WWL Sports & Gaming 2022

Sports & Gaming

Head of research & analytics

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INTRODUCTION

Who’s Who Legal is delighted to publish WWL: Sports & Gaming 2022. This report is the fruit of months of research. We have canvassed and analysed the opinions of law firm clients and franchise experts from around the world.

Our research has revealed 452 lawyers from 35 jurisdictions who can truly be considered leaders in the field.

The names and contact details of all experts whose nominations are accepted by the head of research are listed without charge. It is impossible to buy entry into WWL: Sports & Gaming Specialists accepted for listing are invited, but not required, to supply a professional biography and photograph, which are published upon payment of a fee.

We hope that you find this report useful and informative. If you do, it is due to the hundreds of people who helped us in the research, and we would like to sign off by thanking them for their kindness, helpfulness and insight, which made it a pleasure to be part of this undertaking.

Due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, WWL is not listing individuals from firms based in Russia and Belarus in this report. Lawyers from Ukraine who were previously listed have had their rankings protected and continue to be featured.

Rupert Wilson Head of research & analytics

Editorial policy and selection criteria

Nominees have been selected based on comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practitioners worldwide.

Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.

LEGAL MARKETPLACE ANALYSIS

This year’s research shines the spotlight on 318 sports lawyers who are distinguished as market-leading specialists thanks to their expertise in transactional, intellectual property, regulatory and contentious matters across the sports industry.

METHODOLOGY

The Global Elite Thought Leaders are those individuals who received the highest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and other market sources this year. Our research has identified them as being truly outstanding practitioners and the very best in their field.

WWL does not list firms, only individual lawyers. The leading firms are those in each region whose listed practitioners received the most total nominations in our research. We highlight individuals at other firms who also scored very highly in our research.

EMEA

Global Elite Thought Leaders

Efraim Barak

EB Sport Law & Consultancy Tel-Aviv

Carol Couse Mills & Reeve Manchester Ulrich Haas Times Attorneys Zurich

Mike Morgan Morgan Sports Law London

Michele Bernasconi Bär & Karrer Ltd Zurich

Lucas Ferrer Pinto-Ruiz & Del Valle Barcelona

Mark Hovell Mills & Reeve Manchester

José Juan Pintó Sala Pinto-Ruiz & Del Valle Barcelona

Jonathan Taylor KC Bird & Bird LLP London

Marc Cavaliero Cavaliero & Associates Geneva

Javier Ferrero Muñoz

Senn Ferrero y Asociados Sports & Entertainment SLP Madrid

Adam Lewis KC Blackstone Chambers London Antonio Rigozzi Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler Geneva

LEADING FIRMS

Blackstone Chambers

Nick De Marco KC is a highly respected sports specialist who is praised as being “user friendly” and “very knowledgeable on football and boxing matters”.

Adam Lewis KC is highlighted by sources as “a go-to sports lawyer with an impressively high case load” in the market and is sought after for his expertise in drug-related cases.

Michael Beloff KC is revered as “the leader of the sports law bar in England” thanks to his “vast experience and sound judgement”.

James Segan KC is singled out as “a first-rate lawyer” who is “hugely talented and great to work with” on a range of commercial and regulatory matters.

Ian Mill KC garners plaudits as “the best regulatory silk at the bar” who is “excellent on matters relating to boxing”.

Kellerhals Carrard

Jean-Pierre Morand is singled out by peers as “a highly experienced and respected advo cate with a strong international reputation” who “definitely thinks outside the box”.

David Casserly is an accomplished sports lawyer who frequently represents high-pro file football clubs a range of sports-related matters.

François Kaiser is renowned as “a senior statesman” in sports law who excels in complex arbitration proceedings.

Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers

Juan de Dios Crespo Pérez is a seasoned sports specialist who is recognised as “very well connected” in the market and revered for his arbitration expertise.

Agustín Amorós Martínez is regularly instructed by high-profile clients in the sports sector for disciplinary and employment law matters.

Alfonso León distinguishes himself as a go-to name in the market for the full spec trum of sports-related disputes.

Paolo Torchetti is a well-regarded figure who impresses sources with his incisive handling of disciplinary proceedings and doping cases.

Senn Ferrero y Asociados Sports & Entertainment

Íñigo de Lacalle is highly sought after for his deep expertise in contract drafting and negotiation, as well as image rights and sponsorships.

Javier Ferrero Muñoz is distinguished as “an excellent lawyer” who focuses his firstrate practice on the transfer of professional athletes and dispute resolution.

Julio Senn is a long-standing fixture in the market who ranks highly thanks to his encyclopaedic knowledge of sports law.

Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

Antonio Rigozzi is revered by peers as “a top name for sports arbitration” who is “simply the best” and “knows how to handle every CAS procedure”.

Brianna Quinn is lauded as “an expert in sports law and represents her clients successfully in a wide range of complex disputes”. Commentators further highlight her as “very knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with”.

Sébastien Besson garners plaudits as “clearly a top name in sports law” , according to sources who add, “He excels in arbitration.”

OTHER LEADING INDIVIDUALS

Belgium

Cresta’s Sébastien Ledure is a well-estab lished name who is “very active in the foot ball market” and impresses sources with his international practice.

Denmark

Lars Hilliger from Advice Law Firm is singled out as “an expert in football law, doping and sports administration” who “knows to deal with very complex issues in an efficient and professional manner”.

England

Bird & Bird’s Jonathan Taylor KC is high lighted by sources as “the star practitioner in the field” who is “a true expert in doping cases”.

Mike Morgan at Morgan Sports Law is an accomplished sports law specialist who “puts up a good fight”, particularly when it comes to doping matters.

From Centrefield, Matthew Bennett sits among the foremost sports lawyers in the market and is singled out as “great on foot ball player transfers”.

Stuart McInnes MBE at Squire Patton Boggs is a well-established sports lawyer who impresses peers with his decades of expe rience and “sensible and practical advice”.

Finland

Markus Manninen at Hannes Snellman Attorneys is recognised by peers as “a gifted and committed expert in sports law” who is highly sought after for his top-drawer arbi tration practice.

France

Patricia Moyersoen from Moyersoen Avocats is a well-established figure in the market who frequently represents high-profile football

and rugby clubs before domestic and inter national authorities.

Germany

Christian Keidel of Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte is a dispute resolution specialist who regularly represents clients before major international sporting bodies. His excellent advisory practice also spans on regulation and commercialisation.

Bird & Bird’s Martin Schimke is highly regarded among peers and clients alike, who commend him for his long-standing sports practice, with notable expertise in employ ment-related matters.

Israel

At EB Sport Law & Consultancy, Efraim Barak receives worldwide endorsements as “one of the most experienced CAS arbitrators around”.

Italy

Massimo Coccia of Coccia De Angelis & Associati is a senior figure whose “multi lingual practice is a very important asset in international sports law”. One source says: “He is one of the best sports arbitrators around.”

Luigi Fumagalli at Luzzatto is singled out as “an exceptionally clever and analytical” practitioner who is “a source of inspiration for those aspiring to a career in sports law”.

Netherlands

Manfred Nan with De Kempenaer Advocaten is a highly experienced CAS arbitrator who receives plaudits for the breadth of his practice.

Dennis Koolaard garners praise as “a truly excellent sports lawyer” who is deeply expe rienced in CAS arbitration.

Mills & Reeve

Mark Hovell is commended as “one of the leading practitioners in football law” who “gets excellent results for his clients”.

Tiran Gunawardena is a top name in the market who is recognised as “a very reasoned opponent” when it comes to international sports arbitration.

