Search

Note : Press the Ctrl or Command key to select more.
Note : Press the Ctrl or Command key to select more.
Note : Press the Ctrl or Command key to select more.

Search result

34 results

Mr Reto Annen (1977)

Attorney-at-law and Notary (Switzerland) Eng/Deu
Chur / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law and Notary; Partner at Kanzlei Kornplatz AG (2008- ); Chairman of the Justice Board of the Champions Hockey League (CHL) (2022- ); Single Judge of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) (2017- ).

PDF Download the resume

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).

PDF Download the resume

Mr Luca Beffa (1977)

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

Partner and Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution Group in the Geneva office of Baker McKenzie (2005- ); Member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.

PDF Download the resume

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.

PDF Download the resume

Ms Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (1958)

Professor of Law and Arbitrator (France / Switzerland) Fr/Eng
Geneva / Switzerland

Advocate and Counsel before the International Court of Justice and other courts and tribunals; Member, Matrix Chambers (London); President, Council of the Center for International Dispute Settlement (CIDS), Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva; Arbitrator in commercial and investment disputes (ICC, ICSID, WIPO, WTO); Arbitrator at the CAS ad hoc Division PyeongChang 2018; Judge, Administrative Tribunal of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

PDF Download the resume

Dr Markus Bösiger (1957)

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

Juris Doctor; Attorney-at-law; Partner at BEELEGAL Rechtsanwälte; Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences for North West Switzerland.

PDF Download the resume

Mr Gonzalo Bossart (1974)

Attorney-at-law (Chile / Switzerland) Sp/Eng
Santiago / Chile

Partner and Co-Founder of Moya & Bossart Law Firm; Off Counsel to WMG Tax and Law; Professor of Sports Law at the University of Santo Tomás / CIES-FIFA; Member of the Disciplinary Commission and Arbitral Board of the Union cycliste international (UCI); Former Lawyer and Legal Counsel to the Players’ Status Department of FIFA (2009-2012).

PDF Download the resume

Ms Dominique Brown-Berset (1953)

Attorney (Switzerland) Eng/Fr
Geneva / Switzerland

Partner at Brown & Page, Switzerland.

PDF Download the resume

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.

PDF Download the resume

Mr David Casserly SC (1979)

Barrister-at-law (Ireland / Switzerland) Eng/Fr
Lausanne / Switzerland

Barrister (Senior Counsel and Member of the Inner Bar) (Bar of Ireland, Bar of England & Wales), Attorney (Bar of New York), Avocat (Bar of Vaud, Switzerland); Specialised in the areas of sports law and international arbitration; Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland and Sports Law Partner at Kellerhals Carrard in Lausanne, Switzerland; Accredited Mediator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

PDF Download the resume

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.

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.

PDF Download the resume

Dr Isabelle Fellrath (1970)

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

Ph.D., LLM, LLB University of Nottingham, School of Law; Attorney-at-law, SwissLegal Rouiller & Associés SA, Lausanne/Geneva (2018- ), Brown&Page SA, Geneva (2016-2018), Tavernier Tschanz (2003-2016); Deputy Judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (2012-2014); Member of the Tribunal for Aquatic Sports (Schwimmsportgericht) at Swiss Aquatics (2018- ); Chair of the Adjudicatory body of European Aquatics Integrity Unit (2024- ).

PDF Download the resume

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.

PDF Download the resume

Dr András Gurovits (1960)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Eng/Deu
Zürich / 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- ).

PDF Download the resume

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).

Ms Alexandra Johnson (1975)

Lawyer (Switzerland / Jamaica) Fr/Eng
Geneva / Switzerland

LLM Harvard Law School; Admitted to all Swiss Courts and to the Bar of New York (not practising); Partner at Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Ltd (2022- ); Vice President of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre (2021- ).

PDF Download the resume

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 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.

PDF Download the resume

Dr Despina Mavromati (1976)

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

LL.M. and M.B.A (Europa Institute, Germany); Ph.D. (University of Fribourg); Attorney-at-Law in Lausanne, Switzerland; Member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (Appeals Chamber); Co-author of the Commentary on the CAS Code (with Matthieu Reeb, 2nd ed. 2025); Member of the Board of Directors of the Sports Lawyers' Association (SLA); Lecturer at the Law Faculty of Fribourg (teaching sports contracts); CAS Counsel (2008-2017); Former President of the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation (2020-2021); Former member of the UEFA Appeals Body, the World Athletics, and the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation Disciplinary Tribunal.

