International Dispute Resolution in Sport 2025

ABOUT
The inaugural International Dispute Resolution in Sport Conference brings together leading practitioners, arbitrators, mediators, and professionals to share best practices, and to discuss and debate the latest developments in the growing and increasingly complex field of dispute resolution in sport.
This prestigious event not only brings together key figures from the worlds of law, business, and international sport but also serves as the host of the 2025 Grand Finals of the Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM), taking place at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
As a token of our gratitude, we are delighted to offer complimentary tickets to the judges and advocates who have supported SLAM.
The conference agenda and speaker lineup will be announced shorty.
For further information including tickets and information on how to support this event please email
SLAM Participants
If your team has entered and participated in SLAM 2025, you are entitled to receive a complimentary ticket for your team and 1 mentor/coach. Please select the 'SLAM Participant' ticket at checkout and register as a group.
Members Discount
Institutional Members, Plus Yearly and monthly (with 3 or more months membership) members benefit from a £100 discount on full price tickets. (Discounts are applied at the time of purchase, provided you are signed into your account).
Each attendee only needs to register once for the Conference and they will receive registration details for each session in advance of the event. Discounts are applied automatically during the registration and checkout. Please note that all tickets are non-refundable.
Group Tickets
If 4 or more colleagues from your organisation would like to attend and benefit from a group discount, please email
Please note, group tickets are designed specifically with the demands of sports organisations and government departments in mind. These tickets allow for people within sports organisations to share and invite colleagues who may otherwise not be able to attend, either due to time or cost restrictions to benefit from the Football Law Conference.
Athlete Tickets
Full-Time Current Athlete & Esports Players/Managers/Coaches = FREE.
If you represent your country at the Olympics and Paralympics or you are a full-time professional athlete, manager or coach, please email
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Attending Organisations
- 7KBW
- 8 Wentworth Chambers
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Alvarez & Marsal
- AMAMRI LAWYERS LLP
- Bar & Karrer
- Barbora Snablova Attorneys
- Bird & Bird
- Blackstone Chambers
- BMDW Advocaten
- Bolcar
- Brantjes Advocaten
- Cavaliero & Cambreleng
- CGSH
- Charles Russell Speechlys
- Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- Davison Equestrian
- De Cayetti Law
- Dentons
- epartners
- Fair Science for Sport
- Favre Arbitration
- Fédération Equestre Internationale
- FIBA
- Garmey Law
- Gary Birnberg ADR LLC
- Ghent University
- Global Sports Advocates
- Grandjean
- Hamad bin Khalifa University
- Iranian BAR
- JAMS Mediation, Arbitration and ADR Services
- Jones Emery LLP
- Kellerhals Carrard
- LAS Legal
- LCA Studio Legale
- Leiden Univiersity
- Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte
- Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
- Libra Law
- Littleton Chambers
- Lombardi Associates
- MAQS Advokatbyrå
- Maritime Silk Road Chamber of International Arbitration Promotion
- Matrix Chambers
- McLin Arbitration
- Mills & Reeve LLP
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- O REI Sports Law Institute
- O.P.Jindal Global University
- Omnisports
- Onside Law
- Parmars
- Patrice Brunet Avocats
- Rosenblatt
- Secretariat Advisors
- Singapore Management University
- Souto Correa Advogados
- Sportia Law
- Taini Gardi Macrì Law Firm
- The Bar of Ireland
- UNI Global Union
- University of Chicago
- University Paris XIII-Kollegio IDEF Athenes
- U.S. Center for SafeSport
- U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Vandellos Sports Law
Supporters for SLAM
Presenting Partner:
- Kellerhals Carrard
Gold Sponsor:
- JAMS
Silver Sponsor:
- Schelstraete Advocaten
- Secretariat
Supporting Sponsor:
- 4 New Square Chambers
- Anthony Lo Surdo SC
- Blackstone Chambers
- BMDW Advocaten
- Bird & Bird
- Brantjes Advocaten
- Global Sports Advocates
- Law Offices of Howard L. Jacobs
- Lombardi Associates
- Matrix Chambers
- Mills & Reeve
- Patrice Brunet Avocats
- Statim
AGENDA
Please see the latest agenda below, however, timings may change slightly.
