Prof. Dr. Stephan Breidenbach (1955)

Professor of Law (Germany) Eng/Deu
Berlin / Germany

Doctor Juris; 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.

Ms Svenja Geissmar (1964)

lawyer (Germany) Eng/Deu
London / United Kingdom

General counsel of Arsenal Football Club; Chair of the Arsenal Foundation; Member of the Executive Committee of Arsenal Football Club

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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Mr Axel Heck (1947)

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

International arbitrator and legal counselor; Co-Chair, International Section, Indian National Bar Association

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Dr Heiner Kahlert (1983)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Deu/Eng
Munich / Germany

Dr. iur University of Zurich; Attorney-at-law and Partner at Martens Rechtsanwaltgesellschaft mbH (2010- ); Member of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) (2010- ); Head of Case Management at the BAT (2016- ); Member of the Legal Council of Athleten Deutschland (2019- ); Member of the Ethics Board of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) (2021- ) and Chairman (2024- ); Former Member of the Arbitral Tribunal of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB); Former Member of the Independent Member Federation Sanctioning Panel of the International Weightlifting Federation (2020–2021).

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Mr Lars Küpper (1977)

Lawyer (Germany) Deu/Eng
Leverkusen / Germany

Law degree at the University of Cologne; LLM in European Legal Studies at the University of Durham; Admitted to the Bar of Cologne; Head of Legal Affairs/Compliance/Institutional Relations at Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH (2015- ); Member of the Legal Advisory Panel of the European Club Association (ECA); Vice Chair of the ECA Institutional Relations Working Group.

Dr. Sven Nagel (1970)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Eng/Deu
Leipzig / Germany

Dr. jur.; LL.M.; Attorney at law; Managing Director of unfallhilfe24 Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (2014- ); Senior Partner of the law firm Nagel & Kauerhof (2012- ): Member of the Board of the Institute for German and International Sports Law (2007- ); Former Member of the German Junior National Wrestling Team (1988-1990).

Dr Jan Räker (1977)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Eng/Deu
Stuttgart / Germany

Legal Director at VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V.; Attorney-at-law at 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.

Mr Gordon Rapp (1957)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Eng/Deu
Heidelberg / Germany

Attorney-at-law and Senior Partner of RAPP WOLFF Rechtsanwälte; Former Member of the Articles Commission of the German Fencing Association (1996-1998); Former Vice President of the German Fencing Association (1998-2000); Former President of the German Fencing Association (2000-2014); Former Honorary President of the German Fencing Association; Member of the Marketing Commission of the European Fencing Association (CEE); Member of the FIE Legal Commission (2008- ); Member of the ASOIF Legal Consultative Group (2015- ); Member of the Executive Committee of the Olympic Training Center Rhein-Neckar (2016- ).

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Mr Klaus Reichert SC (1968)

Barrister (Ireland / Germany) Eng/Deu
London / United Kingdom

Barrister at Brick Court Chambers, London; Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators (USA).

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Ms Annett Rombach (1980)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Eng/Deu
Frankfurt am Main / Germany

LL.M, University of Miami; Attorney-at-law at Rombach Lawyers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Arbitrator at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT), Geneva, Switzerland; Guest Lecturer at the University of Zurich (International Arbitration); Independent Anti-Doping Delegate (“FIS IADD”) (2019- ).

Ms Sylvia Schenk (1952)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Eng/Deu
Frankfurt-am-Main / Germany

Consultant / Attorney at Herbert Smith Freehills 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) and of FIFA's Human Rights Advisory Board (2017-2020); Member of the External Judicial Experts Group of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the Ethics Commission of the International Floorball Federation (IFF) and independent member of the IOC Advisory Committee on Human Rights.

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. Dr. Christoph Vedder (1947)

Professor, Attorney-at-law (Germany) Eng/Deu/Fr
Munich / Germany

Dr. jur., Professor emeritus of Public Law, Public International Law and European Law as well as Sports Law at the University of Augsburg, Germany; Attorney-at-law in Munich (2015- ); Member of the Organizing Committee for the 11th Olympic Congress (1981); Legal Adviser to the President of the German NOC (1981-1992); Member of the German Sports Law Association (1982- ); Former Member and Chairman of the Arbitration Panel of the then International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF (1992-2004); Member of various juridical and scientific commissions of national, European and international sports governing bodies; Member of the German Arbitration Institute (2011- ); Chairman of the Anti-Doping Hearing Panel of the International Biathlon Union IBU (2009-2019); Member of the Juridical Commission of the IAAF, now World Athletics (2015-2019); Member and Chairman of the Commission for the Settlement of Disputes Related to Confidentiality of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW, The Hague, Netherlands (2005-2011, 2017-2023 and 2024- ).

Prof. Dr. Sven Völcker (1966)

Lawyer (Germany) Deu/Eng
Brussels / Belgium

LLM Harvard Law School; Dr iur. Bonn University; Bar Admission (Berlin, Brussels, New York); Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, Brussels; Honorary Professor at Göttingen University.

Dr Georg von Waldenfels (1944)

Attorney-at-law (Germany) Eng/Deu
Munich / 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; Former President of German Tennis Federation (1999-2011); ITF Board of Directors (2001- )