Carol Couse draws praise from market sources for her first-rate sports practice, which sees her advise clients on a range of commercial and regulatory matters.

Portugal

Rui Botica Santos at Coelho Ribeiro e Associados is an internationally renowned practitioner who excels in sports arbitration proceedings.

Qatar

MCA Sports Law’s Ettore Mazzilli is a top name in the sports legal market, who impresses sources with his “openness to listen and to cooperate with other lawyers and institutions”, as well as his “broad under standing of legal contexts”.

Spain

Lucas Ferrer with Pinto-Ruiz & Del Valle is highlighted by peers as “a top-notch lawyer” who is “the best in Spain for international disputes”.

José Juan Pintó Sala is a long-standing figure in the market who impresses market observers with his “excellent” arbitration practice.

Switzerland

Bär & Karrer’s Michele Bernasconi sits “among the very best sports lawyers in the world”, with sources further noting that he is “extremely skilled and charismatic”.

Ulrich Haas from Times Attorneys is high lighted as “a sharp, accurate and extremely knowledgeable” practitioner who is “among the best sports lawyers worldwide”.

Stephan Netzle is lauded as a go-to name in the market who is “an outstanding tribunal advocate with an impressively deep knowl edge of sports law and arbitration principles”.

Marc Cavaliero with Cavaliero & Associates is “one of the best for football matters” thanks to his “pragmatic guidance within very short timelines”.

William Sternheimer at Morgan Sports

Law possesses “strong technical skills in all aspects of sports law” and “knows CAS better than anyone”.

LBS Legal’s Alexis Schoeb ranks highly among peers thanks to his renowned arbi tration practice, which sees him handle a

diverse range of disputes, particularly before the CAS.

Jorge Ibarrola from Libra Law is commended as “one of the best in the world” when it comes to contractual, disciplinary, doping and governance matters.

NORTH AMERICA Global Elite Thought Leaders

Turkey

Koray Akalp of Akalp Law Firm is distin guished as “a go-to lawyer in Turkey” among football clubs, players, coaches and agents for his international disputes practice.

Paul J Greene Global Sports Advocates Portland

Joseph M Leccese

Proskauer Rose New York

Maidie E Oliveau

ArentFox Schiff LLP Los Angeles

LEADING FIRMS

Covington & Burling

Derek Ludwin enjoys a strong reputation among peers thanks to his outstanding work on contentious licensing, compliance and antitrust issues.

Gregg Levy is a favourite among peers and clients, who describe him as “one of the most experienced and accomplished lawyers in the sports industry” and “a dean of the sports bar”.

Bruce Wilson gains comprehensive recommendations from peers and clients for his excellent practice, which is well-versed in the negotiation of broadcast and sponsorship agreements in the sports space.

Jeremy Spector is a widely appreci ated and skilled tax specialist who advises sports leagues and teams on the gamut of tax matters.

Proskauer Rose

Joseph Leccese is an established and respected name when it comes to sports matters, with over 30 years of experience representing leagues, teams and owners, as

Howard L Jacobs

The Law Offices of Howard L Jacobs Westlake Village

Richard McLaren

Innovative Dispute Resolution Ltd. c/o McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP London

Bradley I Ruskin

Proskauer Rose New York

well as media and marketing companies on transactional issues.

Bradley Ruskin receives wide-ranging recommendations for his top-tier litigation practice and has peerless experience repre senting football baseball and basketball leagues in their disputes.

Wayne Katz has built and maintains an impressive sports practice, with market commentators confirming that he is “a leader on NBA-related items”.

Jon Oram receives high praise from peers for his work in the sports space and focuses on the representation of teams, leagues owners and financial institutions in their transactions.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Shepard Goldfein has carved out a prom inent place in the sports market thanks to his exceptional representation of the NHL throughout antitrust, transactional and collective bargaining issues.

OTHER LEADING INDIVIDUALS

Canada

Richard McLaren at Innovative Dispute Resolution c/o McKenzie Lake Lawyers sits among Canada’s best sports lawyers, with peers saying he is “a global leader in sports arbitration and anti-doping matters”.

Independent practitioner Gordon Kirke KC is a top-tier sports disputes specialist, who possesses “a strong reputation in sports law and mediation”, report sources.

Jeffrey L Kessler

Winston & Strawn LLP New York

Jeffrey A Mishkin

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP New York

Karen Hoffman Lent is an acclaimed laywer in the space who earns substantive recommendations for her work advising sports leagues and teams on antitrust, eligi bility and IP litigation.

Jeffrey Mishkin wins considerable acclaim from respondents for his practice and is lauded as “a leading CAS arbitrator” in the space.

Jason Russell is a key name in the Los Angeles sports and entertainment market, who is celebrated by his high-profile clients for his deep expertise in commercial disputes.

Anthony Dreyer is a talented litigator report sources, who has considerable expe rience and skill with copyright and publicity rights disputes.

Matthew Martino receives substantial endorsements from peers and clients for his skill with sports disputes, including injury claims, class action antitrust proceedings and labour disputes on the part of the NHL, NBA and teams within those leagues.

Daniel Ratushny with Bennett Jones receives extensive endorsements for his sports prac tice and is highlighted by market commenta tors as “a great lawyer” in the space.

USA

Winston & Strawn’s Jeffrey Kessler sits among the US market’s best sports lawyers and has a formidable track record with high-profile sport litigation proceedings.

David Feher is one of the foremost sports specialists in the US, who is highly sought after for his skill and experience in collective bargaining and antitrust issues, especially in the NFL and NBA.

Kate Porter at Vela Wood is “a great attorney giving utmost attention to detail”. One source adds, “She is a powerhouse and in a dispute, you want Kate on your side.”

James Quinn of Berg & Androphy is a highly accomplished and respected trial specialist in the US market, with sources confirming he is “a fantastic trial lawyer” for sports disputes, among others.

Paul Greene with Global Sports Advocates avails himself of a standout reputation, thanks to his “great success in obtaining the desired results” and “ability to communicate effectively with both professional and board leadership”.

Howard Jacobs at The Law Offices of Howard L Jacobs has established himself as a leading sports lawyer in the US, with over 30 years handling doping, endorsement, salary and selection disputes

Maidie Oliveau of ArentFox Schiff is identified by peers as a go-to transaction and arbitra tion lawyer in the sports market, who has immense experience with Olympic transac tions, television and streaming rights, as well as sponsorship issues.

Daniel Cravo Souza Cravo Pastl and Balbuena Advogados Associados Porto Alegre

Marcos Motta

Bichara e Motta Advogados Rio de Janeiro

Bichara e Motta Advogados

Marcos Motta is lauded as “an amazing sports lawyer” by peers, who emphatically recommend his practice, which encom passes contractual, regulatory and discipli nary issues.

Bichara Abidao Neto is a talented and respected name in the Brazilian market and receives glowing endorsements for his excel lent sports practice, covering CAS arbitration,

LATIN AMERICA Global Elite Thought Leaders

Ricardo De Buen Rodríguez De Buen Law Mexico City

Ariel Reck Reck Sports Law Buenos Aires

club structuring, contractual issues and employment disputes.

Stefano Malvestio is highly sought after by clients as a lawyer who “always provides swift and comprehensive answers, irrespec tive of the complexity of the matter”.

Clariá & Trevisán Abogados

Mariano Claria has forged a standout sports law practice in the Argentinian market and

OTHER LEADING INDIVIDUALS

Argentina

Ariel Reck at Reck Sports Law is counted among Argentina’s foremost sports lawyers, with sources confirming that he is “one of the best practitioners in the world”.

Brazil

Daniel Cravo Souza of Cravo Pastl and Balbuena Advogados Associados is respected as a “one of the finest sports lawyers in the world” and “a real fighter” for his clients.

