Mr Jose Luis Andrade (1980)

Attorney-at-law (Portugal) Por/Eng/Sp
Porto / Portugal

LLM Georgetown University; MBA IE Business School; Executive Vice President at FC Porto (2024- ); Former General Counsel at the European Club Association (ECA); Single Judge of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee; Member of the FIFA Task Force for the reform of the transfer system; Former Counsel and Head of Mediation at the Court of Arbitration for Sport; Former Attorney working in international sports arbitration for David Casserly; Former Attorney at the FIFA Players’ Status and Governance Department.

Dr Marco Balmelli (1969)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu/It
Basel / Switzerland

Doctor juris; Attorney-at-law; Notary Public; Partner at Kellerhals Carrard Basel KlG (sports law including the consultation of professional international athletes, corporate law, M&A and commercial law).

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Mr Michele A.R. Bernasconi (1963)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu/It/Sp
Zürich / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law; Partner at Bär & Karrer AG, Rechtsanwälte; Assistant & Lecturer at Zürich University (1991-1994). LL.M. at Harvard University (1995-1996); Chair of the Committee Sports Law of the Swiss Bar Association; Former President of the ASDS, Swiss Sports Law Association; Former Chair of the Telecommunications Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA); WIPO Panelist in ICANN domain name proceedings; Co-Director of the UEFA Football Law Program; Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA); Former Chair of the Sports Law Committee of the ABA, Business Law Section; Member of the Executive Board of Swiss Tennis; Lecturer at the University of Lucerne.

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Mr Rui Botica Santos (1968)

Attorney-at-law (Portugal) Eng/Sp/Por
Lisbon / Portugal

Law degree, Lisbon University (1992); Postgraduate diploma in European Studies. Lisbon University, (1994); Master Honoris Causa by ISDE – Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía, Madrid, Spain (2010); Lawyer, between Lisbon/Portugal and Macau/China; Partner, CRA Law Firm and Jurismac; Bar Admission (Portugal, Brazil, Timor-Leste, China).

Mr Stéphane Bottineau (1987)

Lawyer (France) Fr/Eng/Ru
Paris / France

Master droit privé/droit pénal, Université Paris-Nanterre; Master droit du sport, Université de Aix-Marseille; Directeur juridique, Ligue de football professionel.

Mr Vitor Butruce (1982)

Attorney-at-law (Brazil) Eng/Sp/Por/It
Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

Ph.D. in Commercial Law, University of São Paulo; Masters degree in Private Law, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); Partner at BMA - Barbosa Müssnich Aragão Advogados; Professor of Commercial Law at UERJ and Brazilian Institute for Capital Markets; Former President of the National Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Brazilian Football Association (2016-2022); Former Vice President for Sports Law of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA); Former Member of the 5th Disciplinary Commission of the Sports Justice Superior Court for Brazilian Football (STJD) (2012-2016).

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Me Andreu Camps i Povill (1961)

Avocat (Spain) Fr/Eng/Sp
Alpicat / Spain

Docteur en droit sportif; Arbitre du Tribunal espagnol d'arbitrage sportif, depuis sa création en 1997; Professeur de l'INEFC (Institut Nacional d'Educacio Fisica de Catalunya) à l'Université de Lleida.

Me Olivier Carrard (1956)

Avocat (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu
Genève / Switzerland

Partner and Attorney-at-law at the CMS Von Erlach Poncet AG, Geneva office; Former President of the Swiss Fencing Federation (2004-2021); President of the FIE Ethics Board (2017- ), 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" (1996- ); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

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Mr Jaime Castillo (1976)

Attonrney-at-law (Mexico) Sp/Eng/Fr
Mexico City / Mexico

Admitted to the bar in Mexico; Partner at the Carpio, Ochoa y Associados, SC law firm; Committee member of the International Trademark Association (INTA).

Mr Massimo Coccia (1957)

Professor, Attorney-at-law (Italy) Fr/Eng/Sp/It
Rome / Italy

J.D. cum laude, University of Rome Sapienza Law School (1981); LL.M., University of Michigan Law School (1984); Fulbright Fellow (1984); Attorney at law (1988- ), admitted to plead before Italian High Courts (1994- ); Founding Partner, Coccia De Angelis & Associati (Rome/Milan); Professor of European Competition Law at University of Rome Sapienza Law School (2019- ); Professor of International Law at Tuscia University in Viterbo (2001- ); Research Professor of International and EU Law at University of Rome Sapienza Law School (1991-); Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan Law School (1986); Vice-President of the Italian Arbitration Association (AIA); Honorary President of the Italian Chapter of the Spanish and Iberoamerican Arbitration Club (CEIA); Deputy Commissioner of the Italian FA (2006-2007); Arbitrator at the CAS Olympic Divisions of Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 and London 2012.

