Dr Abdelkrim (Karim) Adyel (1974)

Attorney-at-law (France / Morocco) Eng/Fr
Casablanca / Morocco

Docteur d’Etat en droit comparé et droit international UPVD, Académie de Montpellier; Avocat à la Cour de Casablanca; Conseiller juridique de l’Union marocaine des footballeurs professionnels (UMFP); Membre de la Commission électorale de la Confédération africaine d’athlétisme (CAA).

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Mr Pekka Aho (1981)

Attorney-at-law (Finland / Italy) Eng/It
Helsinki / Finland

Master of Laws from the University of Helsinki; Master in International Sports Law ISDE Madrid; Attorney-at-law at Dottir Attorneys Ltd; Admitted to the Bar of Helsinki.

Mr Richard Akpokavie (1960)

Barrister at law (Ghana) Eng
Tema / Ghana

Notary public; Barrister at law; President of the Ghana Hockey Association (2014- ); Secretary General of the Ghana Olympic Committee (2011- ); Former member of the International Hockey Federation Rules Board (2010-2012); Former Chairman of the Ghana Football Association Disciplinary Committee (2005-2015); Former player for the Ghana Senior Hockey team (1977-1992).

Mr Mohammad Al Kamali (1970)

Lawyer (United Arab Emirates) Eng/Ar
Dubai / United Arab Emirates

Bachelor 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 Chairman 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; Dubai Sports Council Chairman of Dubai International Sports Conference; Chef de mission for London 2012 Olympic Games; UAE Professional League Member of Founding Team.

Prof. Ilias Bantekas (1970)

Professor (Greece) Eng
Doha / Qatar

Professor of Transnational Law, Hamad bin Khalifa University College of Law; Adjunct Professor of International Law, Georgetown University; Senior Associate Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), University of London; Founder and CEO of Doha High Performance Tennis Centre.

Mr Mikal Brondmo (1978)

Barrister (Norway) Eng
Oslo / Norway

Partner at Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS, Oslo, Norway; Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway.

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Ms Andrea Carska-Sheppard (1965)

Lawyer (Slovakia / Canada) Eng
Raleigh / United States of America

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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Prof. Yoshihisa Hayakawa (1968)

Professor of Law (Japan) Jap/Eng
Tokyo / Japan

Master of Law, University of Tokyo; Admitted to the bar of Japan; Professor of Law at Rikkyo University, Tokyo; Partner at Uryu & Itoga, Tokyo; Chair of Japan Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel; Member of World Rugby Judicial Panel.

Mr Pekka Ilmivalta (1970)

Lawyer (Finland) Eng
Helsinki / Finland

Head of Office, Nordic Legal & Compliance Finland Oy (2024- ); Former Executive Director of the Finnish Floorball Federation (2020-2024); Former Board member of Finnish Hockey League Ltd; Former President of Finnish Antidoping Agency (FINADA, 2012-2017); Former Chairman of Finnish Antidoping Panel (2008-2011), Former Member of Disciplinary Committee of Finnish Hockey League (1999-2008); Former arbitrator of the Arbitration Panel for Sports in Finland (2004-2008) and Former President of Finnish Ice Hockey Players' Association (2002-2004).

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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 Bala Chandran Kandiah (1953)

Lawyer (Singapore) Eng
Singapore / Singapore

Advocate & Solicitor; Partner in Law Firm Mallal & Namazie; Former Deputy Chairman of Disciplinary Committee of Singapore Professional Soccer League (1996-1997), Former 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- ); Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Singapore Hockey Federation (2006- ); Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

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Mr Takehiro Kaneko (1981)

Attorney-at-law (Japan) Eng/Jap
Tokyo / Japan

LLB & Juris doctor, University of Tokyo; LLM University of California; Partner at TMI Associates (2009- ); Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (2022- ); Member of the Legal Committee of the Japanese Professional Football League; Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Japanese Professional Football League; Former member of the legal department of the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Mr Halil Kasapoglu (1993)

Attorney-at-law (Turkey) Eng
Istanbul / Turkey

LLM University of Minnesota Law School; Admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association (2016) and New York State Bar (2020); Attorney-at-law at Kasapoglu Legal.

Dr Janos Katona (1967)

Attorney-at-law (Hungary) Eng/Fr
Budapest / Hungary

Admitted to the bar of Budapest; Partner at Kende, Molnar-Biro, Katona Law Firm; part-time lecturer at ELTE Budapest law school; Member of the IWF Hearing Panel for anti-doping cases.

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Ms Katarina Kresal (1973)

Attorney-at-law (Slovenia) Eng
Ljubljana / Slovenia

President of the European Centre of Dispute Resolution (ECDR); Managing Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Department at Senica & Partners Law Firm; Member of the EU Board and Leadership Committees of Andersen Global; Member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network; Founder of the Slovenian Permanent Sports Arbitration body; Former Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia (2008-2011).

Mr Yutaka Miyoshi (1968)

Attorney-at-law (Japan) Eng/Jap
Tokyo / Japan

LLB; LLM; Partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto; Chair of the Legal Committee of the Japan Football Association (2011- ).

Mr Tembeka Ngcukaitobi (1976)

Advocate (South Africa) Eng
Johannesburg / South Africa

BProc; LLB; LLM; Admitted to the Johannesburg Bar; Acting Member of the Competition Tribunal of South Africa; Member of the Judicial Service Commission; Practising Advocate; Adjunct Professor of Law at Nelson Mandela University.

Dr Peter Pakay (1977)

Attorney-at-law (Hungary) Eng/Deu
Budapest / Hungary

Attorney-at-law at Pákay Law Office; Arbitrator at the Hungarian Olympic Committee; Advisor and Co-owner of "The Path Sports Management"; Vice President of the Hungarian Padel Association; Co-owner of Premier Padel Franchise; Member of the Board of Trustees at Kovács Katalin National Kayak-Canoe Academy; Member of the Supervisory Board of the Haladás Sport Complex Nonprofit LLC.

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Mr Mika Palmgren (1964)

Attorney-at-law (Finland) Eng
Turku / 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.

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Dr Donald Rukare (1968)

Lawyer (Uganda) Eng
Kampala / 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.

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Ms Hilkka Salmenkylä (1956)

Attorney-at-law (Finland) Eng
Helsinki / Finland

Attorney-at-law at Juhani Salmenkylä Ky; Practising as a private attorney (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.

Dr Karim Youssef (1978)

Attorney-at-law (Egypt) Fr/Eng/Ar
Giza / Egypt

J.S.D; 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.

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