mr Stefan Geir Thorisson (1962)
Attorney-at-law (Iceland)
Attorney-at-law; Part-time lecturer Law Faculty of the University of Reykjavik in EU Law and Member of the Board of the European law Institution of the University of Reykjavik (2004- );Vice Chairman Icelandic sports club Vikingur Reykjavik (1996-2008); Vice Chairman Stoke City Football Club (2000-2008); Board Member Icelandic FA (2007-2009); Arbitrator Icelandic FA Committee dealing with disputes on the status and transfer of players (2007- );
Mr Jacopo Tognon (1972)
Attorney-at-law (Italy)
Partner Law Firm Avvocati Tognon, Padova. Professor of Sport and Human Rights in the EU Law, Action Jean Monnet, Faculty of Political Science, University of Padova. Member of the Disciplinary WBTF Committee (Disciplinary Committee of the World Federation of Twirling, a Discipline associated with the World Dance Sport Federation). President of the Federal Court of Italian Cycling Federation. President of the Panel of Arbitrators for resolving dipsutes between football players and clubs Italian Serie B. Director and Founder of "Rivista della Giustizia Sportiva".
Mr Pedro Tomás Marqués (1949)
Attorney-at-law (Spain)
Lawyer. Partner, Gestion de Inversiones en Deporte, S.L. Former Chief Executive Officer - RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, SAD. Former Chairman of Professional Football Committee (2000-2004). Former President of LNFP (2001-2004). Former General Secretary of LNFP (1996-2001). Member of several working groups at FIFA and UEFA. Chairman of the UEFA Appeals body. Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"
Mr Stephen Townley (1952)
Solicitor (United Kingdom)
LL.M., University LSE London; solicitor (1978); FCIArb and CIArb Accredited Mediator Expert in sports dispute management and resolution particularly involving technology, governance, media, data and betting. Worked extensively in Asia, the Middle East and India. Set up and grew, with his partners, the boutique law firm, Townleys. The practice merged with Squire Saunders in 2001. Clients/projects included agencies such as CSI Octagon, sponsors such as Coca-Cola, federations and governing bodies such as ITF, IRB, FIFA, ICC, FIA, IOC and events such as FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup, Olympic Games, F1 and venues such as the Singapore Sports Hub.
Me Ahmadou Traore (1962)
Avocat (Mali)
Maîtrise en Droit Privé, ENA du Mali. Chef du Service Juridique de la SOTELMA. Professeur de Droit au Centre de Formation Professionnelle des Télécommunications du Mali.
Mr Nicolas Ulmer (1952)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland / USA)
Partner at Budin & Associés, Geneva, former Head of Arbitration Practice at Winston & Strawn, extensive experience as arbitrator, WIPO domain name panellist and mediator, former trial observer for Amnesty International
Me Guido Valori (1958)
Avocat (Italy)
Attorney at law; Legal counsel of Italian Rugby Federation; Legal counsel of Italian Athletics Federation; Legal counsel of Italian Dancesport Federation; Legal counsel of Italian Boxe Federation; lecturer at Master Course in Motorcycling Management, Foro Italico Foundation, Rome; lecturer at Master Course in Sport Law, Università Statale Milan; lecturer at Master Course in Sport Management Marketing and Society, Università Bicocca, Milan; managing committee's member of CONI Rivista di Diritto Sportivo
Judge Deon Van Zyl (1943)
Judge (South Africa)
Retired Judge of the High Court of South Africa; District Governor (2011-2012) of the Rotary International District 9350. Formerly: Professor of Law; Advocate and Senior Counsel (SC) of the High Court of South Africa, Member of the Bloemfontein and Pretoria Bars; President of Athletics South Africa (ASA); Member of the National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA); Former Inspecting Judge in the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services of South Africa; Member of the International Cricket Council's Dispute Resolution Committee (2017); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Commonwealth Games, Manchester 2002 and at the Summer Olympic Games, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Vedder (1947)
Professor (Germany)
Dr. jur.; Professor emeritus of Public law, Public International Law and European Law as well as Sports Law at the University of Augsburg; attorney at law in Munich; former member and Chairman of the Arbitration Panel of the IAAF (1992-1994); former member of the Organizing Committee for the 11th Olympic Congress 1981; former member of various juridical commissions of national, European and international sports bodies; member of the German Court of Arbitration for Sport (2011- );chairman of the Anti-Doping Hearing panel of the IBU (2009 - ); member and chairman of the Commission of the Settlement of Disputes related to Confidentiality of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Hague, Netherlands 2005-2011 and 2017- ); member of the juridical commission of the IAAF (2016- ).