Breno Costa Ramos Tannuri with Tannuri Ribeiro Advogados is counted among the finest sports lawyers in the Brazilian market by peers, who readily endorse his experience and expertise in a host of sports law issues.

Mattos de Paiva Nogueira & Ribeiro

Advogados’ Luiz Fernando Pimenta Ribeiro is recognised as a gold-standard sports lawyer in Brazil, who brings extensive experience with arbitration, international and adminis trative law to his sports cases.

Colombia

Founding partner of Gher & Asociados César Giraldo enjoys a sterling reputation as a sports lawyer in the Colombian market, who is well-versed in representing football cubs in their contentious and non-contentious matters.

Stefano Malvestio Bichara e Motta Advogados Rio de Janeiro

has impressive experience advising clubs and football leagues on the full range of sports law issues.

Rafael Trevisan is widely appreciated and recommended by peers in the region, thanks to his strong track record repre senting sporting federations, football clubs, athletes and agents on transactional and dispute matters.

Mexico

Ricardo De Buen Rodríguez of De Buen Law receives high praise from market commenta tors for his top-tier work in the sports sector.

Uruguay

Horacio González Mullin with González Mullin, Kasprzyk & Asociados has distin guished himself over 30 years of practice in sports and labour law matters and is a key name in Uruguay’s sports market.

Venezuela

Carrero & Quintero Abogados’ Antonio Quintero is described by commentators as “an excellent specialist” in the sports law space.

ASIA-PACIFIC

Global Elite Thought Leaders

LEADING INDIVIDUALS

Australia

Paul Hayes KC at Owen Dixon Chambers West comes highly recommended by market commentators as a leading sports arbitrator, with vast experience in domestic and interna tional jurisdictions.

Martin Ross from Hall & Wilcox is well estab lished in the market and is highlighted by peers as “one of Australia’s leading sports transactional lawyers”.

Alan Sullivan KC with Frederick Jordan Chambers is a seasoned sports lawyer with a strong arbitration practice. One source notes, “He is the undisputed leader of the sports law bar in Australia.”

Stuart Corbishley at Corbishley Sport & Law is lauded as “a highly practical lawyer” who is “broadly experienced across a range of sports, as well as widely respected”.

Kardos Scanlan’s Tony O’Reilly is recognised as “outstanding in sports disputes” and “the go-to solicitor for many professional sports people”.

Dominic Villa SC of New Chambers ranks prominently in the market as “a tenacious and determined advocate” who is “widely experi enced in sporting disputes”.

China

At Llinks Law Offices, David Wu ranks highly among peers thanks to his strong track record as arbitrator in a diverse range of sports disputes.

Japan

Takuya Yamazaki at Field-R Law Offices is an accomplished sports specialist who excels in dispute resolution, particularly when it comes to football-related matters.

New Zealand

Gibson Sheat’s Nigel Stirling is an eminent sports lawyer whose first-rate practice sees him advise clients on sponsorship and contracts for major domestic organisations.

From Eldon Chambers, Paul David KC receives widespread endorsements as “the top sports law advocate in New Zealand”. One source adds: “He has a strong and broad knowledge of anti-doping regulation.”

Stuart Corbishley Corbishley Sport & Law Sydney

Paul J Hayes KC Owen Dixon Chambers West Melbourne

Takuya Yamazaki Field-R Law Offices Tokyo

Dale Lastman C.M., O.Ont. Goodmans LLP

Dale Lastman is the Chair of Goodmans LLP. He practices corporate, commercial and securities law and provides counsel in connection with public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and busi ness restructurings. Dale is a Director of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd and serves as an Alternate Governor of the NHL and NBA. From 2019-2022, Dale served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the CFL and currently serves as the Governor representing the Toronto Argonauts. Dale is actively involved in community and charitable organisations and is a Director and former Chair of Baycrest Health Sciences and a Honorary Trustee of the Hospital for Sick Children. He has extensive experience on corporate boards, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and Roots Corporation.Dale is a Member of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario. In 2014, Dale was appointed by the Minister of National Defence as an Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Navy. He has also been awarded the rank of an Honorary Detective by the Toronto Police Service and an Honorary Big by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto. Dale has been recognised among "Toronto’s 50 Most Influential People" by Toronto Life Magazine. He was honoured as one of the ICRF’s 2010 “Men of Distinction” for his philan thropic efforts and contributions to the community and was presented with the ICRF’s Chairman’s Award in 2011 and 2012. Dale is a recipient of Canada "Top 40 Under 40" and its “Best of the Best” Canadian Leadership Award.

Dale is recognized as an Eminent Practitioner by Chambers Global (corporate/M&A), and is recommended as a leading practitioner by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (corporate/M&A), Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading M&A Lawyers, IFLR 1000 (M&A), The Lexpert/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (corporate finance), Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate / M&A / Securities / Corporate Governance Practice) and as its 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in Sports Law. Dale has also been recognised as the Canadian Lawyer of the Year in M&A and Sports and Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Finance Monthly Law Awards and is currently recognised by Corporate Law Experts as its exclusively recommended lawyer in Canada.

For over 30 years, Dale was one of Osgoode Hall Law School's longest serving lecturers in securities law. During his tenure, he received the Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence as well as the Alumni Gold Key award for outstanding professional achievement and contribution to the legal community.

Massimo Coccia Coccia De Angelis & Associati

Massimo Coccia holds a J.D. degree cum laude from the University of Rome-1 Law School (1981) and a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the University of Michigan Law School (1984), which he attended as a Fulbright Fellow.

Massimo is founding partner of Coccia De Angelis Vecchio & Associati, an internationally oriented Italian law firm with offices in Rome and Milan. Massimo is known worldwide for his impres sive expertise in international and national sports law (he and his law firm being frequently retained as counsel by prominent professional clubs, leagues, athletes, agents and sports governing bodies from all over the world) and in commercial arbitration as arbitrator or counsel. He is also involved in regula tory matters (antitrust and energy) and entertain ment law issues (cinema).

Since 1996, Massimo has been an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), where he is one of the most experienced and esteemed arbitrators, having sat in more than 300 cases and drafted many awards in landmark cases. He has been a CAS arbitrator at the Olympic Games of Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 and London 2012.

Massimo is a tenured law professor in Italy, teaching International Law at the Tuscia University of Viterbo and European Competition Law at the University of Rome-1 Law School. Massimo also frequently lectures in graduate courses and semi nars on international and national sports law. He has published extensively on issues of sports law, international arbitration, international trade law and EU law, and is often invited to speak at symposia on those subjects.

Bay Adelaide Centre 333 Bay Street Toronto, M5H 2S7 Tel: +1 416 597 4129 dlastman@goodmans.ca www.goodmans.ca

Peers and clients say: “Dale Lastman represents the pinnacle of achievement for sports business law in Canada”

“Mr Lastman works at the highest level with three of the biggest sports in North America” “Dale bridges the gap between business and law, and he plays a significant role in a number of major Canadian sports milestones”

Piazza Adriana, 15 Rome, 00193

Tel: +39 06 6880 3025 m.coccia@cdaa.it www.cdaa.it

"He is unquestionably one of the few Italian sports specialists"

"His multilingual practice is a very impor tant asset in international sports law"

Peers and clients say: "Massimo is one of the best sports arbitrators around"

Mario Vigna

Coccia De Angelis & Associati

Mario Vigna holds a J.D. degree from the University of Rome-1 Law School (2004).

