Mr Stéphane Bottineau (1987)

Lawyer (France) Fr/Eng/Ru
Paris / France

Master droit privé/droit pénal, Université Paris-Nanterre; Master droit du sport, Université de Aix-Marseille; Directeur juridique, Ligue de football professionel.

Prof. Thomas Clay (1969)

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

Doctor of Law; Professor at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France; Lawyer admitted to the Paris Bar; Managing Partner of Clay Arbitration; Former Member of the "Appeal Commission" on French Professional Football League; Arbitrator at CNOSF (Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français).

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Mr Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall KC (1970)

Lawyer (Canada / France) Fr/Eng
Paris / France

King’s Counsel and Solicitor Advocate, England & Wales; Barrister & Solicitor, Ontario; Avocat, Québec; Admitted to the Paris Bar; Sollicitor, Ireland; 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 d'Etat 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 associé au Cabinet Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris (Directeur de l'équipe 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 Dupeyron's experience.

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Mr Jalal (Jil) El Ahdab (1973)

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

PhD, Doctorate in law (Paris I); Maître de conférence at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Sciences Po-Paris (2005- ); Partner, Dispute Resolution, Bird & Bird Paris (2018- ); Former Senior Associate at Orrick Rambaud Martel in Paris.

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M. Bernard Foucher (1945)

Conseiller dEtat (France) Fr
Paris / France

Docteur d'Etat en droit; Conseiller d'Etat; Chargé d'enseignement 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; Bar Admission (Paris); Partner at Holman Fenwick Willan HFW (2024- ); Former Partner at Eversheds Sutherland (2019-2024 ); Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Paris X (Nanterre) (2018- ); Former Counsel of the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris.

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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; Former 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 économique, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne / Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Masters); Diplôme de l’Institut d’études politiques de Paris, major in International Business (Masters).

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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- ); 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; Vice-Président de la Conciliation près le Comité national olympique et sportif français (CNOSF); Arbitre près la Chambre d'arbitrage du sport du CNOSF; Membre d'Instances disciplinaires et de luttes contre le dopage national et international dans le domaine du cyclisme et du rugby; Ancien joueur de rugby de haut niveau.

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.

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".

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 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 lawyer at the Paris Bar; Lecturer at Sorbonne University (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and Paris-Saclay University (France); Member of the CAS ad hoc Division for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

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