Ms Laura Abrahamson (1963)

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

J.D.,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 HKIAC, LCIA, and California’s Public Works Contract Arbitration Program (PWCA).

Download the resume

Prof. Leonardo Andreotti Paulo de Oliveira (1984)

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

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

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.

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.

Download the resume

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.

Download the resume

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.

Mr Maurizio Cohen (1956)

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

Independent Legal Counsel in Monaco. Principal, Law Firm Interlaw Monaco. Counsel to the Italian Embassy in Monaco. Adjunct Professor, International University of Monaco (IUM), Master Program in Sport Business Management. Topic Sports Leader and Member of the Board, Bocconi Alumni Association, Bocconi University, Milan

Download the resume

Mr Paul David QC (1956)

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

Barrister England and Wales. Barrister New Zealand High Court. Queen’s Counsel. Former independent counsel to Drug Free Sport NZ. Chair of various sporting tribunals.

Me François Claude Dikoume (1946)

Avocat (Cameroon) Fr
Yaoundé / Cameroon

Docteur en Droit. Enseignant Droit du Sport à lInstitut National de la Jeunesse et des Sports et à lEcole Nationale dAdministration et de Magistrature - Yaoundé. Conseiller Technique no 1 du Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports, chargé des problèmes juridiques.

Download the resume

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.

Download the resume

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.

Ms Claudine Helou (1974)

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

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

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.

Download the resume

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.

Download the resume

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. Arbitration Panel for Sports in Finland, Arbitrator 2004. Competition and Disciplinary Committee of Finnish Floorball League, President 2005. Chairman of the Ethics Commission for the International Floorball Federation (2018-present).

Download the resume

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).

Download the resume

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).

Download the resume

Me Augustin E. Senghor (1965)

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

Avocat. Gérant Sce davocats Augustin Senghor et Associés. Président de la Fédération Sénégalaise de Football. Membre de la Commission Recours de la FIFA depuis 2009. Vice-Président Jury disciplinaire de la CAF (2009). Maire de lIle de Gorée et Adjoint au maire de Dakar (depuis 2002). Membre de la Commission exécutive du CNOSS (2009).

Download the resume

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- ).

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.

Download the resume

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.