Mario is partner of Coccia De Angelis Vecchio & Associati, an internationally oriented Italian law firm with offices in Rome and Milan. Mario has achieved a relevant expertise in international and national sports law as counsel appointed by prominent professional clubs, leagues, athletes, agents and sports governing bodies from all over the world as well as in proceedings held before International and National Sports Federations and the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT). He is also involved in international commercial law, IP law (he is a professional representative at the European Union Intellectual Property Office - EUIPO) and privacy (acting as DPO for sports and commercial entities).

Since 2009, Mario has been, in his capacity as Deputy Chief Prosecutor, counsel to the Italian Anti-Doping Organization NADO ITALIA. He is also member of the WADA Legal Expert Advisory Group.

Since 2021 he is a member of the Ordinary Division and CAS Anti-Doping Division as arbitrator eligible for party nominations.

Mario frequently lectures in international and national congresses and seminars on arbi tration, international law and sports law. He has published extensively on issues of sports law and doping related topics, and is often invited to speak at symposia on those subjects.

Beverley Agbakoba-Onyejianya

Olisa Agbakoba Legal

Beverley joined the firm in January 2017, having previously worked over 10 years in regulatory and compliance in Financial Services in Nigeria and the UK. She heads a team of specialist lawyers who provide legal, compliance and regulatory advi sory services to individuals, startups and compa nies. She regularly advises on matters including employment, sponsorship, licensing, as well as sports governance and sports policy matters. Beverley is recognised as a thought leader in the area of sports law. She has written and published numerous articles and materials on sports law, entertainment law, corporate governance including the A to Z of Sports Law in Nigeria, S.E.T. Guide to Entertainment Law, etc. She has also assisted clients with complex sports petitions and rendered her sports dispute resolution expertise. She was also part of the team responsible for the devel opment of the updated National Sports Policy for Nigeria. Beverley is an accredited Mediator with the Lagos Multidoor Court and Lagos Court of Arbitration. She was admitted to the FIFA media tion panel and the Sports Resolution International panel in 2022. Beverley is a member of Women in Sports Law (WISL), Switzerland, a Vice Chairperson of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section in Business Law (SBL) - Sports, Entertainment and Technology Committee. She is also a member of the NBA Lagos Chapter Sports committee. Beverley is the founder of Lagos Tigers Football Club - a youth football academy based in Lagos and is passionate about youth sports development.

She is regularly invited to speak at international and national conferences on sports governance, intellectual property, regulatory and compliance, and personal development.

Beverley speaks English and French.

Konstantinos Antoniou MCA Sports Law LLP

Konstantinos is a Founding Partner of MCA Sports Law LLP, based in Doha, Qatar.

With more than 16 years of experience in the field of sports law, Konstantinos has advised and acted for numerous sports governing bodies, athletes, clubs and individuals in dispute cases before tribunals and judicial bodies of international federations (FIFA, AFC, UEFA, BAT) as well as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Konstantinos maintains a strong record of successful representation and assistance to high-profile football intermediaries and is involved regularly in disputes of employment and regula tory nature, as well as in disciplinary and ethics proceedings.

With extensive experience in the organisa tion of prestigious sports events of international caliber, Konstantinos is well-positioned to provide counsel on complex legal issues and explore effec tive solutions.

Concurrently, Konstantinos has been working with Qatar Football Association since 2010 in his role as Senior Legal Advisor, where he has acquired a profound understanding of the Middle East region and has been engaged in legal matters of a wide spectrum.

Prior to that, Konstantinos worked in Athens, Greece, at a leading sports law firm, where he gained considerable experience advising clients, in particular, on football, basketball and volleyball related matters of a national and international dimension.

Konstantinos is a regular participant at prom inent conferences on international sports law and arbitration, and contributes frequently to several publications in his field of expertise.

Sport Accelerator

Piazza Adriana, 15 Rome, 00193

Tel: +39 06 6880 3025 m.vigna@cdaa.it www.cdaa.it

Peers and clients say: "Having Mario on your side can make the difference" "I have complete confidence in his work" "He has huge experience in CAS proceedings"

Maritime Complex 34 Creek Road, Apapa Lagos 101233

Tel: +234 1 279 0915 beverley@oal.law www.oal.law

Qatar Business District PO Box 358010 Doha

Tel: +974 4008 3161

ka@mcasportslaw.com www.mcasportslaw.com

Peers and clients say: “Konstantinos is the most approachable professional with a positive attitude to navigate through the complexity of any assignment”

“His work product is consistently high quality"

“He always manages to think outside the box”

Peers and clients say: "Beverley possesses strong project management capabilities"

"I was impressed with the depth of her insights into the major concerns affecting sports people"

Martin Cockburn

MCA Sports Law LLP

Martin Cockburn is a founding partner at MCA Sports Law LLP (MCA), a first-class boutique law firm, which specialises in the fields of national and international sports law.

Having gained, for more than a decade, a signif icant understanding of the global sports industry – particularly in Europe, the Middle East and Asia –, Martin advises prestigious stakeholders in the sports industry, i.e. federations, leagues, clubs, players/ athletes, coaches or intermediaries/agents.

Moreover, Martin specialises in party representation in front of decision-making bodies of national and international sports federations (FIFA, AFC, UEFA, etc.), the Court of Arbitration for Sport as well as the Swiss Federal Tribunal.

Equally prominent fields of Martin’s expertise are the involvement in the negotiation/drafting of transfer and employment contracts, the drafting of sport regulations, governance-related matters, the eligibility of players for representative teams, and, from a legal point of view, the realisation of complex sport projects (e.g. establishment of a federation’s national arbitration tribunal, implementation of international scouting/training projects, etc.).

Prior to founding MCA, Martin has been working since 2009 with the Qatar Football Association in the position as Senior Legal Advisor, where he also has gained vast experience with regards to the organ isation of major sport events (e.g. AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011TM).

In 2005 Martin obtained a law degree from the prestigious Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität in Munich (Germany). Martin also holds a master degree (LL.M.) in International Sports Law from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia in Madrid/ Spain, awarded with honours in 2008.

In addition, Martin regularly publishes academic articles on international sports law and lectures in various sports-law related conferences.

Sport Accelerator, Qatar Business District PO Box 358010, Doha Tel: +974 4008 3161 mc@mcasportslaw.com www.mcasportslaw.com

Peers and clients say: “He understands the issues and is able to quickly get to the heart of them”

“He is efficient even when dealing with thorny problems and demanding clients” “Martin and his colleagues make a great team”

Ettore Mazzilli

MCA Sports Law LLP

Ettore Mazzilli is an Italian lawyer registered with the Bar Association of the City of Bari (Italy) since 1994. From 2012 to 2015, Ettore was also registered with the Solicitor Regulation Authority (SRA) of England and Wales as European Registered Lawyer.

Ettore is specialised in the field of sports and entertainment law. Among others, he holds a Specialisation Course in Entertainment Business Management from the LUISS School of Management in Rome (Italy), a Post-graduate Course in Sports Law and Economics at the University of Teramo (Italy), a Master in Sports Organizations Management (MEMOS) from the Claude Bernard University of Lyon (France), and a Master Honoris Causa in International Sports Law LLM from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid (Spain).

Having established his law office in Italy in 1994, Ettore, in July 2018, became the Founding and Managing Partner of MCA Sports Law LLP, with offices in Doha (Qatar). He regularly represents clients before the judicial bodies of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football confederations as well as at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Since March 2005, Ettore has served as Legal Director for the Qatar Football Association (QFA). Ettore is also Co-Founder and President of Rex Sport Association, a member of AIAF-Association Internationale Des Avocats Du Football and of AIASAssociazione Italiana Avvocati dello Sport.