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Mr Nicolas Cottier (1972)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu
Saint-Prex / 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, Former 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 (2002-2019); Permanent Clerk of the FIA International Tribunal and International Court of Appeal (2013- ); Member of FISU Legal Commission.

Mr Daniel Cravo Souza (1970)

Lawyer (Brazil) Por/Eng/Sp
Porto Alegre / Brazil

Senior Partner at Cravo, Pastl and Balbuena Associated Attorneys; Professor of Sports Law at ISDE Barcelona and Madrid and Austral University, Buenos Aires; Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Football Lawyers (AIAF); Legal Advisor to the Brazilian Confederation of Tennis.

Mr Miguel Angel Dávila Valdivia (1986)

Attorney-at-law & Arbitrator (Peru) Sp/Fr/Eng
Paris / France

Master degree in Sport Law, Economy and Management, Université Paris I Panthéon; Bar Admission (Paris and Lima); Founding Partner at Winter – Dávila & Associés; Arbitrator and Conciliator at the Conciliation and Dispute Chamber of the Peruvian Football Federation; President of the Commission of Justice of the Peruvian Rugby Federation; Legal Counsel to sports federations; Professor and Speaker on sports law; Former Peruvian national rugby team player.

Mr Felipe De Vivero (1965)

Attorney-at-law (Colombia) Sp/Eng/Fr
Bogotá / Colombia

Director of Master in public law and Director of postgraduate studies in public administration and public law at the Andes University; Law Professor in public contracts at the Rosario University of Bogota; CEO of De Vivero Associados Law Firm; Attorney-at-law before the Constitutional Court and Consejo de Estado in Sports Disputes.

Mr Santiago Durán Hareau (1980)

Attorney-at-law (Uruguay) Sp/Eng/Por
Montevideo / Uruguay

Juris doctor and Sports Law Diploma at Catholic University of Uruguay; LLM (Master of Law) at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Ms Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder (1970)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Eng/Fr
Zurich / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law; Independent Arbitrator and Counsel; Alternate Judge of the Appellate Court of Valais/Wallis; President of the Board of the Swiss Sports Tribunal Foundation; Member of the Board of Swiss Ski; Member of the Sports Law Committee of the Swiss Bar Association; Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Member of the CAS Ad-hoc Division for the Olympic Summer Games in Paris 2024.

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Mr Luigi Fumagalli (1959)

Prof. Attorney-at-law (Italy) Fr/Eng/It
Milano / 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.

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Mr Patrick Grandjean (1969)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Eng/Fr
Lausanne / Switzerland

Head of department at the tax administration authority for the Canton of Vaud; Sole disciplinary judge for the EuroLeague and EuroCup Basketball competitions; Member of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal; Former CAS ad hoc clerk.

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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas (1964)

Professor (Germany) Fr/Eng/Deu/It
Zurich / Switzerland & Hamburg / Germany

PhD; Professor of law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and Attorney-at-Law in Hamburg, Germany; President of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (2020- ); Former Chair of the advisory group on legal issues of the monitoring group of the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention (2002-2004) and member of the drafting team for the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code (2009, 2015, 2021, 2025).

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Dr Thomas Hollerer (1974)

Lawyer (Austria) Deu/Eng/Fr/Sp
Vienna / Austria

Mag. Iur.; Dr. iur; Secretary General of the Austrian Football Association (2016- ); CEO of ÖFB Enterprises Ltd (2016- ); Member of the UEFA Appeals Body (2016- ); Member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee (2017- ).

Mr Fabio Iudica (1966)

Attorney-at-law (Italy) Fr/Eng/It
Milan / Italy

Attorney-at-law; Civil lawyer at Milan bar association; Partner at 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; Member of the CAS Ad Hoc Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Mr Oliver Jaberg (1978)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland / Spain) Fr/Eng/Deu/Sp
Aarau / Switzerland

Law degree from the University of St. Gallen; Attorney-at-law; Guest Lecturer and Guest Professor at different universities; Former Head of Legal Sports Projects at Red Bull (2022-2024); Various positions at FIFA (2008-2022), including Former Deputy Chief Legal & Compliance Officer (2019-2022), Former Director of Integrity & Anti-Doping (2020-2022), Former Director of Integrity & Institutional Legal (2016-2020), Former Head of Corporate Legal (2011-2016) and Former Head of Disciplinary & Governance (2010-2011).

