Mr Gustavo Albano Abreu (1965)

Attorney-at-law (Argentina) Eng/Sp
Buenos Aires / Argentina

Doctor in Law. President of the Antidoping National Disciplinary Tribunal of Argentina (2016- ); Director of Cátedra de Derecho del Deporte, Universidad Austral. Executive Director of LLM, Universidad Austral. Legal Advisor. Member of Tribunal de Disciplina of Ente Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo (ENARD).

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Mr Kwadjo Adjepong (1971)

Lawyer (United Kingdom) Eng
London / United Kingdom

Member of the Standards, Ethics and Rules Committee, UK Athletics (2020- ); Member of the Judicial Panel, Premier League Football (2020- ); Chair of the Independent Eligibility Panel, UK Sport – Olympic and Paralympic Sport ( 2019-); Member of the Independent Disciplinary Panel, Lawn Tennis Association (2019- ); Chair, various independent judicial panels of the Football Association (2018- ); Panel Member, Sport Resolutions (2018- ); Assistant Director within the Enforcement Directorate of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Mr Salman Al-Ansari (1981)

lawyer (Qatar) Eng/Ar
Doha / Qatar

Vice-President Foundation of Qatar Sports Arbitration (2016- ); Qatar Player's Association (2015- ); Al-Ansari & Associates (2007- ); Qatar University College of Law (2008- ); Member of the Appeal Committee of the Asian Football Confederation;

Mr Sultan Naser S. Al-Sowaidi (1987)

Lawyer & Arbitrator (Bahrain)
Riyadh / Saudi Arabia

LLM International Commercial Law, City University; Assistant Secretary General for Legislative & Legal Affairs at the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Riyadh) (2021- ); Director of the Department of Legislation & the Official Gazette at the Legislative & Legal Opinion Commissions LLOC (Bahrain) (2019- ); Arbitrator in the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution in Sports BCDR; in-house lawyer for the Bahrain Football Association; Member of the Marketing Committee of the Gulf Football Federation (2016- ); Member of the Board of Directors of Bahrain Football Federation (2017- ); Head of Legal Affairs Committee of Bahrain Football Federation (2017- ); Member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Legal Committee (2019-2023); Member of the Legal Committee of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFAAC) (2019-2023); Member of the Board of Trustees of the Sports Dispute Resolution Authority GCC (2021-2025).

Mr Saied Al-Zahrani (1977)

Attorney-at-law (Saudi Arabia) Eng/Ar
Riyadh / Saudi Arabia

Member of the Saudi Bar Association; Owner and manager of Aman Law Firm; Head of Al-Omari Group of Legal Consultations (2007- ); Chair of the Disciplinary Committee of the Saudi Shooting Federation Disciplinary Committee; Member of the Election Committee of the Saudi Football Federation; Former sport arbitrator at the Saudi Sports Center (2016-2021).

Mr Ahmed Alosaymi (1987)

Lawyer (Saudi Arabia) Eng/Ar
Riyadh / Saudi Arabia

Mr Jose Luis Andrade (1980)

Attorney-at-law (Portugal) Por/Eng/Sp
Nyon / Switzerland

LLM Georgetown University; MBA IE Business School; 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.

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- ).

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Dr Rodrigo Arias Grillo (1980)

Attorney-at-law (Costa Rica / Spain) Sp/Eng
Madrid / Spain

Mr Mauricio Arosemena (1974)

Lawyer (Ecuador) Sp
Samborondón / Ecuador

Mr Juan Pablo Arriagada Aljaro (1971)

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

Attorney at law at Santiago, Chile; Llm commercial law and labor law; founder and main partner of the law firm "Arriagada & Co. Lawyers", Santiago, Chile; Executive Secretary of Chilean Football Federation (1997 – 2001); Member of the National Court of Arbitration for Sports in Santiago, Chile; Member of the Santiago Arbitration and Mediation Centre; Member of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal.

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Mr Espen Auberg (1977)

Attorney-at-law (Norway) Eng
Oslo / Norway

Attorney-at-law mediator, partner and Head of Sports Law at Nova Law. Member of UEFA Legal Committee. President of the Norwegian Sports law Association. Former Legal Director of the Football Association of Norway. Former Board Member of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise Sports. Master of Law, University of Oslo. BA Media, University of East London.

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Mr Haris Azmat (1984)

Attorney-at-law (Pakistan) Eng
Lahore / Pakistan

Dr Marco Balmelli (1969)

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

Dr.iur. Attorney-at-law, Notary Public. Partner, 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 Efraim Barak (1957)

Attorney-at-law (Israel) Eng/Sp
Tel Aviv / Israel

Consultant & Professor of sports law, Efraim Barak Sports Law & Consultancy (2018- ); Senior Partner & head of sports law department, D. Mirkin & Co., Advocates & Notaries (1987-2017); Member of Sports Law and Sports Legislation Committee of the Israel Bar; General Counsel and Head of legal department of the Israel Football Association (2014-2017); Member of UEFA's legal Committee (2015- ); Professor and Academic Director at the Master degree program in international Sport Law, at the Cardinal Herrera University (Madrid, Valencia & Barcelona) (2018- ) and the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid (2006-2016); Professor of Sport Law in various Universities worldwide; Member of the Board and treasurer of the "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte". Ex-Member (Judge) of the Supreme Court of the Israel Basketball Association.

