Björn Hessert is an attorney-at-law with EPARTNERS AG in Zurich, Switzerland and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Zurich. Previously, Björn served as Counsel to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and was Visiting Professor at the Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan. Björn also serves as an arbitrator for the Dispute Resolution for Riot Games’ Esports (EMEA). His research and teaching interests focus on sports law and arbitration, including sports integrity and investigations, anti-doping, match manipulation, safeguarding and sports arbitration. Björn holds a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and an LL.M. of the University of Melbourne, Australia.