Ettore - who speaks Italian, English and Spanish - is a part-time professor in sports law and sports management. He has written numerous publications pertaining to sports law.

Daniel Muñoz Muñoz & Arias Sports Lawyers

Mr Daniel Muñoz Sirera is a founding partner at Muñoz & Arias Sports Lawyers, a Spanish law firm specialised in sports with particular focus on the football industry.

Daniel Muñoz provides legal advice and assis tance on a wide variety of matters to professional sports entities, clubs, associations, federations, agents and high-profile football players from Europe, Middle East (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar), South America and China.

Daniel Muñoz possesses notable expertise in contract drafting and negotiation regarding, inter alia, national and international transfer agreements, employment contracts, image rights agreements, intermediation contracts and spon sorship agreements, among others. In fact, he has been involved in major transactions worldwide and become a reference in the field, advising top-tier clubs, football players, agents and intermediaries in some of the biggest deals of football's history.

Daniel Muñoz is also highly experienced in representing clients before the main dispute reso lution bodies and arbitration courts, such as FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as well as before Spanish state courts.

Daniel Muñoz holds a law degree from the University of Valencia, a master's degree in inter national sports law from the Higher Institute of Law and Economics (ISDE) in Madrid, and a master's degree in Spanish sports law from the University of Lleida.

In addition to his practice as a lawyer, Daniel Muñoz is a lecturer on master’s degree courses for international sports law at, among others, CEU Cardenal Herrera, ISDE Madrid, Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid and LaLiga Business School. He is a member of the Spanish Sports Law Association (AEDD).

Sport Accelerator

Qatar Business District PO Box 358010 Doha

Tel: +974 4008 3161 em@mcasportslaw.com www.mcasportslaw.com

Peers and clients say: “He has a broad understanding of legal contexts”

“He shows an openness to listen and to cooperate with other lawyers and institu tions”

"Ettore's professional network is expansive and incredibly useful"

Calle Colón 20-13 Valencia, 46004 Tel: +34 963 161 284 daniel@munozarias.com www.munozarias.com

Peers and clients say: “Daniel is a prolific figure in complex transactions, transfers and litigation procedures”

“I highly recommend his excellent sports practice”

Patrick Lafranchi Lafranchi Meyer

He provides advisory and procedural services to national and international clients, primarily in the areas of sports, corporate and contract law, as well as criminal law (white-collar crime and medical). He acts as an arbitrator and represents parties on domestic and international arbitration and in state courts.

He represents national and international sports associations, officials and athletes as well as companies in the field of sports.

His experience includes acting as arbitrator in international commercial and sport matters; providing advice on, inter alia, sponsoring agree ments, doping matters, transfers of football and ice hockey players, disciplinary proceedings and legal issues relating to federations and clubs.

Since 2001, Patrick Lafranchi has been a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and was part of the CAS ad hoc chamber at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.

Patrick Lafranchi is also a member of the Swiss Association for Sports Law (ASDS) board; the sports law committee of the Swiss Bar Association; the International Association for Football Lawyers (AIAF); and the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).

Due to his background as a former active athlete, lawyer and arbitrator of the CAS, he has a proven national and international network of busi ness contacts in the field of sports.

Sébastien Besson

Sébastien Besson is a partner at Lévy KaufmannKohler, a leading arbitration and litigation firm. He represents companies before arbitral tribunals and state courts in commercial and sport disputes.

He has acted as counsel or legal expert in several Court of Arbitration for Sport's proce dures, including high-profile and complex cases (eg, Juventus v Chelsea, Adamu v FIFA, Karpov Inc v FIDE, FIFA v Platini, FIFA v Blatter, AC Milan v UEFA).

Sébastien Besson has published extensively on arbitration and the resolution of sport disputes. Notably he has co-authored (with Professor Jean-François Poudret) the well-known treatise Comparative Law of International Arbitration (Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2007).

Sébastien Besson is a part-time professor at the University of Neuchâtel, where he teaches courses on the resolution of sports disputes and sport contracts.

Sébastien Besson was educated at Lausanne University, where he received his doctorate in Law, and at Columbia University (New York), from where he holds an LLM.

He is fluent in French and English, and has good knowledge of German.

Philippe is managing partner at Schellenberg Wittmer and one of two Vice-Chairs of its International Arbitration practice and the co-head of the Sports Practice.

Philippe has been practising international arbi tration for almost 13 years and alongside his interna tional arbitration practice, has extensive experience handling complex international sports arbitration cases. Philippe has been involved in some of the highest profile sports matters in recent years.

Philippe's recent expertise in sports matters includes: The successful representation of 39 Olympic Athletes who challenged their disqualifica tion from the Sochi Games and their lifetime Olympic bans by the International Olympic Committee (IOC); Successful representation of a Qatari sports official in a dispute with an international sports federation before the internal adjudicatory bodies of the feder ation as well as the CAS; and in a ground-breaking case, Philippe represented the Russian Anti-Doping Agency against the World Anti-Doping Agency before the Court of Arbitration for Sports in what is most likely the largest and most complex sports arbitration to date involving numerous parties and intervenors.

Philippe is also advising clients in relation to the organization of one of the largest sports events in the world and in relation to media rights surrounding another large sports event.

Philippe regularly publishes and speaks on topics related to arbitration. He is a member of the Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution since 2014 and a member of its Special Committee, the president of its marketing committee and co-chair of the marketing committee of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).

Philippe holds a law degree from the University of Geneva and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School. He has been a partner of the firm since 2012.

Steinerstrasse 34 PO Box 6 Tel: +41 31 352 87 87 lafranchi@lafranchi-meyer.ch www.lafranchi-meyer.ch

Peers and clients say: “Patrick is a bril liant arbitrator”

“Mr Lafranchi has a great background in the sports industry and a sound judgement" “He has a very broad knowledge of sports jurisprudence and doctrine”

3-5 Rue du Conseil-Général PO Box 552 Geneva, CH-1211 4 Tel: +41 22 809 62 00 sebastien.besson@lk-k.com www.lk-k.com

Peers and clients say: "Sébastien is clearly a top name in sports law" "He is an exceptionally hard worker" "He excels in arbitration"

15bis, rue des Alpes PO Box 2088 Geneva, 1211 Tel: +41 22 707 8000 philippe.baertsch@swlegal.ch www.swlegal.ch

Peers and clients say: "Philippe is simply excellent"

"He has one of the best sports arbitration practices in Switzerland"

"He has achieved major successes on behalf of athletes"

Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

Philippe Bärtsch Schellenberg Wittmer

Marc Cavaliero

Cavaliero & Associates

Marc Cavaliero is a Swiss-trained attorney-at-law and founding partner at Cavaliero and Associates, a Swiss boutique law firm specialising in sports, media and entertainment law.

Marc represents major sports federations, clubs, athletes, agencies and other various sports stakeholders in front of decision-making bodies of international and national sports feder ations, as well as the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Supreme Court. Marc's area of exper tise encompasses all kind of compliance, disci plinary and ethics proceedings, contractual and financial, licensing or match manipulation matters.

Marc regularly advises in the drafting of sports regulations and contracts, governance matters and in the implementation of decision-making, compliance and disciplinary processes within sports federations.

Before founding Cavaliero and Associates, Marc was a founding partner at Kleiner & Cavaliero and before that worked within the legal affairs division of FIFA for almost 10 years. As such, Marc acted as head of the disciplinary department between 2011 and 2017. Marc previously acted as senior group leader within the players' status department in charge of handling all employ ment-related disputes, disputes related to soli darity contribution, training compensation and international transfers.

Marc is a member of the UCI ethics committee (independent member) and was appointed as FINA’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer.