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Mr Ahmadreza Barati (1976)

Attorneay-at-law (Iran) Eng
Tehran / Iran

Master in Law, Azad University, Iran; Global Master in International Sport Law, ISDE; 2nd Deputy Chairperson of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Entry Control Body; Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA); Chairman of legal and regulations compliance of the I.R. Iran Football Federation; Director of the Legal Committee of the Iran Football Clubs’ Union; Director of legal affairs at the Padel Committee of the Iran Squash Federation; Former member of the AFC Legal Committee.

Mr Giacomo Bei (1976)

Attorney-at-law (Italy) Eng/It
Florence / Italy

Ms Reyes Bellver (1983)

Attorney-at-law (Spain) Sp/Eng
Madrid / Spain

Me Michele A.R. Bernasconi (1963)

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

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

Mr James Bonington (1978)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
London / United Kingdom

Ms Anna Bordiugova (1982)

Attorney-at-law (Ukraine) Eng/It/Ru
Pisa / Italy - Kyiv / Ukraine

PhD, Attorney-at-law, sports lawyer (2003- ); Member of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (2017 -); UEFA match delegate (2011- ); Former athlete, member of the national athletics team of Ukraine (1991-2005); Former external legal adviser for NADO Ukraine (2008-2020); Former Member of the legal Commission of the NOC of Ukraine (2010-2022); Former UEFA Ethics & Disciplinary Inspector (2011-2019); Former UIPM Court of Arbitration arbitrator (2017-2021).

Mr Gonzalo Bossart (1974)

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

Partner and Co-Founder of BMS Sport Legal law firm; Executive Director of Deportes Zapallar; 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).

Mr Rui Botica Santos (1968)

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

Lawyer. Based in Lisbon/Portugal and Macau/China. Partner of CRA - Law Firm. Arbitrator of the Portuguese Centre for Commercial Arbitration. Board Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte", Club Español de Arbitraje, AIJA and European league for Economic Cooperation. Lecturer on Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration at the Masters Degree Course in International Sports Law at ISDE-Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía, Madrid, Spain.

Mr Stéphane Bottineau (1987)

Lawyer (France) Fr/Eng/Ru
Paris /

Mr Vitor Butruce (1982)

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

Mr Fernando J. Cabrera Garcia (1965)

Attorney-at-law (Mexico) Eng/Sp
Mexico / Mexico

LL.M. General Legal Counsel TV Azteca, SAB de CV (2021- ); Member of the Legal Committee of the Iberoamerican Telecomunications Organization-OTI. Former General Legal Counsel of AT&T, Mexico; Formerly, General Counsel of Grupo Iusacell. Professor of Sports Law and Regulations at the Universidad del Valle de México and Escuela de Estudios Universitarios Real Madrid (Mexico City). Former Executive Vice President of Mexican professional soccer team "Monarcas Morelia". 2002- 2004 Member of the Statutes and Regulations Committee of the Mexican Football Federation. 

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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 dArbitrage Sportif, depuis sa création en 1997. Professeur de lINEFC (Institut Nacional dEducacio Fisica de Catalunya) à lUniversité de Lleida.

Mr Edward Canty (1975)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
Manchester / United Kingdom

Centrefield LLP, Sport – Law – Media, partner (2015- ); James Chapman & Co Sports Department, solicitor (1999-2006); Brabners LLP Sports Department, partner (2006-2015); non-executive Board Director of the Professional Footballers Asscoiation Company, PFA Enterprises Ltd.;

Prof. Miguel Cardenal Carro (1968)

Professor (Spain) Eng/Sp
Madrid / Spain

Chair FINA Integrity Unit (2022- ); Director of the Sports Law Centre and Professor of Labor and Employment Law at Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid) ; Former Secretary of State for Sport (2012-2016); Former President of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency; former ICAS member (2015-2018)

Me Olivier Carrard (1956)

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

Partner and Attorney at law at the Lawfirm CMS Von Erlach Poncet AG, Geneva office; Former President of the Swiss Fencing Federation (2004-2021); President of the FIE Ethics Board since 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" since 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).

Ms Namrata Chatterjee (1990)

Attorney-at-law (India) Eng
Mumbai / India

Dr Oscar Chiri (1968)

Lawyer (Peru) Sp/Eng
Barcelona /

Ms Maria Florencia Chírico Poses (1985)

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

Mr George Christofides (1972)

attorney-at-law, legal consultant (Greece) Eng
Larnaca / Cyprus

Law lecturer, Frederick University (2014-); President of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Basketball Association (2010-2014); President of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Motor Sport Federation (2009-); Legal advisor and consultant of the President of the Cyprus Sports Organisation (2008-2013)

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Mr Mariano Clariá (1973)

Lawyer (Argentina) Sp/Eng
Buenos Aires / Argentina

Senior Partner at Claria & Trevisan Abogados, responsible for the Sports Law Department (2001 - ); Legal Counsel of the Superliga Argentina de Futbol (2017 - ); First Secretary General of the Superliga Argentina de Futbol (2016-2017); President of the Electoral Committee of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) (2017 - ); Professor for sports law at the Universidad Catolica Argentina (UCA).

