Mr Henri C. Alvarez (1954)

Arbitrator (Canada) Fr/Eng/Sp
Mission / Canada

Independent arbitrator based at Vancouver Arbitration Chambers; Previously Partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia.

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Mr Steven Bainbridge (1970)

Attorney-at-law (Canada) Eng
Dubai / United Arab Emirates

Partner, Head of Sports & Entertainment (Middle East) Squire Patton Boggs LLP; Member of World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (2017 - ); Board of Directors RCS Sports & Events DMCC.

Mr Patrice M. Brunet (1969)

Attorney-at-law (Canada) Fr/Eng
Montréal / 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."

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Ms Andrea Carska-Sheppard (1965)

Lawyer (Slovakia / Canada) Eng
Bratislava / Slovakia

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.

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Mr Alan D'Silva (1961)

Attorney-at-law (Canada / United Kingdom) Eng
Toronto / Canada

J.D. University of Ottawa; Admitted to the Ontario Bar; Senior Partner, Stikeman Elliott; Commercial litigation specialist.

The Honourable Pierre Dalphond (1954)

Former judge (Canada) Eng/Fr
Montreal / 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).

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Mr Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall KC (1970)

Lawyer (Canada / France) Fr/Eng
Paris / 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.

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Mr Bruno De Vita (1958)

attorney-at-law (Canada) Eng
Vancouver / 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- ).

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Mr Stephen Drymer (1960)

Attorney-at-law (Canada) Fr/Eng
Montreal / Canada

Head of International Arbitration, Woods LLP. See CV for full details.

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The Hon. Justice Hugh L. Fraser (1952)

Judge (Canada) Eng
Ottawa / Canada

Chair, Board of Directors, Hockey Canada (2022- ); arbitrator and supernumerary Judge (2017- ); Former Judge at the Ontario Court of Justice 1993-2016; 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.

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Mr Jack Graham (1956)

Lawyer (Canada) Eng
Halifax / 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.

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Prof. Richard H. McLaren (1945)

Professor, Barrister (Canada) Eng
London / 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.

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Ms Isabelle Michou (1970)

Attorney-at-law (Canada / France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

Graduate diploma in International Law and Contract Law and Post-graduate diploma in International Private Law and International Contract Law from Pantheon-Sorbonne University of Paris I; Admitted to the Paris bar, also as a solicitor in England and Wales; Partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.

Mr Daniel Ratushny (1970)

Lawyer (Canada) Eng
Ängelholm / Sweden & Toronto / Canada

Juris Doctor, MBA, Executive Master International Sports Law. Partner, Bennett Jones LLP (Toronto 2019-2022); Corporate Lawyer Stikeman Elliott LLP (Toronto 2006-2009). Former Member of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (2017-2021). Professional Ice Hockey Head Coach 2009-2017 in Switzerland (NLA), Austria (EBEL) and Germany (DEL). Head Coach Austrian National Men's Ice Hockey Team 2014-2016. Professional Ice Hockey Player 1991-2003. Olympic Silver Medal 1992.

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Ms Carol L. Roberts (1957)

Arbitrator (Canada) Eng
Vancouver / 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.

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Ms Marianne Saroli (1984)

Attorney-at-law (Canada) Eng/Fr
Geneva / Switzerland

LLB; Postgraduate studies in International Sports Law; Admitted to the Bar of Quebec; Senior Legal Counsel in the Intergrity & Regularotry Affairs Department of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) (2021- ); Attorney at law in Montréal (2009-2022); Former Chairperson to the Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Weightlifting Federation; Former Chair and Co-Arbitrator within different Canadian national sport federation arbitral bodies such as Karaté Canada and Canada Artistic Swimming; Former Ad hoc clerk at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The Hon. Patrick Smith (1949)

Judge (Canada) Eng
Pass Lake, ON / Canada

J.D. University of Western Ontario; Canadian federally-appointed Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (2001-2019); Canadian federally-appointed Judge of the Territory of Nunavut (2010-); Vice President of the International Ski Federation (FIS) (2018- ); FIS Council Member (2001 - ); Chair of the FIS Anti-Doping panel since its inception; Former Chair of the FIS Legal Advisory Group and Member of the FIS Legal Committee; Former member of the Canadian freestyle ski association appeal tribunal.

Ms Janie Soublière (1976)

Attorney-at-law (Canada) Eng/Fr
Beaconsfield, Québec / Canada

Sports Lawyer; Chartered Arbitrator; Investigator; Member, Sports Dispute Resolution Center of Canada; Member, Ultimate Fighting Championships Disciplinary Panel; Member, Zwift Esports Disciplinary Panel; International Tennis Integrity Agency Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer; Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games.

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Mr Allan Stitt (1961)

Arbitrator (Canada) Eng
North York / 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).