Jonathan has over 20 years' experience in sport ranging from senior executive and board leadership roles in two large national sports governing bodies, The FA and the RFU, to the commercial world of IMG. I entered the sports world after training as a lawyer at Cambridge University and US firm Baker & McKenzie. My experience includes many of the key areas of running major sports organisations such as managing key stakeholder relationships at home and overseas, strategic planning and the important areas of corporate and regulatory governance in sport.

Appointed a TAS/CAS Arbitrator in 2023.

Jordi López Batet is a partner at Statim Legal, SLP. Till the end of 2022, he had been a partner at Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle since 2008 and a managing partner at the firm since 2015. Jordi focuses on advising national and international clients in IT, media, advertising and data privacy, among other areas. He is an arbitrator at the Barcelona Arbitral Court, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the Football Tribunal; a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale Anti-Doping Tribunal (UCI ADT); and a teaching professor on several master’s degree courses and other courses at several universities.

Faculty Athletics Representative, University of Oregon

Juan Pablo Arriagada concentrates his practice on labor law and corporate law, covering both the areas of consulting and litigation. He was also the first specialist in Chile in sports law.

Juan Pablo has 25 years of experience advising various national and foreign companies from different sectors of the economy, regularly getting involved in complex disputes at various levels.

In addition to his law practice, Juan Pablo actively practices as an arbitrator. He is a member of the list of arbitrators of the Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (2012), member of the International Court of Sports Law (2003), member of the list of arbitrators of the Judiciary and member of the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee of the International Athletics Federation.

Ken Lalo is an Israeli businessman and lawyer, a horse rider and equestrian enthusiast. Ken earned his LLB at Tel-Aviv University, Master in Comparative Law at George Washington University, studied International Law at Georgetown University and earned an MBA at Northwestern University/ Tel-Aviv University.

Ken has been in managerial positions with the largest conglomerates in Israel involved in traditional industries as well as high-tech and bio-tech businesses and sat on the boards of a large number of companies including companies traded on NASDAQ and on the Israeli and London stock exchanges. Currently, Ken manages a large automotive group operating in Europe which was established by him some 20 years ago.

In sports, Ken has been Chair of the FEI Tribunal (1999 – 2011), Member of the FEI Judicial Committee (1996-1999), Member of the FEI Bureau (1999 – 2007; now an Honorary Bureau Member), Member of the FEI Clean Sport Committee (2009- 2010), Chair of the FEI Atypical Findings Panel (from 2021), Chairman or Member of Appeal Committees for equestrian disciplines at Olympic Games, World Games and other major Championships. He is in his sixth term as President of the Israeli National Federation, is an Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport since 2011, and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Council of the Fédération Internationale de Natation’s Aquatics Integrity Unit.

CAS Arbitrator

Lars Hilliger is one of Denmark’s leading attorneys in Danish and international sports law, providing advice to national sports federations, active elite athletes and coaches as well as agents and sponsors, to mention a few. Alongside this, he serves as one of just three Danish arbitrators at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland and Chairman of the Appeals` Panel of the Danish FA Club Licensing System.

Lars Hilliger has also specialised in the business law area, advising businesses on company matters, contracts, terms of employment, etc. Furthermore, he offers advice on ways to safeguard and protect intellectual property rights.

Finally, Lars Hilliger advises buyers as well as sellers in connection with business acquisitions and divestments and is an experienced provider of entrepreneurial advice with a focus on both the operational and the countless legal challenges that may be involved for anyone setting up in business.

Mediator, Arbitrator and Referee/Special Master, JAMS

Liu Jiahe is a Counsel at East & Concord Partners. She graduated from ISDE with a Master in International Sports Law and is also a member of the Athletes Committee of the Chinese Football Association. She was a former full-time legal counsel of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Graduated from the Law Department of Peking University (LL.B. 1982), China Foreign Affairs University (LL.M. 1985) and Free University of Brussels (LL.M. 1986); Fulbright scholar at the Law School of Stanford University (1995-1996), visiting scholar at Max Planck Institute (Hamburg, 2008); 

Teaching and research on private international law, arbitration, civil and commercial law at China Foreign Affairs University since 1985; lecturing on Arbitration in China at Geneva MIDS program since 2009; lecturing on Arbitration at the IADS program at the Law School of Tsinghua University since 2013; 

Admitted to practice Chinese law in 1989 and had been a part-time counsel for over 10 years; 