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Mr Massimo Coccia (1957)

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

J.D. (1981, University of Rome 1 Law School), LL.M. (1984, University of Michigan Law School); Fulbright Fellow (1983-84); Attorney at law, admitted to Italian high courts; Founding Partner of law firm “Coccia De Angelis Vecchio & Associati”, with offices in Rome and Milan (www.cdaa.it); Professor of European Competition Law at University of Rome 1 Law School (since 2019); Professor of International Law at Tuscia University in Viterbo (since 2001); Research Professor of International and EU Law at University of Rome 1 Law School (since 1991); Visiting Scholar at University of Michigan Law School (1986); Member of the Board of the Italian Arbitration Association (AIA); Honorary President of the Italian Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA); Deputy Commissioner of the Italian FA in 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, 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-present); Permanent clerk of the FIA International Tribunal and International Court of Appeal (2013-present); Member of FISU Legal Commission.

Mr Nicholas Coward (0)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
London / United Kingdom

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 Oscar Cunto (1984)

Attorney-at-law (Venezuela / Italy) Sp/Eng
Caracas / Venezuela

Mr Terence Dambe (1966)

Lawyer (Botswana) Eng
Gaborone / Botswana

Mr Miguel Angel Dávila Valdivia (1986)

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

Mr Ricardo De Buen (1967)

Attorney-at-law (Mexico) Eng/Sp
Mexico / Mexico

Attorney-at-law. Partner at De Buen law firm. Member of the Mexican Bar Association. Founding member of the Mexican Association of Labor and Social Security Law. National consultant for Mexico for the International Labor Organization (OIT). Member of the American Bar Association. Member of the Mexico - US Law Institute. Professor of Labor Law (Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) and Instituto Tecnolgico Autonomo de México (ITAM). Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"

Mr Daan de Jong (1986)

Lawyer (Netherlands) Eng
Utrecht / Netherlands

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 Universtiy; 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 Frans De Weger (1978)

Attorney-at-law (Netherlands) Eng
Zeist / Netherlands

Partner/Attorney-at-law BMDW Advocaten. CAS arbitrator since 2015, appointed on the proposal of the European Club Association (ECA). Chairman of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) of the Football Tribunal (1 October 2021 until 1 October 2025).

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Mr Carlos Del Campo Colás (1960)

Lawyer (Spain) Eng/Sp
Madrid / Spain

Assistant Director to the President of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LNFP - Spanish Professional Football League) from March 2001 until present. Secretary and Counsel of the Professional Football Foundation. Delegate of the Spanish Court of Arbitration of Football (TAF, Tribunal Arbitral del Fútbol). Member of Rex Sport. Professional Football Strategy Council of UEFA. Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"

Mr John Didulica (1975)

Lawyer (Australia) Eng
Melbourne / Australia

Master of Laws, University of Melbourne; Chief Executive of Professional Footballers Australia; Chair of North Geelong Warriors Football Club; Former Director of Football & General Counsel at Melbourne City Football Club; Former legal counsel to Football Federation Australia; Former member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber; former professional footballer.

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 Margarita Echeverria Bermúdez (1966)

Attorney-at-law (Costa Rica) Eng/Sp
San José / Costa Rica

Former Legal Adviser for Costa Rican Football Federation. Former General Secretary for Costa Rica Football Federation. International independent lawyer, specialist in football law.

Mr Agustin Fattal Jaef (1983)

Lawyer (Argentina) Sp/Eng
Rosario / Argentina

Ms Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder (1970)

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

Attorney-at-law. Partner at Barandun Law AG. Alternate Judge of the Appellate Court of Valais/Wallis, Sion. Member of the Committee Sports Law of the Swiss Bar Association. Member of the Extended Board of Ski Valais; Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

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Mr Gabriel Feldman (1973)

Professor (United States of America) Eng
New Orleans / United States of America

JD, Duke University School of Law; Director, Sports law Program at the Tulane University School of Law (2005- ); Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance, Co-Director and Co-Founder, Tulane Center for Sport, Tulane University (2010- ); Mediator and Arbitrators with mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc (MAPS) (2013- ); Legal analyst, NFL Network (2011- ); Former Deputy Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel of the US Men’s National Soccer Team Players’ Association; Member of the Board of Directors of the Sports Lawyers Association; Member of the Board of Directors of Athletes for Hope; Director, Special Olympics New Orleans; Member of the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport, NCAA; Former member of the drug testing appeals committee, NCAA.

Mr David Fraundorfer (1981)

Solicitor (United Kingdom / New Zealand) Eng
Tauranga / New Zealand

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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Dr Ernesto Gamboa (1952)

Arbitrator, attorney (Colombia) Eng/Sp
Bogota D.C. / Colombia

Senior and Founding Partner at Gamboa Abogados (2002-_); Professor of Civil Procedure Law at Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogata D.C. (2004-_); General Legal Advisor of the Major Division of Colombian Professional Football (Dimayor) (1998-_); General Legal Advisor of the Colombian Football Federation (1998-_); Legal Advisor of Fedefutbol; Member of Arbitration Panel in Chamber of Commerce of Bogota.