PDF Download the resume

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).

PDF Download the resume

Dr Christophe Misteli (1971)

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

Doctor in law (PhD); LL.M. (Tübingen); Practicing lawyer, admitted at the Swiss Bar; Board Member of the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation.

PDF Download the resume

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.

PDF Download the resume

Prof. Dr. Christoph Mueller (1969)

Professor, attorney-at-law (Switzerland) Eng/Fr
Neuchatel / Switzerland

Professor in private law at the University of Neuchâtel (2006 - ); PHD, Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel; LLM Master of Laws, Colombia Law School, New York; LLB Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel; Member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) (2018 - ); Member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) (2013 - ); Founding Member and Head Lecturer of the Swiss Arbitration Academy (SAA).

Mr Pierre Muller (1969)

Former Judge (Switzerland) Fr/Eng
Lausanne / 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.

PDF Download the resume

Dr Hans Nater (1943)

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

Docteur en droit; Master of law, Harvard Law School; Avocat en l'étude 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 d'hiver, Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 et aux Jeux Olympiques d'été, Athènes 2004.

PDF Download the resume

Me Denis Oswald (1947)

Avocat, Professeur (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu
Colombier / 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 (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 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).

Prof. Pascal Pichonnaz (1967)

Professor of law & Arbitrator (Switzerland) Fr/Eng/Deu
Fribourg / Switzerland

PhD (University of Fribourg, Switzerland); LLM (Berkeley, USA); Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland; International Commercial Arbitrator; President of the European Law Institute (ELI); Former President of the Federal Commission for Consumer Affairs; President of the Swiss Lawyers Association; Former member of the Judicial Committee for Swiss Basketball.

PDF Download the resume

Dr Marco Steiner (1978)

Lawyer Consultant (Switzerland) Deu/Eng/Fr
Krattigen and Lausanne / Switzerland

Founder and owner of korave.ch (2019- ); Managing Director of the International Boxing Association’s Boxing Independent Integrity Unit (2023- ); Former Clerk with the Appeals Commission of the Aargau Football Association (2015-2023); Former Legal Counsel at litigating law firms (2017-2020); Former member of the Court of Arbitration of the International Canoe Federation (2009-2020); Former Deputy Director and Head Testing, Intelligence & Science at Antidoping Switzerland Foundation (2008-2017); Former Legal Counsel and Member of the Commission for the fight against doping of Swiss Olympic Association (2007-2008).

PDF Download the resume

Dr Philipp Studhalter (1976)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland / Liechtenstein) Deu/Eng
Lucerne / Switzerland

Dr. iur; Owner of Fortis Law Attorneys at Law (2009- ); President of the Board of the Swiss Football League (2021- ); Member of the UEFA Club Licensing Committee (2022- ); President of the Board of the Regional Ice Centre, Lucerne (2014- ); Former Board Member of the Swiss Football League (2017-2021); Former President of the Board and CEO of Football Club Luzern (2015-2021); Former member of the Swiss national rowing team (1993-1995).

Mr Nicolas Ulmer (1952)

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

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.

PDF Download the resume

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.

PDF Download the resume

Ms Rabab Yasseen (1962)

Attorney-at-law (Iraq / Switzerland) Eng/Fr/Ar
Geneva / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law; Solicitor (England and Wales); CEDR Accredited Mediator; Partner, Mentha Avocats, Geneva (2005- ); Deputy Judge, Geneva Civil Courts (2007- ); Member of the OPEC Appeals Committee (2023- ); Vice President of the OPEC Fund Administrative Tribunal (2022- ); Chair of the Sanctions Appeals Committee of the African Development Bank (2024- ); Member of the World Bank Sanctions Board (2019- ); Member of the ADR Committee of the ILA; Former Member of the ICC Arbitration Commission; Former Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee of CRCICA; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division for the Rio Olympic Games (2016).

PDF Download the resume