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 Electorale de la Confédération Africaine d’Athlétisme.

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Ms Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (1958)

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

Associate Member, Matrix Chambers (London); Director of the Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement; Professor at the University of Geneva; Arbitrator in commercial and investment disputes (ICC, ICSID, WIPO, WTO); Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA); Arbitrator at the CAS Ad Hoc Division PyeongChang 2018.

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Mr Stéphane Bottineau (1987)

Lawyer (France) Fr/Eng/Ru
Paris /

Masters droit privé/droit penal, Université Paris-Nanterre; Master Droit du Sport, Université de Aix-Marseille; Legal Director at Ligue de Football Professionel.

Ms Fanny-Marie Brisdet (1975)

Attorney-at-law (France) Fr/Eng
Amsterdam / Netherlands

Partner and Attorney-at-law in Amsterdam and Paris; Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Netherlands Bar Association; Former Lawyer and Managing Director of TMF Group (financial sector); Former Legal Senior Policy Advisor on compeition and commercial law to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (government sector);

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Prof. Thomas Clay (1969)

Professor of law (France) Fr/Eng/Sp/It
Paris / France

Doctor of Law. Professor at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Managing partner of Clay Arbitration Office. Vice-President of National Labor Arbitration Centre. Member of the "Appeal Commission" on French Professional Football League.

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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Me Sophie Dion (1956)

Avocat (France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

Docteur dEtat en droit. Directeur et fondateur diplôme droit du sport Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne). Conseiller technique chargé des sports à la Présidence de la République française. Maître de conférences à Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne). Avocat - anciennement associée au Cabinet Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris (Directeur de léquipe droit du sport).

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Ms Carine Dupeyron (1974)

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

LLM, MBA, Partner at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris; Formerly partner in the "Litigation, Arbitration and White Collar Crime" department of August & Debouzy; See CV for full details of Ms Depeyron's experience.

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Mr Jalal (Jil) El Ahdab (1973)

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

Partner, Dispute Resolution, Bird & Bird Paris (2018-). Formerly Senior Associate at Orrick Rambaud Martel in Paris. PhD - Doctorate in law (Paris I). Maître de conférence at the Institut dEtudes Politiques de Paris/Sciences Po-Paris since 2005.

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M. Bernard Foucher (1945)

Conseiller dEtat (France) Fr
Paris / France

Docteur dEtat en droit; Conseiller dEtat; chargé denseignement à la Faculté de droit de Limoges; Conciliateur au Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF); Président de la conférence des conciliateurs.

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Mr Julien Fouret (1978)

Avocat (France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

LLM Comparative Law, McGill University; Admitted to the Paris bar; Partner at Eversheds Sutherland (2019- ); Former Partner at Betto Seraglini law firm; Former Counsel of the secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris.

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Dr Hamid G. Gharavi (1971)

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

Dr. jur. Founding Partner of Derains & Gharavi. Appointed to the LCIA Court and the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators. Ph. D from the University of Paris II and holder of a Master of Comparative Jurisprudence from New York University School of Law.

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Judge Dominique Hascher (1956)

Judge (France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

Maitrise en droit from Université Paris 2; Master of Laws from Harvard University; Judge at the French Supreme Judicial Court; non-resident International Judge at the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Me Laurence Kiffer (1961)

Avocate (France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

Avocate au Barreau de Paris (2019 - ); Associée Teynier Ply (2007-2019); Membre de la Commission d’arbitrage international de l’Union Internationale des avocats; Vice Présidente du Bureau de l’Association Française d’Arbitrage.

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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Prof. Franck Latty (1973)

Professor of law (France) Fr/Eng
Nanterre / France

Professor of International Law, University Paris Nanterre; President of the Ethics Committee of the French Tennis Federation; Member of the Arbitral Division of the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF); Member of the Conference of Conciliators of the CNOSF; Conciliator designated by the French Republic on the ICSID list; President of the French branch of the International Law Association

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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 Economique, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne / Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (masters); Diplôme de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, major in International Business (masters).

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Prof. Didier Linotte (1948)

(France) Fr/Eng
Monaco / Monaco

Professeur émérite de l'Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis; Président du Tribunal Suprême de Monaco; Ancien Recteur de l'Académie de Nice; Docteur en droit; Ancien avocat au barreau de Nice et de Paris.

Professor Mathieu Maisonneuve (1976)

Professor of law (France) Fr/Eng
Aix-en-Provence / France

Professor of Public and Sport Law at Aix Marseille University; Chair of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal of the French national swimming federation (FFN) (2020- ); Deputy Chair of the Disciplinary Committee of the French national basketball league (LNB) (2004- ); Member of the Sport Arbitration Chamber of the French national Olympic and sport Committee (CNOSF).

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Me Paul Mauriac (1943)

Avocat (France) Fr
Paris / France

Avocat. Médiateur. Ancien joueur de Rugby de haut niveau. Vice-Président de la Conciliation près le Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français - CNOSF. Arbitre près la Chambre dArbitrage du Sport du CNOSF. Membre dInstances Disciplinaires et de Lutte contre le Dopage Nationales et Internationales dans le domaine du Cyclisme et du Rubgy.

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.

Prof Jan Paulsson (1949)

Avocat (France / Sweden) Fr/Eng/Sp
Manama / Bahrain

AB Harvard, JD Yale, DESS Paris; Former Partner, Three Crowns LLP (2014-2020); Professor of Law, University of Miami (2008-2019), Emeritus (2019- ); President, European Bank Administrative Tribunal (2008-2016), President, World Bank Administrative Tribunal (2006-2010); Judge, International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal (2011-2020); Board Member, American Arbitration Association (2010-2017); Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration (2009-2012); Head of International Arbitration and Public International Law, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (1993-2012); former member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal (2017-2019); member of CAS Ad hoc divisions for the Olympic Games of Atlanta, Sydney and Nagano.

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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 Didier Poulmaire (1968)

Lawyer (France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

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

Mr Philippe Sands KC (1960)

Professor of Law (United Kingdom / France / Mauritius) Fr/Eng
London / United Kingdom

Professor of Law, University College London. Barrister (KC), 11 Kings Bench Walk (2022- ); formerly of Matrix Chambers. Director, Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, UCL.

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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).

Mr Jingzhou Tao (1958)

Attorney-at-law (France) Fr/Eng/Chi
Hong Kong / China

Independent arbitrator as a member of Arbitration Chambers (2020- ); Former Managing Partner at Dechert LLP; Former Partner, Jones Day Beijing Office, China. Chair of the Commission on ICC China. Adjunct Professor of Peking University Law School. Managing Partner, Coudert Brothers, China (1996-2005); Member of the CAS Ad Hoc Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

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Mr Jean-François Vilotte (1957)

Avocat au barreau de Paris (France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

Post-graduate diploma in Law from Pantheon-Sorbonne University of Paris I; Partner at De Gaulle Fleurance law firm (2021- ); Former Director General of the French Tennis Federation (2018-2021); Former Chief Executive of the French Tennis Federation and of the Roland Garros tournament (2007-2009); Former Chair of the French online gaming regulatory agency (2009-2014); Former Chief of Staff of the French Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Life (2002-2006); Vice-President of the drafting committee of the International Convention of the Council of Europe against the manipulation of sport.

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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 avocat at the Paris bar; lecturer at Sorbonne University (Abu Dhabi) and Paris-Saclay University (France); Member of the CAS Ad Hoc Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

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