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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

Dr Chris Georghiades (1953)

Attorney-at-law (Cyprus) Eng
Limassol / Cyprus

Partner in law firm Chrysses Demetriades & Co LLC; Member of the UEFA Appeals Body; President of the Judicial and Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Swimming and Sailing Associations; Former President of the Cyprus Football Association Regulations Committee; legal advisor to various football clubs and players; Former member of the Council of the Cyprus Football Association.

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Mr Stuart Gilhooly (1971)

Solicitor (Ireland) Eng
Dublin / Ireland

Practising solicitor and partner at H.J. Ward & Co. Solicitors; Legal advisor to the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland (PFA Ireland); Senior Council member at the Football Association of Ireland (FAI); Lecturer on anti-doping at the Law Society.

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Ms Juliana Giraldo (0)

Lawyer (Colombia) Sp
Calii / Colombia

Mr Joshua Gordon (1974)

Arbitrator (United States of America) Eng
Eugene / United States of America

Juris doctorate, Suffolk University Law School; Senior Instructor of Sports Business and Law at the University of Oregon (2013- ); Principal and Senior Practitioner at Sports Conflict Institute, Portland (2013- ); Academic Director of InSport Education (2019- ).

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Mr Poobalan Govindasamy (1958)

Attorney-at-law (South Africa) Eng
Pietermaritzburg / South Africa

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
Hamburg / Germany

PhD.Professor of law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Former Chairman of the Geman Anti-Doping Commission (1999-2002) and of the advisory group on legal issues of the monitoring group of the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention (2002-2004). Since 1998, member of the Appeals Tribunal and since 2007 of the Arbitration Tribunal of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Member of the drafting team for the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code(2006-2007).

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Mr Lars Halgreen (1964)

Attorney-at-law (Denmark) Eng
Copenhagen / Denmark

Mr Jonathan Hall (1968)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
Dubai / United Arab Emirates

Mr Jamie Herbert (1982)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
London / United Kingdom

Mr Lars Hilliger (1971)

Attorney-at-law (Denmark) Eng
Copenhagen / Denmark

Attorney-at-law/Partner Advice Law Firm; Chairman of the Appeals Panel for the Danish FA Club Licensing System (2004-); Member of FIBA Appeals Panel (2010-2019); Chairman of the Team Rudersdal (2008.-); Member of the CAS Ad Hoc Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Dr Thomas Hollerer (1974)

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

Mr Mark Hovell (1968)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
Manchester / United Kingdom

Solicitor, Partner - Head of Sports Law Department Mills & Reeve LLP, Manchester; Former Secretary of British Basketball Players Association; external legal advisor to Professional Footballers Association and British Athletes Commission. Member of the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) in United Kingdom. Licensed Insolvency Practitioner. Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"

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Mr Fabio Iudica (1966)

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

Attorney-at-law. Civil lawyer at Milan bar association; Partner of 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
Baar / Switzerland

Ms Dyalá Jiménez (1972)

Attorney-at-law (Costa Rica) Sp/Eng/Fr
San José / Costa Rica

Mr Takehiro Kaneko (1981)

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

Mr Hendrik Willem Kesler (1949)

Attorney-at-law (Netherlands) Eng/Deu
Zeist / Netherlands

Attorney-at-law. Partner with the lawfirm JPR lawyers in Enschede until 2000; CEO and chairman of the professional section of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) (1995-2010); 1982 - 1994 board member of FC Twente Enschede (secretary, treasurer and vice-chairman); Board Member of the KNVB (1995); Board member in the Euro 2000 in Belgium/Netherlands and member of several committees of UEFA (media,pfc and legal); Currently working as legal advisor/business consultant; Appointed on behalf of Dutch government as member of the board of the Gambling Authority - responsible for the fight against matchfixing (2012- ).

Mr James Kitching (1985)

Lawyer (Australia / Italy / United Kingdom) Deu
Adelaide / Australia

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. Dr Eligiusz Krzesniak (1972)

Barrister, Professor of law (Poland) Eng/Deu
Warsaw / Poland

President of the Polish Arbitration Association; Professor of Laws and Chair of the Commercial Law Department at the Lazarski University; Managing Partner at the Polish office of Squire Patton Boggs; Member of the Board of the Polish Association of Legal Employers; Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce; Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Alior Bank S. A. (2018); Chairman of the Committee on Discipline and Rules at the Polish Golf Union.

Mr Lars Küpper (1977)

Lawyer (Germany) Deu/Eng
Leverkusen / Germany

Me Patrick Lafranchi (1964)

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

Attorney-at-law. Partner Lafranchi Meyer Rechtsanwälte; Member of Appeal Court Transfers Swiss Ice Hockey Federation (SIHF) since 1992; Board Member of the Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (ASDS); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Mr Om Lalla (1967)

Attorney-at-law (Trinidad & Tobago) Eng
Port of Spain / Trinidad & Tobago

Attorney-at-law. Partner K.R. Lalla + Co. - Attorneys-at-Law, Trinidad. Member, Ely Place Chambers - London Barristers. Director of the professional Footbal League of Trinidad & Tobago. Member of the Appeals Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation.