Marc holds a law degree from the University of Geneva, and, after passing his Bar Exam, grad uated from the master's programme in interna tional sports law at the Higher Institute of Law and Economics (ISDE) in Madrid, Spain.

In addition to acting as lecturer on various sports law-related courses and master's degree programmes, and for several football organisa tions, Marc regularly publishes academic articles on international sports law and co-edited, with Professor Colucci, a comparative analysis of disci plinary procedures in football.

Xavier Favre-Bulle

Lenz & Staehelin

Dr Favre-Bulle heads the sports law practice and arbitration group at Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva. His practice concentrates on sports law, arbitration (counsel or arbitrator), international litigation and ADR. He regularly acts as counsel before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and other bodies, including internal tribunals of sports federations, in doping and disciplinary cases, as well as for commercial disputes. To date, he has been involved in more than 250 arbitrations in sports and other fields. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and the author of some 75 books and articles.

He has a wealth of experience in providing legal advice to bodies including international, regional and national federations, associations, clubs and other institutions, as well as to athletes, agents, event organizers, sponsors, broadcasters and the media. His experience covers various sports, such as football, equestrian disciplines, motor sport, motorcycling, athletics, cycling, sailing, basketball, gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, skiing, ice hockey, mixed martial arts, taekwondo, boules sports, etc.

Xavier Favre-Bulle holds a law degree (1988) and an LLM (1991) from the University of Geneva. He studied at the Academy of European Law of the European University Institute in Florence (1992) before completing his doctoral thesis at the University of Geneva (1998). He was a visiting foreign lawyer with a major London firm in 1999. He was admitted to the Geneva bar in 1996 and quali fied as a solicitor (non-practising) of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2000. He joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1994 and has been a dispute resolu tion partner since 2003.

Peers and clients say:

incredibly

4 Quai Gustave-Ador Geneva, 1207 Tel: +41 79 276 19 04 mc@cavaliero-associates.com www.cavaliero-associates.com

is one of the best in football matters”

within very short timelines”

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Xavier Favre-Bulle (cont.)

Xavier Favre-Bulle has been a senior officer of sports law commissions at the UIA (International Association of Lawyers) and the IBA (International Bar Association). He has also been a lecturer at various universities.

He is a member of professional associations among which: Association suisse de droit du sport (ASDS), Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), SIAC Users Council, Comité français de l'arbi trage, Associazione Italiana per l'Arbitrato (AIA), International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), International Arbitration Institute (IAI), International Bar Association (IBA), Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), The Law Society of England & Wales, Geneva Bar and Swiss Bar Associations, Société suisse des Juristes, etc.

He conducts cases in French and English (passive languages: German, Italian, Spanish).

Lenz & Staehelin is one of the largest Swiss law firms with over 200 lawyers and with offices in Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne. Lenz & Staehelin's scope of activities covers all areas of business law for Swiss and international clients.

Giulio Palermo Archipel

Giulio is a Swiss, Italian and Spanish qualified lawyer and a partner at Archipel, where he focuses on international arbitration and sports. Giulio has been involved as counsel or arbitrator in over fifty international arbitrations in English, Spanish, Italian and French administered by all major institutions (e.g. International Court of Arbitration, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution, Corte de Arbitraje de Madrid, London Court of International Arbitration, Milan Chamber of Arbitration, etc.) in matters including transna tional sales contracts, construction, shareholders’ agreements, agency, distribution and license agree ments, joint ventures, post M&A disputes, sport etc.).

Giulio is also a CEDR-accredited mediator. Giulio regularly represents clients before the CAS, FIFA and other sporting bodies. He is a member of Sport Resolutions’ International Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators and has been appointed by UEFA as Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector, in which capacity he represents UEFA in proceedings before its internal bodies. He handles matters pertaining to, among others, ethics violations, sporting nationality, doping, disciplinary sanctions etc.

In 2020, Giulio was voted as the most highly regarded arbitration practitioner in Europe by Who’s Who Future Leaders. Clients and peers single him out as “an arbitration powerhouse”, “an excellent lawyer with unquestionable advocacy skills” who “tackles complex issues with ease and is a pleasure to work with”.

He is an active member of several professional associations (e.g. Member of the Plenary of the Madrid International Arbitration Centre etc, former President of the Italian Chapter of the Spanish Club of Arbitration, former Co-Chair of the Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR etc.) and regularly publishes on matters related to arbitration and sports.

Brianna Quinn Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

Brianna Quinn is Counsel at Lévy KaufmannKohler, a leading international arbitration firm based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Working in Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler’s interna tional sports law and arbitration practice, Brianna has considerable experience as both counsel and arbitrator in sports-related disputes.

She has acted as counsel in numerous arbi tration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and regularly advises a wide range of clients, from international governing bodies to teams, athletes and coaches. Her areas of exper tise as counsel include disciplinary and doping disputes, contractual disputes, and governance issues for sporting bodies.

Brianna is also a permanent arbitrator at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT), which resolves financial disputes between basketball players, coaches, agents and clubs.

She is the author or co-author of several publications on international sports arbitration, and regularly speaks at sports law conferences and lectures for various international LLMs and other sports law programmes.

An Australian-qualified lawyer, Brianna worked for several years in litigation and competition law in Sydney, Australia, before undertaking a masters in international sports law and focusing her practice on this field.

Route de Chêne 30 Geneva, CH-1211

Tel: +41 58 450 70 00

xavier.favre-bulle@lenzstaehelin.com www.lenzstaehelin.com

Peers and clients say: "Xavier is a star in the field and has vast experience in high-profile sports arbitration matters" "He is a great CAS strategist"

11, Route de Chêne Geneva, 1207 Tel: +41 22 555 82 20 gpalermo@archipel.law www.archipel.law

Peers and clients say: "Giulio has outstanding knowledge of sports law" "He is very skilled in sports arbitration"

3-5 Rue du Conseil-Général, PO Box 552 Geneva, CH-1211 4

Tel: +41 22 809 62 00 brianna.quinn@lk-k.com www.lk-k.com

Peers and clients say: "Brianna is an expert in sports law and represents clients successfully in a wide range of complex disputes"

"She is very knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with"

"She has an excellent understanding of the scientific complexities arising in cases"

Antonio Rigozzi

Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

Antonio Rigozzi is a founding partner at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler, a leading international arbitra tion firm based in Geneva, Switzerland.

As the head of Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler’s international sports law and arbitration practice, Antonio advises and represents athletes, agents, clubs and sports governing bodies before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), other sports tribunals and the Swiss courts, including the Swiss Supreme Court.

His areas of expertise in sports dispute reso lution include contract, financial, disciplinary and doping disputes, as well as post-dispute attach ment of assets and enforcement matters. As a leading specialist in the field, he has acted on some of the most complex and high-profile sports disputes to date.

Antonio also teaches international sports law and arbitration at the University of Neuchâtel, and lectures for several LLM programmes in Switzerland and abroad.

He is the author and co-author of numerous publications on international sports law and dispute resolution, including the first article-by-article commentary of the CAS Code, (Sports Arbitration Under the CAS Rules, in Arroyo, M (editor), Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner's Guide, Alphen aan den Rijn, 2nd ed., 2018) and a leading treatise on international sports arbi tration (L’arbitrage international en matière de sport, Basel, 2005). He currently heads a team of researchers drafting the first comprehensive commentary of the World Anti-Doping Code (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

Antonio is admitted to the Geneva Bar, and has received his PhD, master’s of advanced studies degree and law degree from the University of Geneva.