Me François Klein (1951)

Avocat (France) Fr
Paris / France

Partner/avocat à la Cour chez Klein Wenner; 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).

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Me Patrick Lafranchi (1964)

Avocat (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu/It
Bern / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law; Founding Partner lafranchi meyer Attorneys, Bern; Board Member of the Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (ASDS); Member of the Sports Law Committee of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games; Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA); Former Member of the Appeal Court Transfers Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF).

Mr Wouter Lambrecht (1986)

Attorney-at-law (Belgium) Fr/Eng/Sp
Barcelona / Spain

Attorney-at-law (private practice); Former in-house Counsel at Futbol Club Barcelona; Former Judge on the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and former Member & Single Judge of the FIFA Players' Status Committee; Former Member of the ECA Legal Advisory Panel & Institutional Relations Working Group.

Mr Hervé Le Lay (1980)

Avocat (France) Fr/Eng/Sp
Paris / France

Avocat au barreau de Paris; Admitted to the Paris Bar; Partner at MGC Arbitration; DESS Droit et globalisation économique, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne / Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Masters); Diplôme de l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris, major in International Business (Masters).

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Ms Jiahe Liu (1991)

Attorney-at-law (China) Eng/Chi/Jap
Beijing / China

Master in Global Sports Law ISDE; Admitted to the Bar of the P.R. China; Partner at East & Concord Partners (2022- ); Member of China Sports Law Association; Former Member of the Athletes’ Committee of the Chinese Football Association (2022-2024); Former Legal Counsel to the Asian Football Confederation (2018-2021).

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Mr Petros C. Mavroidis (1959)

Professor of Law (Greece / Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu
Neuchâtel (Based at Columbia University, New York, USA, from September - December each year) / Switzerland

Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, New York (1998- ) and University of Neuchâtel (1996- ) and European University Institute, Florence (2000-2002 and 2011- ); GATT Legal Service (1992-1996); Former member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Panel.

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Mr Alexander McLin (1970)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland / United States of America) Fr/Eng/Sp
Lausanne / Switzerland

Juris Doctor, Duke University School of Law (1999); Lead, Safe Football Support Unit, FIFA Foundation (May 2025- ); Member, World Rowing Ethics Group (2015- ); Former Director, Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (2019-2025); Former Executive Director, ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association (2012-2021); Former Secretary General and CEO, Fédération équestre internationale (FEI) (2007-2011); Former General Counsel, FEI (2005-2009); Former General Counsel, CNET Channel Services (CNET Networks, now CBS Interactive) (2000-2004); Attorney-at-law, Baker & McKenzie, New York (1998-2000) and Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva (1997); Former Programme Manager & Consultant, World Economic Forum, Geneva/Davos (1993-1999).

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Mr José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez (1966)

Attorney-at-law (Paraguay) Sp/Eng/Por
Asunción / Paraguay

LLM, Harvard University; Former Member of the ICC Court of Arbitration; Member of Annulment Committees at ICSID and acting Arbitrator under the PCA and other institutional rules; Former President of the American Association of Private International Law; Professor and Visiting Professor of several universities, among them, Heidelberg and Paris II; Several publications in the Americas, Europe, and Asia; Practising attorney in Paraguay; Director of Altra Legal; Member of the National Commission of Anti-Doping for Paraguay; full CV at www.jmoreno.info

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Prof. Roberto Moreno Rodríguez Alcalá (1976)

Attorney-at-law (Paraguay) Eng/Sp/Por
Asunción / Paraguay

Magister Juris, Comparative Law, University of Oxford (Distinction); Member of the Governing Council of Itaipú Binacional Hydroelectric Plant (Paraguay-Brazil); Professor of Law, School for Magistrates (Asunción); Professor of Contract Law and Arbitration, National University of Asunción and Catholic University (Asunción); Director of the Master in Business Law (MADE), Catholic University (Asunción); Former Attorney General of the Republic of Paraguay (2013-2017); 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 (on leave).

Mr Daniele Moro (1968)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland / Italy) Eng/Fr/Deu/It
Luzern / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law and founding partner at Moro Rechtsanwälte (2010- ); ; Member of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG); Former judge (substitute member) of the criminal court of the Canton of Lucerne (2005-2010);Former President of the Disciplinary Commission of the Swiss Football League (SFL) (2010-2023); Former President of the European Athletic Association (EAA) Court (2016-2021); Former Member of the Disciplinary Commission Swiss Basketball (2016-2021); Former President of the Court of Appeal of the Central Switzerland Football Association (IFV); 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.

