Judges - Sports Law Arbitration Moot
All the judges have extensive experience as either arbitrators at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and other arbitral bodies, or they are experienced advocates in sports dispute resolution and at CAS. The judges from the quarter-final rounds onwards are all experienced CAS arbitrators.
We would like to thank our judges for their overwhelming support and for giving up their time freely to help the next generation of sports lawyers realise their potential.
CAS Arbitrators
Alain Zahlan de Cayetti
Alain Zahlan de Cayetti is professional arbitrator and strategic consultant. Attorney-at-law, forme…
André Brantjes
André has been a lawyer since 1987 and is the managing partner of Amsterdam based boutique law firm…
Barry Sanders
Barry is an international corporate lawyer. He recently retired from the partnership at the global…
Bernhard Welten
Born in 1966, Mr. Welten is Attorney at law. He graduated from the University of Bern, Switzerland…
Blondel Thompson
Blondel Thompson is a barrister at St Philips Chambers. She grew up in a household of athletes, she…
Carol L. Roberts
I have worked in the area of dispute resolution since 1992. I have acted as a mediator and/or arbit…
Dan Mihai
Dan Mihai is the founding member of Mihai & Co Business Lawyers, a medium-sized independent ful…
Dan Visoiu
Daniel F. Visoiu, Esq., B.C.S. (International Law), is a member of the Florida (USA) Bar, and has b…
Daniel Cravo Souza
Daniel Cravo is Attorney, enrolled in OAB/RS (Bar Association) with number 34,417, graduated in Law…
Despina Mavromati
Despina Mavromati is a Swiss and Greek attorney-at-law based in Lausanne, a UEFA Club Fin…
Diego Ferrari
Head of the Aviation Desk at C&F providing advice to major stake holders in the aviation busine…
Dr An Shouzhi
Dr. AN Shouzhi is Managing Partner Anjie Broad Law Firm Xiamen Office. He specializes in Internatio…
Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC
The Honourable Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC is a retired Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and…
Dr. Anna Bordiugova
Dr. Anna Bordiugova is a former professional track athlete, acted as athletes’ agent to Ukrainian t…
Dr. Mehrdad Mohammadi
Ph.D. in International Law. Experienced legal adviser with a demonstrated history of working in the…
Dr. Mingchao Fan
He is currently working as the Director of Arbitration and ADR for North Asia at the International…
Ercus Stewart SC
Ercus Stewart is a Senior Counsel (Barrister) and Arbitrator (international and domestic). He was c…
Fabio Iudica
Fabio Iudica specialises in national and international sports law. He carries out consultancy activ…
Frans de Weger
Chairman, FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber & Partner/Founder, BMDW Advocaten
Hans Nater
Hans Nater is a senior partner with Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG, Zurich. He graduated from the…
Jacob Christian Jørgensen
I am a Danish lawyer with more than 20 years’ PQE from Swiss, UK and Scandinavian law firms as well…
Jacopo Tognon
Cassazionista, solicitor, has been practising for 26 years with particular reference to civil and…
James Drake KC
James is a full-time arbitrator, with a practice covering a wide range of international commercial…
Jeff Mishkin
Mr. Mishkin joined Skadden's New York office in 2000, after serving as executive vice president and…
Jingzhou Tao
Jingzhou Tao is the Managing Partner at Dechert LLP responsible for developing the firm’s Asian pra…
Jonathan Hall
Jonathan has over 20 years' experience in sport ranging from senior executive and board leadership…
Jonathan Rennie
Jonathan is a partner at LEVEL. He has over 20 years’ experience as an employment lawyer with a p…
Jordi López Batet
Jordi López Batet is a partner at Statim Legal, SLP. Till the end of 2022, he had been a partner at…
Juan Pablo Arriagada
Juan Pablo Arriagada concentrates his practice on labor law and corporate law, covering both the ar…
Ken Lalo
Ken Lalo is an Israeli businessman and lawyer, a horse rider and equestrian enthusiast. Ken earned…
Klaus Reichert SC