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Mr Ken E. Lalo (1958)

Attorney-at-law (Israel) Eng
Tel-Aviv / Israel

Attorney-at-law in Israel and in Washington DC. President and CEO, Grand Automotive LP. Member of the Bureau of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI)(1999-2007). Chairman of the Tribunal of the FEI (1999-2011). Member of the FEI Judicial Committee (1996-1999). Chairman, the Israel Equestrian Federation (1993-1997, 2001-2009 and 2014 - Present).

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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.

Ms Ana Maria Larrea (1971)

Lawyer (Ecuador) Sp/Eng
Quito / Ecuador

Mr Kepa Larumbe (1979)

Attorney-at-law (Spain) Sp/Eng
Madrid / Spain

Director of the Sport Law and e-Sports Department at BDO Spain, law firm; Lecturer at the International Master in Sports law LLM; Former Member of the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (2015-2019); Former Legal Director at the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) (2012-2018); Former Integrity Officer at the RFEF (2009-2018); Former Head of Disciplinary Committees Department of the RFEF (2009-2012); Former Legal Counsel of the RFEF (2005-2009).

Dr Jakub Laskowski (1984)

Attorney-at-law (Poland) Eng
Warsaw / Poland

PhD Civil Law, University of Warsaw; LLM University of Warwick; Director of sports law and administration, legal counsel and proxy of the board of Legia Warszawa SA (2013- ); Member of the Legal Advisory Panel of the European Club Association (2015- ); Arbitrator at the Football Arbitration Court of the PZPN (2016- ); President of the Sports Law Institute of Warsaw (2018- ); Legal expert of the Ekstraklasa, Polish Professional Football League (2014- ).

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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Dr Marco Leal (1980)

Attorney-at-law (Guatemala) Eng/Sp
Miami / United States of America

Juris doctor; attorney-at-law and public notary; Chief Officer, Member Associations of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); CONCACAF Chief of staff; General Secretary of the Guatemalan Football Federation; Former positions within FIFA – Legal Counsel, Players’ Status Department / Players’ and Match Agent Manager / Manager, Member Associations Department; Former positions within CONCACAF – Head of Member Associations and Legal Affairs / Director of Integrity / Director of Member Associations and Integrity / Director office of the CONCACAF President / Director of Member Associations.

Mr Diego Lennon (1965)

Attorney-at-law (Argentina) Sp/Eng
Buenos Aires / Argentina

Ms Jiahe Liu (1991)

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

Mr Anthony Lo Surdo SC (1964)

Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator (Australia) Eng
Sydney / Australia

LLM; LLB; BA (Sydney), Senior Counsel (SC/QC) (Barrister); Arbitrator, National Sports Tribunal, Australia (2020 - ); Member Appeals Committee, Football Australia (FA) (2008 -); Deputy Chair, FA Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (2008 - ); Chair, Football NSW Appeals Tribunal (2011 - ); Member, Appeals Board AFL NSW/ACT (2012 - ).

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Mr Jordi Lopez Batet (1976)

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

Founding Partner at Statim legal, SLP (2023- ); Arbitrator at the Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona, the Tribunal Arbitral del Futbol (Spanish Football League –La Liga-) and UCI Anti-Doping Tribunal; Former member of the Licence Committee of the Spanish Football League (2010-2016).

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Mr Francesco Macri (1964)

Attorney-at-law (Italy) It/Eng
Piacenza / Italy

Co-founder and Senior Partner at Taini Gardi Macri law firm in Piacenza; dispute resolution at Italian Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B (2003- ); President of the Federal Court of Appeal of the Italian Badminton Federation; Former member of the Federal Court of Appeal of the Italian Fencing Federation (2017-2021); Former member of the Disciplinary Court of Appeal of the Italian Fencing Federation (2016-2017).

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Mr Wellington Magaya (1986)

Attorney-at-law (Zimbabwe) Eng
Harare / Zimbabwe

Mr Hector Rene Maldonado Rodriguez (1965)

Lawyer (Honduras) Sp/Eng
San Pedro Sula / Honduras

Lawyer and Notary Public, master's degree in civil procedural law, with specialization in labor law, civil and commercial law, General Secretary of the National Commission of Appeal of football of Honduras.

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 (since 1998), University of Neuchâtel (since 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 Achilleas Mavromatis (1966)

Lawyer (Greece) Eng
Thessaloniki / Greece

Mr Rod McKenzie (1958)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
Glasgow / United Kingdom

Mr Alexander McLin (1970)

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

Director, Gymnastics Ethics Foundation. Former Executive Director, ASA - Swiss Arbitration Association. Member, World Rowing (FISA) Ethics Group. Secretary General and CEO, Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) (2007-2011). General Counsel, FEI (2005-2009). General Counsel, CNET Channel Services (CNET Networks, now CBS Interactive) (2000-2004). Attorney-at-law, Baker & McKenzie, New York (1998-2000). Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva (1997). World Economic Forum, Geneva/Davos (1993-1999). J.D. Duke University School of Law (1999). Former member of the IAAF Legal Commission; Former member of the IAAF Working Group on Governance and Integrity Reform.

