Volker Hesse is founder and director of VIVA Sports Law – Consulting, a consulting company specialized in sports management and sports law in Zurich, Switzerland. He is additionally a member of the UCI Disciplinary and Arbitral Board and a mediator.

Volker is a regular advisor of international sports governing bodies and assisted parties all over the world in contract related and disciplinary procedures in various sports (football, tennis, basketball, cycling, etc.). He has expert knowledge of the regulations and practices of international federations, in particular at the FIFA and UEFA judicial bodies, and has vast experience in procedures at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.