Barrister (Senior Counsel)
Klaus Reichert SC specialises in international arbitration with substan…
Konstantina Morou
Konstantina is a dedicated Attorney-at-Law and Mediator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport&…
Lars Hilliger
Lars Hilliger is one of Denmark’s leading attorneys in Danish and international sports law, providi…
Liu Jiahe
Liu Jiahe is a Counsel at East & Concord Partners. She graduated from ISDE with a Mas…
Lu Song
Graduated from the Law Department of Peking University (LL.B. 1982), China Foreign Affairs Universi…
Luigi Fumagalli
Luigi Fumagalli is professor of International law at the Law Faculty of the “Università degli Studi…
Malcolm Holmes KC
Malcolm Holmes QC is a Chartered Arbitrator at Eleven Wentworth Chambers in Sydney and an arbitrato…
Markus Manninen
Markus is a partner at Hanness Snellman. He focuses on compliance, M&A and company law related…
Martina Christina Spreitzer-Kropiunik
Professional Positions
Vice President, Criminal Court Vienna
Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration f…
Namrata Chatterjee
A sports lawyer, currently working as the League Secretary of the Indian Super League. I am also th…
Nir Inbar
A well-known sports lawyer renowned by his peers as a leader among the world’s best sports lawyers…
Patrick Grandjean
CAS Arbitrator & Head of the department "Taxation of individuals", Administration cantonal…
Prof. Dr. Martin Schimke
As an Of Counsel and a member of Bird & Bird’s sports team in Düsseldorf, I am an expert sports…
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas
Ulrich Haas is Professor of Civil Procedure and Civil Law at the University of Zurich. Ulrich's wor…
Prof. John T. Wendt
John serves as Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Business Law Department in the Opus College of Busi…
Prof. Zhi Li
Prof. Li Zhi earned B.A. (1993), LLM (2001) in East China University of Political Science and Law…
Raphaëlle Favre Schnyder
Partner, Barandun AG & Alternate Judge at Appellate Court of Valais/Wallis
Roberto Barracco
Judge, NDRC/CNRD, Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) & Head of Research. CBF Academy
Rui Botica Santos
Partner of CRA – Coelho Ribeiro e Associados – Portuguese Law Firm (since 1998); Founder Partner of…
Russel F. Sauer Jr.
Russell F. Sauer, Jr. retired from the partnership at Latham & Watkins LLP in December 2019. He…
Stephen Townley
Stephen Townley is a lawyer, businessman and seasoned ADR professional with extensive expertise res…
Ucheora Onwuamaegbu
Uche is a consulting attorney in the International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice at A…
Vladimir Novak
lad Novak’s practice focuses on EU and global foreign direct investment control, EU, U.S., and inte…
Expert Advocates
Áine Power
Deputy Legal Director at the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), she is an Irish qualified la…
Alastair Campbell
Alastair is a sports lawyer and partner at Level.
He acts for clients in the sports sector a…
Allegra Collins
Allegra Collins is a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, having been elected statewide to…
Anna Thorstenson
With over 13 years of experience in the sports law field, Anna has extensive cross border legal bac…
Beth French
Beth French is the Head of Commercial Projects at FIFA, with a diverse background that combines leg…
Brianna Quinn
I am a partner in Bird & Bird's Sydney office, working in the Media, Entertainment and Spo…
Cassandra Matilde Fernandes
I am an international legal and policy leader with 12+ years advising governments, intergovernmenta…
Christian Keidel
Christian Keidel has been focusing his area of expertise for more than 12 years on dispute resoluti…
Christopher Stoner KC
Chris specialises in both property litigation and the regulatory/disciplinary aspects of sports law…
Claude Ramoni
Claude Ramoni has been a founding partner of Libra Law since 2009. He is a lawyer at the bar of the…
Cliodhna Guy
Interim Chief Executive Officer Head of Licensing, Legal & Compliance (Legal Counsel), The Iris…
Daniel Gore
Daniel is a senior associate in the litigation and arbitration team.