9:30 - 10:00: Conference Registration and Networking
10:00 - 10:10: Welcome Address
- Sean Cottrell, CEO & Co-Founder, LawInSport
- Matthieu Reeb, Director General, Court of Arbitration for Sport (via video)
- William Sternheimer, Manager for Training and Education, Court of Arbitration for Sport
10:10 - 11:00: Mediation in Sport: Alternative Pathways to Dispute Resolution
- Zachary Calo, Of Counsel and Head of Sports Law, Schelstraete Equine Law (Moderator)
- Jeffrey Benz, Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS and 4 New Square, London
- Anthony Lo Surdo SC, Barrister, CAS Arbitrator & Mediator
- Kelly Skeggs, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Omnisports
11:05 - 11:55: The Effectiveness of Procedural Rules in Sports Arbitration
- Michelle Gallen, CEO, Australian National Sports Tribunal
- Marianne Saroli, Senior Legal Counsel, FIA & CAS Arbitrator
- William Sternheimer, Manager for Training and Education, Court of Arbitration for Sport
- Frans De Weger, Partner, BMDW Advocaten, Chairman of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) & CAS Arbitrator
- Rustam Sethna, Senior Associate, Mills & Reeve (Moderator)
12:00 - 13:15: Lunch & networking
13:15 - 13:35: Athlete’s Lawyer Perspective on 2027 World Anti-Doping Code
- Matthew Graham, Head of UNI World Players Association
13:35 - 14:20: Athlete Experience in Dispute Resolutions
- Lydia Banerjee, Barrister, Littleton Chambers (Moderator)
- Alexander Engelhard, Counsel, ASD Law & Secretary General, EuroLeague Players Association
- Kacie Wallace, Athlete Ombuds, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Paul Greene, Attorney/Founder, Global Sports Advocates
- Christine Ohuruogu MBE, Former Olympic, World & Commonwealth 400m Champion
14:30 - 15:20: The Impact of the Seraing case and other recent European Court Decisions on Sport
- Michele Bernasconi, Partner, Bär & Karrer & CAS Arbitrator
- Despina Mavromati, Of Counsel, Valfor & CAS Arbitrator
- Viktoria Tsvetanova, Senior Associate, Dentons; Director of Badminton Europe & former international Badminton Player
- Sean Cottrell, CEO & Co-Founder, LawInSport (Moderator)
15:20 - 15:25: Introduction to SLAM Grand Finals
- Jeffrey Benz, SLAM Judging Director & Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS and 4 New Square, London
15:25 - 16:00 Coffee Break & Networking
16:00 - 17:30: Grand Finals
- Judges for the final:
- Anthony Lo Surdo SC, Barrister, Arbitrator & Mediator, 8 Wentworth Chambers
- Despina Mavromati, Of Counsel, Valfor
- Michele Bernasconi, Partner, Bär & Karrer
- Clerk for finals: Manan Agrawal, Director of SLAM & Deputy Director of Content
- We would also like to thank the judges for the previous in-person rounds which are taking place on 10 April 2025 at CAS:
- André Brantjes, Managing Partner, BrantjesAdvocaten
- Frans De Weger, Partner, BMDW Advocaten
- James Drake KC, Barrister, 7 King's Bench Walk
- Jeffrey Benz, SLAM Judging Director & Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS and 4 New Square, London
- Kwadjo Adjepong, CAS Arbitrator
- Marianne Saroli, Senior Legal Counsel, FIA
- Martin Schimke, Of Counsel, Bird & Bird
- Michael Beloff KC, Barrister, Blackstone Chambers
- Patrice Brunet, Founder, Patrice Brunet Avocats
- Petra Pocrnic Perica, Arbitrator & Of Counsel, No.9 Sports Law and Consulting
- Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder, Independent Arbitrator, Favre Arbitration
- Stephen Townley, Chair, Active Rights Management Ltd
17:30 - 18:00: Refreshments & Networking whilst Judges Deliberate
18:00 - 18:15: Keynote Speech - Ethics in Sports Law
- The Honourable Michael J Beloff KC, Barrister & Arbitrator, Blackstone Chambers, and the 1st Chair of Ethics & Discipline for World Athletics
18:15 - 18:30: Awards
18:30 - 20:30 - Drinks Reception
Supporters for SLAM
Presenting Partner:
- Kellerhals Carrard
Gold Sponsor:
- JAMS
Silver Sponsor:
- Schelstraete Advocaten
- Secretariat
Supporting Sponsor:
- 4 New Square Chambers
- Anthony Lo Surdo SC
- Blackstone Chambers
- BMDW Advocaten
- Bird & Bird
- Brantjes Advocaten
- Global Sports Advocates
- Law Offices of Howard L. Jacobs
- Lombardi Associates
- Matrix Chambers
- Mills & Reeve
- Patrice Brunet Avocats
- Statim
Event Properties
Event Date | 11-04-2025 10:00 |
Event End Date | 11-04-2025 20:00 |
Location | Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland |
Ticket Information
Ticket Type | Price |
---|---|
Professional Services Lawyers, accountants, tax advisors, consultants, etc |
£350.00 |
Academics & Full Time Students Students & Academics who are not participating in SLAM 2025 |
£175.00 |
SLAM Participants/SLAM Judges - Complimentary For teams who have entered and participated in SLAM 2025, and SLAM 2025 Judges |
£0.00 |
Sports Professional & Athletes For those working in sports organisations e.g International Federation or Governing Body, Leagues, Clubs, Player Associations or Athletes |
£0.00 |
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