Dr. Herman Verbist (1959)
Attorney-at-law (Belgium)
Attorney-at-law in Ghent and Brussels; Board Member of Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI); Chairman of the arbitrators of the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sports, Brussels (BAS-CBAS)(2016-); Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris (1988-1996); Visiting Professor at University of Ghent (International Commercial Arbitration) (1996-2013); Consultant to the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Geneva (1988- ); Accredited mediator, Belgian Federal Mediation Commission (2008- ); Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (1996- ); Doctorate in Law at the University of Ghent
Mr Omar Alejandro Vergara (1963)
Lawyer (Argentina)
Avocat; docteur en sciences juridiques et sociales; secrétaire de la Confédération Sudaméricaine descrime; Président de la Fédération dArgentine descrime; Professeur de lEcole Itinérante de Solidarité Olympique pour lAmérique Latine; 4 fois champion national à lépée; 1 fois champion sudaméricain à lépée (Cali 1971); médaille dor aux Jeux Panaméricains à Mexico 1975; participation aux Jeux Olympiques 1968, 1972, 1976.
Mr Daniel Visoiu (1970)
Attorney-at-law (Romania / USA)
Visoiu Law Firm, Bucharest, Romania. Licensed to practice with the Florida (USA) Bar, Board Certified Specialist in International Law (Florida Bar), Registered Foreign Lawyer with Bucharest Bar (Romania). Secretary General, Bucharest International Arbitration Court (BIAC). Founding and current member of Romanian Olympic and Sports Committees Ethics Commission. Voting Member of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (2005-present).
Mr Boris Vittoz (1975)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Attorney-at-law. Founding partner of the law firm CPV Partners (Lausanne/Geneva); Member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution (SCAI); Co-chair of the Vaud group of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Dr Georg von Segesser (1944)
Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Dr.iur., Attorney-at-law, FCIArb. Independent arbitrator at von Segesser Law Offices in Zurich, Switzerland (2017- ); Formerly, founding Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (1982-2016). Drafted and examined various sponsorship agreements for international companies related to Olympic Games and other international and national sports events.
Dr Georg von Waldenfels (1944)
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Counsel at Clifford Chance Deutschland LLP; Former Minister of Finance for the State of Bavaria; Former member of the Board of Management of VIAG Telecom AG, Munich; President of German Tennis Federation (1999-2011); ITF Board of Directors (2001-_)
Mr Aldons Vrublevskis (1957)
Attorney-at-law (Latvia)
Attorney at law; private advocate; former Judge, Riga District and Regional Courts; former lawyer of the Latvian Olympic Committee; Secretary General, Latvian Olympic Committee and former member of the Juridical Commission of the European Olympic Committees.
Dr Andrzej Wach (1954)
Professor (Poland)
Dr hab. iur; Professor of University of Warsaw, Institute of Civil Law; Director of the Legal Department of the Polish Football Association; Member of the Circle of former committee members UEFA; Member of the Court of Arbitration of the Polish Chamber of Commerce (2007-); Arbitrator of Court Arbitration PFA (1993-). Past functions: Member of the UEFA Football Non-Amateur Committee (1992-1998); Member of UEFA, Administrative Experts Panel (1998-2004); Member of Juridical Group for Doping Control (Council of Europe); General Secretary in Arbitral Tribunal for Sport by Polish Olympic Committee (1994-2002).
Dr. Markus Hugo Wanger (1955)
Attorney-at-law (Liechtenstein)
Dr.iur.; Attorney at law; Senior Partner of Wanger Advokatur (1986-); Honorary Consul of Hungary in Liechtenstein (since 1994); Judge in the High Court of Administration of Liechtenstein (1989-1993); President of the Liechtenstein Football Association (2001-2002). Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London; Member (1992-) and Vice President (1992-2017) of the Executive Committee of the Vereinigung Liechtensteinischer Richter; Member ASA, Swiss Arbitration Association.
Mr Robert John Weber SC (1957)
Barrister (Australia)
Chairman of the Australian Olympic Sport Selection Appeals Committees of various sports for each of the Summer Olympic Games since 2000; Chairman of the Australian National Rugby League Appeals Tribunal; See CV for full details
Me Bernhard Welten (1966)
Avocat (Switzerland)
Attorney at law at Kanzlei Welten, Bern, Switzerland. President of the licencing commission of the Swiss Football League. Member Disciplinary Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Past functions: member of the Anti-doping commission of Swiss Olympic, former president of the doping sanctioning commission of Swiss Cycling (until 2001); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Mr John T. Wendt (1951)
Professor (USA)
B.A. in Humanities (University of Minnesota); M.A. American Studies, (University of Minnesota); J.D. William Mitchell College of Law; American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration and Olympic Panels; Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Special Anti-Doping Panel; Arbitrator, Hennepin County Court Services, State of Minnesota; Appointed to the Sate of Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission; Member, Olympic Studies International Diretory of the Centre dEstudis Olímpics at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona; Member of the Special Panel for the XIII Pan American Games; MBA Director, Sports and Entertainment Management, University of St.Thomas; Former Counsel, International Womens Professional Softball Players Association; Former of Counsel, United States Amateur Athletic Union; Fomer Inside Counsel, Twin Cities Festival Organizing Committee, United States Olympic Festival 90; Former Member of Board of Governors, USA Water Polo; Former Member, Counselors Committee, USA Swimming; University of Minnesota Aquatics Hall of Fame.