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Mr João Nogueira Da Rocha (1963)

Attorney-at-law (Portugal) Fr/Eng/Sp/Por
Lisbonne / Portugal

Degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University; Master Degree in European Studies at the Center for European Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University; Master Degree in Sports Law; Partner at Global Lawyers; Legal Adviser of the Portuguese Players Association; Arbitrator at the Training Compensation Chamber of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF); Member of the Qatar Sports Arbitration Tribunal; Member of “ Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores Del Deporte”.

Ms Carmen Nunez-Lagos (1966)

Attorney-at-law (Spain) Fr/Eng/Sp/It
Paris / France

Independent arbitrator in Paris (2019- ); Member of the Council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law; Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Arbitration Club; See CV for full details of Ms Nunez-Lagos' experience.

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Mr Giulio Palermo (1982)

Attorney-at-law (Italy) Fr/Eng/Sp/It
Geneva / Switzerland

LLM International Commercial Arbitration Law, Stockholm University; LLM International Legal Practice, Instituto de Empresa Law School; Spanish Law degree, Universidad de La Laguna Logo; Italian Law degree; Admitted to the bars of Geneva, Rome and Madrid; Partner at Archipel (2018- ); UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector.

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Mr Benoît Pasquier (1978)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu
Zurich / Switzerland

LL.M. in International Sports Law at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE), Madrid, Spain (2010); Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys (2022- ); Member of the UCI Licence Commission (2021- ); Member of the Swiss Sports Law Association and Member of the Editorial board of “Football Legal”; Former General Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) (2013-2020) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Former Deputy Secretary to the FIFA Disciplinary and Ethics Committees (2011-2013).

Ms Anna Peniche Adame (1978)

Lawyer (Mexico) Sp/Eng/Fr/Por
Miami / United States of America

Master in sports law; Senior Legal Counsel, FIFA Agents Department, Miami; Former General Director of regulation and sports affairs in Liga MX / Ascenso MX of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF); Former Head of the legal department in the League of Mexican Football Association; Member of the national dispute resolution committee of the FMF; Single Judge and Committee Member of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee; Competitions coordinator for FIFA events.

Mr Carlos Peres Torres (1986)

Attorney-at-law (Bolivia) Sp/Fr/Eng
Paris / France

LLM Business and Law; Paralegal/Juriste banking and financement at Allen & Overy LLP; Former Lawyer/attorney at Peres and Mendoza Law Firm.

Mr Jerome Perlemuter (1972)

Attorney-at-law (France) Fr/Eng
Zurich / Switzerland

Master in Business Law; Master in Communications Law; Masters in Management; Admitted to the Paris Bar; General Secretary of World Leagues Forum (2017- ); Judge at the Paris Commercial Court (2013-2017 + 2023- ); Member of the Ethics Committee of the French Football Federation (2017- ); Former Judge at the FIFA Tribunal, Dispute Resolution Chamber (2017-2022); Former General Counsel to the French Football League (2005-2017).

Mr José Juan Pintó Sala (1951)

Lawyer (Spain) Fr/Eng/Sp/It
Barcelona / 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).

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Mr Didier Poulmaire (1968)

Lawyer (France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

Lawyer specialised in sports law and entertainment; General Secretary of "Avocats en droit du sport".

Dr Chady Saad (1980)

Lawyer (Lebanon) Eng/Fr/Ar
Beirut / Lebanon

PhD in Law from Paris Saclay University; Bar Admission (Paris, Beirut); Attorney-at-law, Harfouche and SAAD Law Firm (Beirut/Paris); Dean of the Faculty of Law at Université la Sagesse, Beirut, Lebanon; Adjunct Lecturer, Panthéon-Sorbonne University; Arbitrator, Lebanese Arbitration and Mediation Center (LAMC) and Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC); Former Director, Sports Arbitration Center, Lebanon; Former President, Appeal and Objection Committee, Lebanese Basketball Federation; Former Member of the Appeal Committee of the Lebanese Football Federation.