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Mr José Ernesto Mejía (1965)

Attorney-at-law (Honduras) Sp/Eng
Tegucigalpa / Honduras

Mr Andrew Mercer (1980)

Lawyer (United Kingdom) Eng
Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia

Mr Yutaka Miyoshi (1968)

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

Mr Eirik Monsen (1981)

Attorney-at-law (Norway) Eng
Oslo / Norway

Masters degree in law; Attorney-at-law in Advokatfirmaet Monsen AS; Head of legal at the Norwegian Players’ Association (NISO) (2010- ); Arbitrator at the European Handball Federation (EHF) Court of Arbitration; Arbitrator at the Norwegian Football Federation Court of Arbitration; Former arbitrator at the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (2013-2019);

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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

Prof. Roberto Moreno Rodríguez Alcalá (1976)

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

Magister Juris, Comparative Law, University of Oxford (Distinction); Attorney General of the Republic of Paraguay (2013-2017); Professor of Law, School for Magistrates (Asunción); Professor of Contract Law and Arbitration, Catholic University (Asunción); Director of the Master in Business Law (MADE), Catholic University (Asunción); 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.

Mr Daniele Moro (1968)

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

Attorney-at-law and founding partner at Moro Recthsanwälte (2010- ); Former judge (substitute member) of the criminal court of the Canton of Lucerne (2005-2010); President of the Disciplinary Commission of the Swiss Football League (SFL); President of the Court of Appeal of the Central Switzerland Football Association (IFV); Member of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG); President of the European Athletic Association (EAA) Court; Member of the Disciplinary Commission Swiss Basketball; 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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Ms Maite Nadal Charco (1974)

Attorney-at-law (Spain) Sp/Eng
Madrid / Spain

Mr Saaran Nadarajah (1964)

Advocate & Solicitor (Malaysia) Eng
Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia

Mr Manfred Peter Nan (1960)

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

Lawyer; Partner at Nan & Koolaard Arbitration (2023- ); Deputy Judge District Court of Overijssel (2016- ); Member of the Disciplinary Committee Professional Football of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB); Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"; Lecturer at the Online Masters Program International Sport Law, in corroboration with REX Sport Academy, at Swiss School of Business and Management (Geneva, Switzerland); Former lecturer at the Online Masters Program International Sports law at the REX Sport Academy and CEU Universidad Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain; Former Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee in Doping cases of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB 2011 – 1 July 2019); Former member of the Appeal Committee in Disciplinary Cases Professional Football of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB; 2003 – 2015); Former Arbitrator of the Arbitration Committee of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB; 1987 - 2011); Former Member of the Dutch Football Players’ Committee (CSR; 1985 - 1986); Former Arbitrator of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Dutch Olympic Committee/Dutch Sport Federation (1990 – 1994); Former professional football player.

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Mr Tembeka Ngcukaitobi (1976)

Advocate (South Africa) Eng
Johannesburg / South Africa

Ms Thi My Dung Nguyen (1976)

Lawyer (Vietnam) Eng
Hanoi / Vietnam

Lawyer. Director at MD Lawyers Partnership/Vietnam. Member of Disciplinary Committee/Asian Football Confederation. Member of Ethics Committee/Federation Internationale de Football Association. Member of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal.

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Mr Michael Nicholson (1976)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
Glasgow, Scotland / United Kingdom

Bachelor of laws, University of Glasgow ; Director of Football and Administration and Legal at Celtic plc ; Company Secretary at Celtic plc ; Member of the Professional Games Board, Scottish Football Association ; Member of the Rules Revision Committee, Scottish Football Association ; Member of the Football Regulatory and Administration Group, Scottish Football Association ; Member of the Competitions Working Group, Scottish Professional Football League ; Member of the Legal Advisory Panel, European Club Association ; Former Head of Dispute Resolution Department at Harper Macleod LLP (1998-2013).

Ms Elle Nikou Madalin (1986)

Barrister (Australia) Eng
Melbourne / Australia

Mr João Nogueira Da Rocha (1963)

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

Lawyer, Legal adviser of the Portuguese Players Association, Arbitrator at the Training Compensation Chamber at the Portuguese Football Federation (F.P.F.), Member of “Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte".

Ms Lorena Catalina Novoa Bolivar (1979)

Lawyer (Colombia) Sp/Eng
Bogotá / Colombia

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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Dr Leanne O'Leary (1974)

Solicitor (New Zealand / United Kingdom) Eng
Ormskirk / United Kingdom

PhD LLM (Hons) University of Dublin, Trinity College Law School; Senior lecturer in Law/Solicitor (non-practising) Edge Hill University (2012 - ); Member of the Governance Committee of World Netball (2017 - ).