ICSID Conciliator, Member of International Commercial Expert Committee of the China’s Supreme People’s Court, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Private International Law, Vice President of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of ICC China, Executive Member of the China Academy of Arbitration Law, Member of CIETAC and its Expert Advisory Committee, Vice Chairman of the Conciliation Centre of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; 

Serving as arbitrator since 1989 having been involved in over 500 arbitrations under the rules of CIETAC, BAC/BIAC, SCIA, SHIAC, HKIAC, SIAC, ICC, SCC, ICDR, UNCITRAL and CAS as arbitrator, counsel or expert witness, covering, inter alia, trade, service, investment, joint venture, corporate matters, M&A, share transfer, construction, hotel management, licensing, agency, distribution, intellectual property, banking, letter of credit, securities, financial derivatives, leasing, maritime transportation, sport-related dispute;

Luigi Fumagalli is professor of International law at the Law Faculty of the “Università degli Studi” of Milan. The main practice areas of Luigi Fumagalli include International Trade law (with particular reference to the Italian investments in foreign countries) and European Union law, Litigation, Arbitration and Sport law.

Former member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and of the Council of Milan Chamber of National and International Arbitration, of which he was also Chairman (2014-2017), Luigi Fumagalli is currently arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, appeal judge at the Euroleague Basketball, President of the 2nd Division of the National Antidoping Tribunal at CONI as well as member of the Arbitral Council of the Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. (DIS).

He is the author of copious publications in the filed of private international law, European Union law, Arbitration law and Sport law. He has been a member of the editorial board of the “Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale” since 1992 and a member of the Scientific Committee of the same legal periodical since 2016. He has also been co-editor of the legal periodical “Diritto del commercio internazionale – The Law of International Trade” since 2016.

In 2015 Luigi Fumagalli has been a lecturer at the Hague Academy of International law; recently, he has also been expert consultant in judicial cooperation at the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters and member of the Team of Experts on the modernization of the judiciary cooperation in civil and commercial matters of the European Union.

Attorney at Law, Kancelaria Prawna Maciej Bałaziński i Współpracownicy

Malcolm Holmes QC is a Chartered Arbitrator at Eleven Wentworth Chambers in Sydney and an arbitrator member of chambers at 20 Essex Street, London and at Maxwell Chambers in Singapore.

After initially commencing an engineering degree at the University of NSW, he transferred to law, and obtained degrees in Arts and Law from Sydney University, NSW, Australia, and then a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University, UK. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1991. He is an experienced arbitrator, senior counsel and academic exclusively involved in international and domestic arbitration. He has acted as an arbitrator in a wide range of disputes. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Queensland in International Commercial Arbitration and a Professorial Visiting Fellow to the University of NSW in International Commercial Arbitration.

He has since 1995 acted as arbitrator in a broad variety of disputes in Japan, North America, England, Europe and Australia conducted under the rules of the Court of Arbitration for Sport based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Marianne is a Senior Legal Counsel with the FIA. 

Mark Baker is Global Head of International Arbitration and a member of the Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Supervisory Board.

 A member of the litigation and disputes team, Mark practices in the areas of complex commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, business litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, acting as both counsel and as arbitrator under all the major arbitral rules (including ICDR, AAA, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, ICSID, NAFTA, CPR, WIPO, CAS, CAM, CAFTA) as well as ad hoc disputes under UNCITRAL rules.

Mark has represented numerous clients in matters regarding international and domestic construction contracts, power purchase and sale agreements, energy contracts, joint ventures, and project finance and development agreements. He is also a leading commentator on the avoidance and resolution of climate change and sustainability disputes. In addition, he has extensive experience litigating banking, financial and securities transactions.

Mark's clients include global financial institutions, major corporations, governments and state-owned entities, from across all industry sectors including energy (oil and gas, power and renewables), infrastructure, mining and commodities, transport, banking and finance, and technology and innovation. Mark and his global team are regularly entrusted with some of the most sensitive, high-value and strategically important matters, and he works closely with his clients to achieve their commercial objectives in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Partner, Mills & Reeve LLP

Professional Positions

• Vice President, Criminal Court Vienna
• Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS/TAS
• Ethics Commission Member, European Olympic Committees (EOC) 
• Board Member WISLaw (Women in Sports Law) 
• OWG Beijing 2022 Member of CAS ADD

Professional Specialization

• Criminal Law (international organised crime, drug crime, anti-doping, money laundering, high level corruption, whistleblower)
• 30 years of litigation/trial experience covering all aspects (whistleblower, protection of vulnerable witnesses/victims/minors...)
• Anti-Doping
• Ethics

Michael Beloff KC has appeared in international commercial arbitrations (in London, Brussels, Geneva and Monte Carlo), and sat as a commercial arbitrator under the auspices of the ICC, LCIA, SIAC and Geneva Chamber of Commerce, as well as an ad hoc arbitrator.