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Ms Aracely Sáenz Ospino (1980)

Attorney-at-law (Panama) Sp/Eng/Fr
Ciudad de Panamá / Panama

Master in Sports Law, Universidad de Lérida, Spain; CIES Postgraduate Degree in Sport Management; CIES Postgraduate Degree in Sport Management, FIFA, Federación Española de Fútbol en Las Rozas, Spain; Postgraduate Degree in Sport Administration and Sport Arbitration, Comité Olimpico de Panamá; Course in Doping Results Management, Regional Antidopaje de Centroamerica, Panamá; Legal Advisor, Association of Professional Soccer Players of Panama, AFUTPA (2019- ); Member, Sports Legal Commission of the Panama Olympic Committee; Former Legal Advisor (2020-2022), Instituto Panameño de Deportes (PANDEPORTES), Panama City.

Prof. Dr. Martin Schimke (1959)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Fr/Eng/Deu
Düsseldorf / Germany

Dr. jur.; LL.M.; Attorney at law; Of Counsel of the law firm Bird & Bird; Former President of the Sports-law-Commission and member of the Governing Board of the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats) (1998-2014); Former member of the Arbitration Panel of the professional German Ice-Hockey League (DEL) (1998-2000); Member of the Advisory Board of the German Sports-Law Association (1997- ); Former member of the Legal Committee of the German Basketball Federation and member of the Anti-doping Committee of the German Basketball Federation (1989-2000); Former member of the German Basketball National Team (1978-1980); Member of the Ethics Group of the FISA (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron) (2015- ); 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.

Prof. Gérald Simon (1950)

Professeur (France) Fr
Dijon / 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) Eng/Fr
Beaconsfield, Québec / Canada

Attorney-at-law; Chartered Arbitrator; Investigator; Principal of Soublière Sport Law, Legal Practice entirely devoted to sports law since 2000; Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer, International Tennis Integrity Agency; Member, Sports Dispute Resolution Center of Canada; Member, Ultimate Fighting Championships Disciplinary Panel; Member, Zwift Esports Disciplinary Panel; Health and Integrity Officer for the International Federation of American Football; Executive Board Member of the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum (Legal and Governance); Former NCAA Div 1. Tennis player; Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games.

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Mr Stefan Geir Thorisson (1962)

Attorney-at-law (Iceland) Eng/Fr
Reykjavik / 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 Hugo Vaz Serra (1976)

Attorney-at-law (Portugal) Por/Eng/Sp
Lisbon / Portugal

Master Internacional en Derecho del Fútbol from the Sports Law Institute of Spain and Master in Sports Law from INEFC Lleida University, Spain; Law degree from Lisbon Lusiada University; Partner at Vaz Serra & Associados (2016-2022); Former Arbitrator at the Portuguese Court of Arbitration for Sport (2015-2023); Former in-house Lawyer of Sporting Clube de Portugal, futebol, SAD (2004-2015); Former member of the list of FIFA pro bono counsels appointed available to individuals in proceedings before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, the FIFA Appeal Committee and the FIFA Ethics Committee (2019-2023).

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Prof. Dr. An Vermeersch (1975)

Professor (Belgium) Eng/Fr
Heusden / Belgium

PhD European Sports Law; Master in European Law; Visiting Professor of Sports Law at Ghent University (2009- ); Lecturer in European Law at Ghent University (2011- ); Visiting Lecturer in Sports Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2009- ); Disciplinary Judge at the Integrity Chamber Flemish Sports Tribunal (2021- ).

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Ms Marta Vieira da Cruz (1985)

Lawyer (Portugal) Eng/Sp/Por
Lisbon / Portugal

Masters degree in Law; UEFA Football Law Programme, Certificate of Distinction; Head of Legal at the Portuguese Football Federation (2018- ); Member of the UEFA Appeals Body (2020- ); Former Legal Advisor to the Portuguese Football Federation (2016-2018); Former Member of the UEFA Legal Committee (2019-2020).

Me Bernhard Welten (1966)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu/It
Berne / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law at Kanzlei Welten, Bern, Switzerland; Chairman of the BIIU Managing Board; Former President of the Licencing Commission of the Swiss Football League; Former Chair of the IBA Ethics Commission; Former Member of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG); Former Member of the Anti-Doping Commission of Swiss Olympic, Former President of the Doping Sanctioning Commission of Swiss Cycling; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

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Mr Alain Zahlan de Cayetti (1967)

Attorney-at-law (France) Eng/Fr/Sp/Ar
Paris / France

Arbitrator and strategic consultant; Founding partner of DeCayetti Arbitration & Strategy Consulting; Former lawyer at the Paris Bar; Lecturer at Sorbonne University (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and Paris-Saclay University (France); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

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