Ms Laura Abrahamson (1963)

Attorney-at-law (United States of America) Eng
Los Angeles / United States of America

Juris Doctor, University of California at Los Angeles; Attorney at law; Arbitrator and Mediator with JAMS (Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services); Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Senior Vice President, Global Head of Litigation and Disputes, AECOM (2016 – 2020); Associate General Counsel – Litigation, Occidental Petroleum (1994-2014); Former Attorney at O'Melveny & Myers (2014-2016) and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (1987-1994); Board Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, North American Branch (2020–present); Panel of Arbitrators for Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and California’s Public Works Contract Arbitration Program (PWCA).

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Dr. Leonardo Andreotti Paulo de Oliveira (1984)

Attorney-at-law (Italy / Brazil) Por/Eng/Sp/It
São Paulo / Brazil

Masters in Sports Law, Lleida, Spain; Phd candidate (Labor Law), Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma I, Italy; with a joint Phd at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Attorney-at-law at Andreotti Advogados; Arbitrator at Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA); Member of the National Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) (2022- ); Former President of the Disciplinary Courts of the following national associations: Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation (CBTKD) (2022-2023), Brazilian Basketball National League (NBB) (2021-2023), Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) (2018-2020) and Brazilian Badminton Confederation (CBBd (2014-2018).

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Mr Mauricio Arosemena (1974)

Lawyer (Ecuador) Sp
Samborondón / Ecuador

PhD; International Master in Soccer Law; Lawyer; Legal Director of the Professional Soccer League of Ecuador (2018- ); Secretary General of the Professional Soccer League of Ecuador (2019- ); Partner at RoMA Law Firm.

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Mr Espen Auberg (1977)

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

Master of Law, University of Oslo; BA Media, University of East London; Attorney-at-law mediator, Partner and Head of Sports Law at Nova Law; 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.

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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).

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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.

Mr Maurizio Cohen (1956)

Attorney-at-law (Monaco) Eng/Fr/It/Deu
Monaco / Monaco

Independent Legal Counsel in Monaco; Principal, Law Firm Interlaw Monaco; Counsel to the Italian Embassy in Monaco; Adjunct Professor, Bocconi University, Milan.

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Mr Paul David KC (1956)

Barrister (United Kingdom) Eng/Fr
Auckland / New Zealand

Barrister in New Zealand, England and Wales; Senior Counsel; Chair of various sports disciplinary tribunals; Former Independent Counsel to Drug Free Sport New Zealand (2002–2019); Also represented athletes in anti-doping proceedings; Author of A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code (Cambridge University Press).

Me François Claude Dikoume (1946)

Avocat (Cameroon) Fr
Yaoundé / Cameroon

Docteur en droit; Enseignant en droit du sport à l'Institut national de la jeunesse et des sports et à l'Ecole nationale d'administration et de magistrature, Yaoundé; Conseiller technique no 1 du Ministre de la jeunesse et des sports, chargé des problèmes juridiques.

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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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Mr David Fraundorfer (1981)

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

LLB, BCom; Admitted as Barrister/Solicitor High Court of New Zealand; Admitted as Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales; Barrister and trial lawyer; Former Partner and Head of Litigation at Holland Beckett Law; Member of Sports Tribunal Assistance Panel; Representation of athletes and sports clubs in various matters before the NZ Sports Tribunal.

Me Bernard Hanotiau (1947)

Avocat (Belgium) Fr/Eng
Bruxelles / Belgium

Docteur en droit, Université de Louvain. LLM, Columbia University. Avocat aux barreaux de Bruxelles et Paris. Professeur émérite (Droit commercial international) aux universités de Louvain et Namur. Conseil pendant 15 ans du European Champion Championship (Tennis) à Anvers.

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Ms Claudine Helou (1974)

Attorney-at-law (Lebanon) Fr/Eng/Ar
Beirut / Lebanon

LL.M General Law, Lebanese University, Lebanon; Master in International Dispute Resolution, University of Dundee, UK; Attorney-at-law; Managing Partner at HSLF, Beirut, Lebanon; Specialized in international commercial arbitration.

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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 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 d'Arbitrage du Sport du CNOSF. Membre d'Instances Disciplinaires et de Lutte contre le Dopage Nationales et Internationales dans le domaine du Cyclisme et du Rugby.