He has given expert evidence on English law and practice for the purpose of proceedings in various states in the USA, in the Irish Republic, in the Republic of South Africa, France, Norway and Switzerland.

He has carried out inquiries for Oxford University into alleged plagiarism, for two television companies, Channel 4 and Carlton, into the making of two controversial broadcasts, and for the Rugby Football Union into alleged racism.

He has been identified in various legal publications as a leading figure in the fields of public, local government, commercial, defamation, insurance, arbitration, civil liberties, agricultural, EU, sport, human rights, environmental, education, immigration and employment law.

He has written a standard commentary on the Sex Discrimination Act 1976 and Sports Law (2nd ed 2012). He was a consultant editor (with Lord Woolf) for the journal Judicial Review (1996 – 2015) and has been the first and only editor of Sweet and Maxwell’s International Sports Law Review (2000 - present). He has also contributed to Halsbury’s Laws on Time and Sport and Atkin’s Court Forms on Sport.

Positions Held

• A Recorder of the Crown Court (1984-95)
• A Master of the Bench of Gray's Inn (1988)
• Treasurer of Gray’s Inn (2008)
• A Deputy High Court Judge (designated to sit in the Crown Office list) (1989 - 1996)
• Member of the Data Protection(National Security)Tribunal - (later renamed a Judge of the Upper Tribunal 2000 - 2012)
• A Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey (1995 – 2014)
• Senior Ordinary Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey (2005 - 2014)
• Commissioner of the Royal Court of Jersey 2014-2018
• First Chairman of the Administrative Law Bar Association from 1986 – 1989 (since then Vice-President and Chairman emeritus)
• President of the British Association of Sport and Law (2005 – 2013)
• Joint head of Chambers at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square (1992-2000), before moving back to Blackstone Chambers, his original set (then 2 Hare Court) in 2000.
• A Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport ("CAS") (1996 – present) during which time he has been party to more than 175 awards.
• As a member of ad hoc panels of CAS, he has been an arbitrator at 5 summer Olympic Games - Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, Rio and 3 Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, Manchester, Melbourne
• Deputy Chairman of the Information (National Security) Tribunal (1997 - 2012) (renamed from 2010 Judge of the Upper Tribunal)
• A Steward of the Royal Automobile Club (1999 – 2018) and a Vice-President 2018-
• Ethics Commissioner for London (2012) successful bid to host the summer Olympic Games
• Chairman of the International Cricket Council’s Code of Conduct Commission (2002 – present) and of the ICC Dispute Resolution committee (2015 - present)
• A Judge of the FIA’s International Court of Appeal (2010 - 2017)
• Member of the three-person European Golf Tour Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (2012)
• Chairman of the International Association of Athletics Federation’s Ethics Commission (the world governing body for athletics) (2013 - 2020)
• First Chairman of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal (2017 - 2019)
• Member of the Anti-Doping Appeal Panels of Mixed Martial Arts and Ironman (2016)
• Chair of the Ethics Commission of the International Ski Federation 2022-
• Foreign Consultant to the Law Counsel, Dacca, Bangladesh
• Member of the International Panel of the Singapore Mediation Centre
• Member of the Provost's Panel at Eton

A sports lawyer, currently working as the League Secretary of the Indian Super League. I am also the regional co-ordinator for India for Women in Sports Law (WISLaw).

Formerly, I was a Legal Counsel at the Asian Football Confederation in its Sports Legal Services, Disciplinary and Governance unit.

I graduated from the 16th edition of the FIFA Master Program with merit. Prior to pursuing this masters in management, law and humanities of sport, I worked in India's premier law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (Formerly Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A Shroff & Co). I pursued my undergradute law degree from National Law University Jodhpur, India with a specialisation in Intellectual Propety Rights.

I am dedicated towards sports and sports law and I am always on the lookout for various opportunities to contribute in the further development of this niche area of law.