Mr David A.R. Williams QC (1941)
Barrister-at-law (New Zealand)
LL.B (Auckland); LL.M (Harvard), Barrister (Queens Counsel) and Arbitrator. President of the Cook Islands Court of Appeal and former Judge, Dubai International Financial Centre Court (2007-2013) (both part-time positions). Former Judge of the High Court of New Zealand (1992-1994) and former Justice of High Court of the Cook Islands (2000-2010) and Chief Justice (2005-2010). President of the Arbitrators & Mediators Institute of New Zealand (2004-2006). Former Member New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Industry Board (1996-2002), LCIA Court of Arbitration,ICC Court of Arbitration and Board of Directors American Arbitration Association and current Advisory Council Member, International Council on Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). Member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Judge Mark LLoyd Williams SC (1955)
Judge (Australia)
Judge of District Court of New South Wales; Barrister (1979-2013) - specialised in sports-related disputes; regularly served as member of tribunal or chairman of national federation appeals tribunals for various sports; Appointed by Australian Olympic Committee to be Chairman of Appeals Tribunals for various national federations prior to 2012 Olympic Games; Director of NSW Rowing (2008-2011), various FISA Masters and World Masters gold medals in rowing 1994-2014.
Ms Esther Winder (1959)
Attorney-at-law, Arbitrator (Israel)
President (2008-_); and arbitrator (1998-_) at the Supreme Court of the Israel Sport Association;
Ms Carolyn B. Witherspoon (1950)
Lawyer (USA)
JD; President, Arkansas Bar Association (1995-96); attorney at law in law firm Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.
Mr. Glenn Wong (1952)
Attorney-at-law; Professor (USA)
Juris doctor; Executive Director/Distinguished Professor of Practice (sports law), Sports law & Business Program (ASU); Arbitrator, American National Football League (NFL); Salary Arbitration Practioner Major League Baseball.
Mr Wei (David) Wu (1968)
Attorney-at-law (China / Brazil)
Partner at Llinks Law firm (2017- ); Formerly founding and senior partner of Boss & Young Attorneys-at-Law. Head of Shanghai Bar Association Education & Sport Committee. Member of China Law Society Sports Law Chapter. Member of Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte. Former President and Global Executive Committee Member of PLG International Lawyers. Pluralistic Master Mentor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ko Guan Law School. Arbitrator at the CAS ad-hoc Division for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Dr Norbert Wühler (1948)
Lawyer (Germany)
Chairman Appeal Board of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2014- ); Member, Kosovo Property Claims Commission (KPCC) (2007-2015); Director, Reparations Department, International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2000-2010); Head, Legal Service, United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) (1992-2000)
Ms Yuri Yagi (1973)
Attorney-at-law (Japan)
Attorney-at-law. Yagi Law Office Owner. Japan Equestrian Federation (JEF): member of the Board of Directors, member of the Anti-Doping Committee, member of the Ethical Committee. Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (JSAA): member of Arbitrators.
Ms Rabab Yasseen (1962)
Attorney-at-law (Iraq / Switzerland)
Attorney-at-law (Geneva bar); Solicitor (England and Wales); Partner, Mentha Avocats, Geneva (2005 -); Deputy Judge, Geneva Civil Courts (2007-); ICC Arbitration Commission; Arbitration Committee of the International Law Association; member of LCIA User's Council; member of the Advisory Committee of the Cairo Regional Arbitration Centre; member of the CAS ad hoc Division for the Olympic Games of Rio (2016).
Prof. Jun Yokoyama (1949)
Professor (Japan)
Master of Law; Professor of private international law; member of the Advisory Panel for the Minister of Justice of Japan; Chairman of the International Family Law Committee of the International Law Association.
Mr Neil John Young QC (1952)
Barrister-at-law (Australia)
LL.M.; Queens Counsel; Barrister; past President, Australian Bar Association; former Chairman Victoria Bar.
Dr Karim Youssef (1978)
Attorney-at-law (Egypt)
JSD; Managing Partner of Youssef & Partners Attorneys, Giza. Former Partner and Head of Middle-East Arbitration and International Law Practices, Amereller Legal Consultants, Cairo & Dubai; See CV for full details.
Mr Alain Zahlan de Cayetti (1967)
Attorney-at-law (France)
Managing Partner of CVML Dubai; Registered practitioner with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC); Arbitrator and mediator.
Ms Maria Zuchowicz (1930)
Attorney-at-law (Poland)
President/Vice President and arbitrator of the Court of Sport of the Polish Olympic Committee (1998-2016); Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union; Vice-President of the Polish Skating Associations; Judge and Referee on Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, Innsbruck, Sapporo and Calgary; Honorary Member of International Skating Union; Honorary Member of Polish Skating Association; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Winter Olympic Games, Nagano, 1998.
Mr Emin Özkurt (1979)
Arbitrator (Turkey)