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Mr Omar Ongaro (1971)

Lawyer (Italy) Deu/Eng/It
Dübendorf / Switzerland

Technical advisor Football regulatory (2020 - ); Deputy Chairman of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (2020 - ); Various positions related to Players’ Status and Governance at FIFA (2000-2019).

Mr Hayden Opie (1953)

Sports Law Consultant and Educator (Australia) Eng
Melbourne / Australia

Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne; Independent Member, Racing (Thoroughbred) Victoria Integrity Council (2018-_); Independent Member, Basketball Australia Hearing and/or Appeals Panels (2018-); Member of the Board of Advisors of the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, USA (1993-_); Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Sports Policy and Research at Penn State University, USA (2008-__); Member of the Editorial Advisory Board on the International Sports Law Journal (2009-__), Director of Studies, Sports Law Program and Senior Lecturer in Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne (1987-2017); Founding President, Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association (1990-1998); Member of the Australian Federal Government Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel (2010-2015); Chairman of the Doping Control Tribunal of Athletics Australia (1992-1996); Member of the National Basketball League Appeals Tribunal, Australia (2010-2015).

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Mr Emin Ozkurt (1979)

Barrister (Turkey) Eng
Istanbul / Turkey

Managing partner, Ozkurt Law Office (2007- ); Arbitrator at the EuroLeague Basketball Dispute Resolution Chamber (2020- ); Legal Director of the Turkish Esport Federation (2018- ); Professor at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE); Member of the Editorial Board of “Football Legal” and “LawInSport”.

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Mr Giulio Palermo (1982)

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

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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Mr Benoît Pasquier (1978)

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

Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys (2022- ); Member of the Swiss Sports Law Association and Member of the Editorial board of “Football Legal”; LL.M. in International Sports Law at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE), Madrid, Spain (2010); 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). Member of the UCI Licence Commission.

Ms Anna Peniche Adame (1978)

Lawyer (Mexico) Sp/Eng/Fr
Mexico / Mexico

Master in sports law; Lawyer at P&R Law Firm, 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 / Bolivia

Mr Jerome Perlemuter (1972)

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

Mr Sofoklis Pilavios (1966)

Attorney-at-law (Greece) Eng
Athens / Greece

Attorney-at-law. Member of the Athens Bar Association. Founder and Head of Sofoklis P. Pilavios Law Firm. 3rd Vice-President of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. Former President of the Hellenic Football Federations (2009-2012). Former member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (as representative of the Hellenic Football Federation, 2013-2016). UEFA Disciplinary Inspector (2006-2009). Member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (2007-2009). Member of the UEFA Legal Experts Panel (2002-2004). Legal Advisor of Panathinaikos FC (2000-2004). Member of Board of Directors - Panathinaikos FC (2000-2004).

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).

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 Paul Pretorius (1949)

Advocate (South Africa) Eng
Johannesburg / South Africa

Prof. Massimo Proto (1973)

Lawyer (Italy) Eng/It
Rome / Italy

Dr Jan Räker (1977)

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

Legal Director at VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V., Attorney-at-law 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 Tshiamo Rantao (1976)

Attorney-at-law (Botswana) Eng
Gaborone / Botswana

Mr Jonathan Rennie (1976)

Lawyer (United Kingdom) Eng
Glasgow / United Kingdom

Ms Annett Rombach (1980)

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

LL.M - University of Miami. Attorney-at-law at Klinkert Rechtsanwälte, 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 - ).

Prof. Stephen Ross (1955)

Professor of Law (United States of America) Eng
University Park, PA / United States of America

Admitted to the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United States; Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Study of Sports in Society, Pennsylvania State University; Advisory Board, American Antitrust Institute; Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne Sports Law Programme.

Mr Chady Saad (1980)

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

Mr Juan Pedro Sáenz Chilibroste (1993)

Lawyer (Uruguay) Sp/Eng
Montevideo / Uruguay

Mr Stephen Sampson (1972)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
London /

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; 1998 - 2014 President of the Sports-law-Commission and member of the Governing Board of the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats); 1998 - 2000 member of the Arbitration Panel of the professional German Ice-Hockey League (DEL); since 1997 member of the Advisory Board of the German Sports-Law Association; 1989 - 2000 member of the Legal Committee of the German Basketball Federation and member of the Anti-doping Committee of the German Basketball Federation; 1978 - 1980 member of the German Basketball National Team; since 2015 member of the Ethics Group of the FISA (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron); 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. .

Mr Alexis Schoeb (1978)

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

Attorney-at-law and arbitrator; Partner at Peter & Kim based in both Sydney and Geneva (2023 - ); Member of the Arbitral Tribunal of the International Cycling Union (UCI); Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the International Cycling Union (UCI).

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Mr Abdallah Shehata (1991)

Attorney-at-law (Egypt) Eng/Ar
Cairo / Egypt

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 Rob Simons (1985)

Attorney-at-law (Netherlands) Eng
Rotterdam / Netherlands

Prof. Dr Vanja Smokvina (1983)

Professor of Law (Croatia) Eng/It
Rijeka / Croatia

Juris Doctor, Slovenia; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka, Croatia (2016- ); UEFA Football Law Programme Session Director (2019-2021); Member of the Committee for Professional Sports Club, Central State Office for Sport of the Republic of Croatia (2019-2022); Arbitrator of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Croatian Football Federation (2018- ); Former advisor to the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education & Sport (2012-2016); Former advisor to the Croatian Association of professional footballers (HUNS) (2012-2018).