Ms Maidie E. Oliveau (1953)

Arbitrator (United States of America) Fr/Eng
Los Angeles / United States of America

Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center; previously Counsel in the law firm of Arent Fox, LLP, Los Angeles, California, USA; executive at the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (1984); former managing director of Women's International Professional Tennis Council (now WTA Tour, Inc.); arbitrator on Olympic eligibility disputes, doping and professional sports business matters for American Arbitration Association and International Centre for Dispute Resolution; member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Olympic Games, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and at the Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006.

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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 Paul Pretorius (1949)

Advocate (South Africa) Eng
Johannesburg / South Africa

Bachelor of Laws; Senior Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar; Advisory Committee Member of the South African Law Reform Commission; Former Acting Judge at the High Court of South Africa; Former part-time lecturer.

Mr Olli Rauste (1963)

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

LL.M., Universities of Helsinki and Pennsylvania; Lawyer; Visiting teacher (sports law), University of Jyväskylä; Deputy Judge, District Court of Joensuu, 1992; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, 2002; Member, Arbitration Panel for Sports in Finland (2004); President Competition and Disciplinary Committee of Finnish Floorball League (2005); Chairman of the Ethics Commission for the International Floorball Federation (2018- ).

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Mr Klaus Reichert SC (1968)

Barrister (Ireland / Germany) Eng/Deu
London / United Kingdom

Barrister at Brick Court Chambers, London; Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators (USA).

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Dr Russell Sauer (1955)

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

Juris Doctor, Stanford University; Admitted to the Supreme Court of the State of California; Retired Partner at the Litigation & Trial Department of Latham & Watkins LLP (1998-2019).

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Me Augustin E. Senghor (1965)

Avocat (Senegal) Fr/Eng/Sp
Dakar / Senegal

Avocat; Gérant Sce d'avocats Augustin Senghor et Associés; Président de la Fédération sénégalaise de football; Membre de la Commission Recours de la FIFA (2009- ); Vice-Président, Jury disciplinaire de la CAF (2009); Maire de l'Ile de Gorée et Adjoint au Maire de Dakar (2002- ); Membre de la Commission exécutive du CNOSS (2009).

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His Honour Judge Rauf Soulio AM (1957)

Judge (Australia) Eng
Adelaide / Australia

Judge, District Court of South Australia (2006- ): commercial, contract, administrative, civil, and criminal jurisdictions, and Head of court: mediation program; Judge, Equal Opportunity Tribunal; Judge, Licensing Court of South Australia; Auxiliary Justice, Supreme Court of South Australia (2022- ); Barrister in Supreme Court of South Australia (1981); High Court of Australia (1984); Roll of Solicitors, England and Wales (1990, 1981-1988); Solicitor; Former Barrister (1988-2006). Former Deputy Chair, Asian Football Confederation Entry Control Body (2016-2022); Former President, National Football Independent Banning Appeal Committee (2016-2020); Former President, Football Federation of South Australia (2008-2016); Former Chair, Disciplinary Committee, Disciplinary Appeals Committee, Player Contract Disputes Committee. Chair, Boxing and Martial Arts Advisory Board, government of South Australia (2000-2020); Former Chair, Boxing and Martial Arts Medical Reference Group (2000-2020).

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Mr Paul A.J. Supramaniam (1957)

Attorney-at-law (Singapore) Eng
Singapore / Singapore

Chairman and Managing Partner - Law Asia; Member/Quasi judicial role Disciplinary Committee of the Singapore National Olympic Council, Panel of legal advisors of the Singapore National Olympic Committee; Special Advisor to the President of the National Equestrian Federation of Singapore. See CV for further details.

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Mr Jasper Wauters (1972)

Lawyer (Belgium) Fr/Eng/Sp
Geneva / Switzerland

Partner, International Disputes Practice, Head of International Trade Practice and Head of Sports Law Practice at White & Case LLP.

Prof. Maureen Weston (1965)

Professor of law (United States of America) Eng
Malibu / United States of America

Juris Doctor, University of Colorado School of Law; Professor of Law, Pepperdine University (2001- ), Arbitrator/Neutral, FINRA, American Arbitration Association; Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Law; Visiting Professor, University of Colorado; Member, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Committee on Infractions; Board Member, Sports Lawyer Association; Member, American Bar Association, Law School Division Arbitration Competition and Section on Dispute Resolution; Arbitrator, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (New ERA ADR provider); Editorial Board, LawInSport; Member, University Athletic Council, Pepperdine University; Co-Director, Entertainment, Media & Sports Law & Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine.

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