3-5 Rue du Conseil-Général

PO Box 552

Geneva, CH-1211 4 Tel: +41 22 809 62 00

antonio.rigozzi@lk-k.com www.lk-k.com

Peers and clients say: "Antonio is a top name for sports arbitration"

"He knows how to handle every CAS proce dure"

"He is simply the best"

Yvan Henzer

Libra Law

Yvan Henzer is a partner in Libra Law, a boutique law firm specialised in sports and business law.

He is a Swiss qualified attorney-at-law and was admitted to the bar in 2004. Over the last 15 years, his practice is focused on litigation, particularly in international sports matters. Having worked with anti-doping authorities early in his career, Yvan has developed considerable expertise in doping-related litigation and has been involved in some high-pro file cases. He is also highly familiar with the govern ance of the international sports federations and regularly provides advice in this regard. As counsel, he has conducted over 60 arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, mainly in the areas of doping and governance. He advises a wide range of clients, from international sports organisations to teams, officials, athletes and agents. On the academic side, Yvan is regularly invited to give lectures in the framework of master programmes, such as the Master in Sport Management under the umbrella of the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology. Yvan also holds a certifi cate in torts and insurance law issued in 2015 by the Swiss Bar Association. He also regularly appears before the state courts in contractual disputes. On a local level, he is a member of the board of a non-profit organisation that provides financial support to athletes and sports organisations.

Jorge Ibarrola is a Swiss-qualified attorney-at-law, partner and co-founder of the Swiss law firm Libra Law, whose offices are located at the Maison du Sport International, in Lausanne, where the IOC, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and many international sports federations and major compa nies have their headquarters. Since 2009, Libra Law has specialised in advising and representing clients in the areas of sports and business law.

Jorge Ibarrola holds a law degree from the University of Lausanne and an LLM from McGill University. He is also a CEDR-accredited mediator.

Since 2003, Jorge Ibarrola represents and assists sports and business clients. After more than four years of experience as a CAS Counsel, he founded his private practice in 2007. He advises and represents national and international sports feder ations, sports clubs, athletes, players, coaches and agents, in their day-to-day activities as well as in international arbitration proceedings - notably before the CAS and in judiciary proceedings before Swiss courts, including the Swiss Federal Tribunal. His practice also includes mediation of business and sports disputes.

Jorge Ibarrola is president of the Disciplinary Chamber of Swiss Basketball and a board member of the Swiss Sports Law Association. He is also President of the International Table Tennis Tribunal and chairs the sports law commission of the Bar of Canton de Vaud.

Jorge Ibarrola regularly lectures for sports law programmes, notably at the University of Lleida (INEFC), UEFA Football Law, FIFA Football Law, ISDE (Madrid), St Johns University (New York), AISTS (Lausanne) and SAWI (Lausanne). He regu larly publishes contributions in specialised sports law reviews.

He is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Maison du Sport International 54, avenue de Rhodanie

Case postale 1044 Lausanne, 1001 Tel: +41 21 601 81 25 henzer@libra-law.ch www.libra-law.ch

Maison du Sport International 54, avenue de Rhodanie Case postale 1044, Lausanne, 1001 Tel: +41 21 601 81 25 ibarrola@libra-law.ch www.libra-law.ch

Peers and clients say: : “Jorge is one of the best sports lawyers in the world” “He is a well-renowned figure with an active sports practice”

Peers and clients say: “Mr Henzer is a strong advocate”

“He fearlessly advances clients’ cases” “Yvan works with good judgement”

Jorge Ibarrola Libra Law

Libra Law

Claude Ramoni is a Swiss qualified attorney-at-law, partner and co-founder of the Swiss law firm Libra Law, whose offices are located at the Maison du Sport International, in Lausanne. Since 2009, Libra Law has specialised in advising and representing clients in the fields of sports and business law.

Claude Ramoni holds a law degree and a doctorate in law (PhD) from the University of Lausanne.

Since 2001, Claude Ramoni has advised and represented clients from the world of sport, such as national and international sports federations, clubs and athletes in various areas, with specific focuses on anti-doping, disciplinary and contrac tual matters and governance issues. He regularly acts as counsel before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, judicial bodies of sports federations or Swiss courts, including the Swiss Federal Tribunal. He also advises international sports federations in their day-to-day business.

In July 2020, Claude Ramoni has been appointed at the UEFA Appeals Body.

Claude Ramoni further advises medium-sized and large companies in their business activities. Most notably, he handles M&A operations and complex contract negotiations. He also serves as a board member of several Swiss companies and foundations.

Claude Ramoni is a visiting lecturer for several master programmes, including those at the Academy of Sports Science and Technology (Lausanne); the International Centre for Sports Studies (Neuchâtel); the University of Lleida (Spain); the Qatar Olympic Academy; and the Real Madrid Graduate School. Being fluent in English and French, Claude Ramoni is a frequent speaker at sports law conferences and regularly publishes contributions in the field of sports law, in particular on anti-doping matters.

Maison du Sport International 54, avenue de Rhodanie Case postale 1044 Lausanne, 1001 Tel: +41 21 601 81 25 ramoni@libra-law.ch www.libra-law.ch

Peers and clients say: “Claude’s sports practice is very well known in the market” “He is one of the best in his field”

Michael (Michele) A.R. Bernasconi is a partner in the Zurich office of Baer & Karrer AG, one of the largest and leading Swiss law firms.

A graduate of the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1989) and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1995), Michael Bernasconi was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 1992. He advises on a broad range of sports, media, energy, telecom and IT matters, acting for both domestic and international clients. He has particular expertise in international litigation and arbitration as well as in commercial and trans actional work relating to such industries. His recent experience includes acting as counsel and as arbitrator in international commercial and sport matters, providing advice on media rights agreements, player-agent issues, policy matters for national and international sports federations, sponsorship agreements, ambush marketing, regulatory and antitrust work in both the telecom and sport sector, software licensing, electricity transmission and distribution, doping matters as well as international transfers of football players.

Michael Bernasconi lectures on international sports law at the University of Lucerne. He regu larly speaks and publishes articles on topics within his practice areas. He is Co-Director of the UEFA Football Law Program.

Languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish

Michael Bernasconi is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and was part of the CAS ad hoc Chamber at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

He is also Member of the Executive Board of Swiss Tennis Association, President of the Swiss Association for Sports Law (ASDS), Chairman of the Committee Sports Law of the Swiss Bar Association and Founder and Co-Chair of the Sports Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) and Past-chair of the Committee Communications Law of the International Bar Association (IBA). He is also active as Arbitrator and Mediator in IP cases and Panelist for Internet Domain names litigation cases at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Bär & Karrer is a leading Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Zug and Basel. Its core business is advising clients on innovative and complex transactions and repre senting them in litigation, arbitration and regula tory proceedings. The firm's clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world. Bär & Karrer has been repeatedly awarded Switzerland's Law Firm of the Year by the most important international legal ranking agencies in recent years.

Brandschenkestrasse 90 Zurich, 8002 Tel: +41

michele.bernasconi@baerkarrer.ch www.baerkarrer.ch

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Christopher Boog

Dr Christopher Boog co-heads Schellenberg Wittmer's Sports Practice and is a vice-chair of the firm's international arbitration practice. He divides his time between the firm's Zurich and Singapore offices.

Christopher has acted as counsel and arbi trator in over 120 complex arbitrations seated in common law and civil law jurisdictions worldwide, involving a wide array of matters and under many different laws. Among others, he has represented countless athletes in proceedings before interna tional sports federations, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) and before the Swiss Supreme Court.

