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Janez Pejovnik

Janez Pejovnik

Janez Pejovnik is an independent lawyer with a law office in Ljubljana, Slovenia, working and cooperating within Lawyers Vidmar, Ogrič and Pejovnik with an aim to offer effective, complete and excellent legal (and ancillary) services to their clients.

At the end of 2014 he successfully finished postgraduate law degree – Masters program at the esteemed institution ISDE in Madrid (LL.M.) and at the end of 2022 he successfully finished UEFA Football Law Program (IV. Edition) with a Certificate of Merit; consequently earning a title of the lawyer specialized in Sports Law.

His portfolio of clients within Sports law consists of domestic and foreign clients from the area of Sports and Sport organizations – professional and amateur athletes, professional and amateur sporting clubs, intermediaries and agents of the professional and amateur athletes. He represents all clients in front of domestic and foreign sporting organizations, associations, bodies and courts (NZS, FIFA, UEFA, CAS-TAS …).

In 2015 he was nominated as an arbitrator of the Arbitration under NOC-SLO. In 2019 (and until end of 2024) he was nominated as an arbitrator of the Arbitration (NDRC) under the Slovenian Football Association (NZS) and has been appointed as arbitrator and chairman in more than 10 cases thereto.

In 2023 he was one of the founding members of the Slovenian Sports Lawyer Association and nominated in the management board thereto.

Lecturer with many years of experience at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, Law Clinic – Law in Sport and 45. Days of Slovenian Lawyers in 2019 (Portorož, Slovenia).

Speaker in conferences and/or courses on sport related topics at both national and international level.

Founding and an active member (player) of the amateur football team FC Ljubljana Lawyers.

SLAM 2025 Judge - Advocate

Alexander McLin

Alexander McLin

Director, Gymnastics Ethics Foundation; Independent Arbitrator and Sports Governance Expert

Alex sits as arbitrator in sports and commercial disputes and is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. He advises international sports governing bodies on governance reform. He is a frequent speaker on sports arbitration and governance matters in particular.

Alex has held a number of leadership and legal roles including as CEO of the International Equestrian Federation, general counsel of a multinational IP licensing business and adviser to the World Economic Forum. He initially practised international arbitration and litigation with Baker & McKenzie in New York.

Alex holds a JD from the Duke University School of Law, where he was articles editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, Haverford College (BA Economics) and the International School of Geneva (IB).  He is a member of the New York Bar.

SLAM 2025 Judge - Arbitrator