Ms Yordis Solis (1985)

Attorney-at-law (Panama) Sp
Panama City / Panama

His Honour Judge Rauf Soulio (1957)

Judge (Australia) Eng
Adelaide / Australia

Judge - District Court of South Australia (appointed 2006) administrative, civil, commercial and criminal jurisdictions. Judge - Equal Opportunity Tribunal. Judge - Licensing Court of South Australia. Admitted as barrister in Supreme Court of South Australia 1981; High Court of Australia 1984; Roll of Solicitors, England and Wales 1990. 1981-1988 Solicitor. 1988-2006 Barrister. President - National Football Independent Banning Appeal Committee (2016- ). President - Football Federation of South Australia 2008 - 2016; Formerly Chair, Disciplinary Committee, Disciplinary Appeals Committee, Player Contract Disputes Committee. Chair, Boxing and Martial Arts Advisory Board - government of South Australia, Chair, Boxing and Martial Arts Medical Reference Group (2000- ).

Ms Lina Souloukou (1983)

Attorney-at-law (Greece) Eng/Sp
Rome / Italy

Ms Yasna Stavreva (1969)

Attorney-at-law (Bulgaria) Eng
Sofia / Bulgaria

Specialised in labour and sports law, litigation, arbitration and mediation; legal services to the Association of Bulgarian football players;

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Mr Patrick Stewart (1972)

Solicitor (United Kingdom) Eng
Manchester / United Kingdom

Bachelor of Laws, University of Glasgow; General Counsel, Manchester United Football Club; Member of the Legal Advisory Group of the Premier League; Member of the Medical Working Group of the Premier League; Member of the Legal Working Group of the European Club Association; Former Senior Legal Counsel at TEAM Marketing AG (2001-2006).

Dr Philipp Studhalter (1976)

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

Dr Gaston Tealdi (1975)

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

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 Jacopo Tognon (1972)

Attorney-at-law (Italy) Eng/It
Padova / Italy

Partner Law Firm Avvocati Tognon, Padova. Professor of Sport and Human Rights in the EU Law, Action Jean Monnet, Faculty of Political Science, University of Padova. Member of the Disciplinary WBTF Committee (Disciplinary Committee of the World Federation of Twirling, a Discipline associated with the World Dance Sport Federation). President of the Federal Court of Italian Cycling Federation. President of the Panel of Arbitrators for resolving dipsutes between football players and clubs Italian Serie B. Director and Founder of "Rivista della Giustizia Sportiva".

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Mr Pedro Tomás Marqués (1949)

Attorney-at-law (Spain) Eng/Sp
Sitges / Spain

Lawyer. Partner, Gestion de Inversiones en Deporte, S.L. Former Chief Executive Officer - RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, SAD. Former Chairman of Professional Football Committee (2000-2004). Former President of LNFP (2001-2004). Former General Secretary of LNFP (1996-2001). Member of several working groups at FIFA and UEFA. Chairman of the UEFA Appeals body. Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"

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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); Arbitrator at the Portuguese Court of Arbitration for Sport, second mandate (2019-2023); former in-house lawyer of Sporting Clube de Portugal, futebol, SAD (2004-2015); selected by FIFA to serve as pro bono counsel in proceedings before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, the FIFA Appeal Committee and the FIFA Ethics Committee.

Prof. Dr. An Vermeersch (1975)

Professor (Belgium) Eng/Fr
Heusden / Belgium

Ms Marta Vieira da Cruz (1985)

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

Mr Christian Visser (1978)

Lawyer (Netherlands) Eng
Amsterdam / Netherlands

Partner at Meijers Canatan Advocaten; Former member of the stadium ban commission at AFC Ajax; Former member of the Commission of Appeal of amateur football.

Prof. Dr. Sven Völcker (1966)

Lawyer (Germany) Deu/Eng
Brussels / Belgium

Me Bernhard Welten (1966)

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

Attorney at law at Kanzlei Welten, Bern, Switzerland. Chairman of the AIBA Ethics Commission (2020- ); President of the licencing commission of the Swiss Football League; Past functions: Former Member Disciplinary Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG); member of the Anti-doping commission of Swiss Olympic, former president of the doping sanctioning commission of Swiss Cycling (until 2001); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

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Ms Emily Wisnosky (1978)

Attorney-at-law (United States of America) Eng
Mies / Switzerland

Mr Takuya Yamazaki (1970)

Attorney-at-law (Japan) Jap/Eng
Tokyo /Japan & London / United Kingdom

LLB Waseda University, Tokyo; Arbitrator and mediator of the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency; Chairman of FIFPro Asia/Oceania; member of the Advisory panel in the grievance mechanism for the Tokyo 2020 sustainable sourcing code; Board member of the World Players’ Association; former member of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber; former committee member of special committees of sports organizations such as Japan Sports Arbitration Agency, Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee and Japan Sports Association.

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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