Daniel is an experienced liti…
Dr David Sharpe KC
Dr David Sharpe KC is a barrister at 12KBW Chambers and specialises in clinic…
Ece Özsü Alpagut
Ece Özsü works as a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution Department of Erdem & Erdem. Ece…
Erika Riedl
Erika is a multi-lingual sports lawyer with almost two decades of experience. She specializes in re…
Farai Razano
Farai a Partner at Razano Attorneys. His practice focuses on sports law and entertainment…
Francis Wilson
Francis Wilson is an associate in Fisher Phillips’ Denver office who focuses his practice on employ…
Hana Doumal
Hana Doumal is an independent arbitration practitioner based in Paris, acting as counsel and accept…
Helen Tung
Helen Tung currently practices as a Barrister, Arbitrator and mediator.
She is educated at the U…
Howard Jacobs
Howard Jacobs has been identified by leading national and international publications as o…
Ibbad Ihsan
Ibbad Ihsan is an Attorney-at-Law specialising in the fields of arbitration, sports law, and commer…
Jaime Cambreleng Contreras
Jaime is a partner at Cavaliero & Associates where he joined in 2022 after having worked for mo…
Jodi Balsam
Professor of Clinical Law and Director of Externship Programs, Brooklyn Law School
Joshua D. Nadreau
Joshua Nadreau is the Regional Managing Partner of Fisher Phillips Boston office and Vice Chair of…
Kayley Cheyenne Leon
Kayley is an Associate at Hicks Morley LLP, working out of the Toronto office.
As a dual-licensed…
Manali Kulkarni
Manali is an attorney in the US. She was the COO at LawInSport and continues to be an executive con…
Mario Flores Chemor
Mario is an Attorney-at-law (Mexico) and Solicitor (England & Wales) at Kellerhals Carrard with…
Michele Colucci
Michele Colucci, Ph.D., LL.M., D.E.S., member of the Bar in Italy, is a civil servant of the Europe…
Natalie St Cyr Clarke
Natalie is a Special Counsel for Sports Integrity at Genius Sports.
Natalie St Cyr Clarke is…
Paolo Lombardi
Paolo Lombardi is the founder and Managing Director of Lombardi Associates, a boutique
sports regu…
Pauline Mbanza
Pauline Mbanza is an international sports lawyer with a distinguished career in the sports law fiel…
Rasoul Bakhtar
Rasoul is a Lawyer and his practice focuses on sports law, with extensive practice experience of de…
Rokaya Kamel
Rokaya is an Associate in the Sports Law department, bringing a solid background in arbitration and…
Ryan Lipes
Ryan is an attorney at Global Sports Advocates. brings his experience as a former federal prosecuto…
Saksham Samarth
Saksham Samarth is an Associate at Vandellos Sports Law in Valencia, Spain. He primaril…
Shadman Mostafa
I am an award winning Legal Practitioner, currently working as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law at…
Siddharth Gosain
Siddharth Gosain is an international sports lawyer at Muñoz y Arias Sports Lawyers, Val…
Simon Carroll
Simon Carroll is a partner and solicitor-advocate in the dispute resolution groupat BP Collins Soli…
Subhrajit Chanda
I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School and Assistant Director…
Suzanne Crespo
Suzanne is a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and represents sports national governing bodies…
Swagath Chanila Ramachandra
Swagath Chanila Ramachandra is an international sports lawyer, working at Parmars, a leading sports…
Tiran Gunawardena
I am an experienced regulatory sports lawyer, working as a Senior Associate in Media, Entertainment…
Zachary Calo
Professor Zachary Calo is Professor of Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar. He is also a Vis…