USA • Maine

Löwenstrasse 19 Zurich, 8021

Tel: +41 44 215 5252

christopher.boog@swlegal.ch www.swlegal.ch

Peers and clients say: "Christopher has excellent attention to detail and cognition of the law"

"He has the ability to deal with extremely complex issues"

"He has a very strong presence at hearings"

Paul J Greene

Global Sports Advocates

Paul J Greene, the founder of Global Sports Advocates, is recognised by WWL as one of the world’s leading sports lawyers. He has been named a WWL Global Elite - Thought Leader for sports law for the past five years. Paul handles sports law matters around the world, including hearings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland – known as the “Supreme Court for sports law”. Paul has represented athletes from more than 50 countries and more than 50 different sports, and even represented an Olympic gold medal winning horse. He is best known for his successful advocacy on behalf of athletes in high-profile matters, including his representa tion of former UFC World Champion Jon Jones in his reinstatement hearing before the Nevada State Athletic Commission. In 2022, Greene has again successfully represented hundreds of sports clients in a range of disputes that include doping, SafeSport, eligibility, contract, and governance issues at the professional, Olympic and collegiate levels. Of note, was Paul's representation of goalie Dryden McKay, the Hobey Baker award winner, who led Minnesota State to the NCAA Hockey Championship game after Paul and his team estab lished that McKay had fallen prey to supplement contamination that led to a lifting of his suspension. Paul is a well-known speaker and author in the area of sports law, both nationally and internationally, and is also a professor of sports law. Paul is an editorial board member of leading sports law publi cations LawInSport and Football Legal and a longtime member of the Sports Lawyers Association.

Argentina

Mariano Claria

Clariá & Trevisán Abogados mclaria@clariatrevisan.com.ar Daniel Crespo

Crespo Abogados daniel.crespo@crespoabogados.com.ar Ariel Reck

Reck Sports Law ariel@recksportslaw.com

Rafael Trevisan

Clariá & Trevisán Abogados rtrevisan@clariatrevisan.com.ar

Australia

Stuart Corbishley Corbishley Sport & Law stuart@corbishleysportslaw.com.au Jim Dwyer

Allens

jim.dwyer@allens.com.au Ian Fullagar Lander & Rogers ifullagar@brblaw.com.au Tim Golder Allens

tim.golder@allens.com.au

Paul J Hayes KC

Owen Dixon Chambers West pjhayes@vicbar.com.au

Elisa Holmes Eleven Wentworth Chambers holmes@elevenwentworth.com

Malcolm Holmes KC Eleven Wentworth Chambers mholmes@elevenwentworth.com

Ben Ihle KC Victorian Bar benihle@vicbar.com.au Amelia Lynch Lander & Rogers alynch@landers.com.au

Tony O'Reilly

254 Commercial Street Suite 245 Portland, 04101 Tel: +1 207 747 5899 pgreene@globalsportsadvocates.com

Peers and clients say: “He is top notch!” “Mr Greene can communicate effectively with both professional and board leader ship”

“Paul has great success in obtaining the desired results”

Kardos Scanlan tony.oreilly@kardosscanlan.com.au Martin Ross Hall & Wilcox martin.ross@hallandwilcox.com.au Alan Sullivan KC

Frederick Jordan Chambers ajsullivan@wentworthchambers.com.au Dominic Villa SC New Chambers villa@newchambers.com.au

Schellenberg Wittmer

An asterisk denotes practitioners who have profiles in the preceding pages.

Nominees have been selected based on comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practitioners worldwide.

Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.

Belgium

Wouter Janssens Cresta w.janssens@crestafirm.com

Arnaut Kint Cresta a.kint@crestafirm.com

Sébastien Ledure Cresta s.ledure@crestafirm.com

Daan Buylaert Tiberghien Lawyers daan.buylaert@tiberghien.com

Sven Demeulemeester

ALTIUS sven.demeulemeester@altius.com

Willem-Alexander Devlies ALTIUS willem.devlies@altius.com

Martin Hissel Elegis Advocaten m.hissel@elegis.be

Benoît Keane Keane Legal contact@keanelegal.com

Elisabeth Matthys Stibbe elisabeth.matthys@stibbe.com

Christophe Ronse ALTIUS christophe.ronse@altius.com Audry Stévenart Stibbe audry.stevenart@stibbe.com

Brazil

Eduardo Carlezzo Carlezzo Advogados carlezzo@carlezzo.com.br

Daniel Cravo Souza Cravo Pastl and Balbuena Advogados Associados danielcravo@cpbadv.com.br

Stefano Malvestio Bichara e Motta Advogados stefano.malvestio@bicharaemotta.com.br

Alexandre Ramalho Miranda Trengrouse & Gonçalves alexandre.miranda@tgadvogados.com

Marcos Motta

Bichara e Motta Advogados mm@bicharaemotta.com.br

Bichara Abidao Neto Bichara e Motta Advogados bichara@bicharaemotta.com.br

Luiz Fernando Pimenta Ribeiro Mattos de Paiva Nogueira & Ribeiro Advogados info@mpnr.com.br

André Carvalho Sica CSMV Advogados asica@csmv.com.br

Breno Costa Ramos Tannuri Tannuri Ribeiro Advogados brn@trsadvogados.com.br

Canada Ontario

Paige Backman Aird & Berlis LLP

Jason (Jake) Bullen Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP jbullen@cassels.com

Jeffrey Citron Goodmans LLP jcitron@goodmans.ca

Amanda Fowler Amanda Fowler Sports Law law@amandakfowler.com

Leonard Glickman Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP lglickman@cassels.com

Gordon Kirke KC Gordon Kirke KC info@kirkelaw.com

Dale Lastman C.M., O.Ont.* Goodmans LLP dlastman@goodmans.ca

Richard McLaren Innovative Dispute Resolution c/o McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP mclaren@mckenzielake.com

Sheldon Plener Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP splener@cassels.com

Daniel Ratushny Bennett Jones LLP ratushnyd@bennettjones.com

David Zitzerman Goodmans LLP dzitzerman@goodmans.ca

China

Shanghai

Guo Cai Jin Mao Law Firm guo.cai@jinmao.com.cn

David Wu Llinks Law Offices david.wu@llinkslaw.com

Colombia

César Giraldo Gher & Asociados cgiraldo@gherasociados.com

Cyprus

Chris Georghiades Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC chris.georghiades@demetriades.com

Denmark

Jens Evald Aarhus University je@law.au.dk

Lars Halgreen Independent practitioner lars.halgreen@domian.ext

Lars Hilliger Advice Law Firm lh@advicelaw.dk

Martin Dahl Pedersen Kromann Reumert mdp@kromannreumert.com

Morten Rosenmejer Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab morten.rosenmejer@twobirds.com

England

Nilo Aguillar Effori Effori Sports Law nilo@efforisl.com

Michael Armitage Monckton Chambers marmitage@monckton.com

Fiona Banks Monckton Chambers fbanks@monckton.com

Michael Beloff KC

Blackstone Chambers Matthew Bennett Centrefield LLP matthewbennett@centrefield.law

Morris Bentata Level

morris.bentata@level.law

Jeffrey Benz 4 New Square info@benzadr.com

Nick Bitel Kerman & Co LLP nick.bitel@kermanco.com

David Casement KC Kings Chambers dcasementqc@kingschambers.com

Tom Cleaver

Blackstone Chambers

Nic Couchman Charles Russell Speechlys LLP nic.couchman@crsblaw.com

Carol Couse Mills & Reeve carol.couse@mills-reeve.com

Nick De Marco KC

Blackstone Chambers nickdemarco@blackstonechambers.com Max Duthie Bird & Bird LLP max.duthie@twobirds.com

James Eighteen Northridge Law LLP james.eighteen@northridgelaw.com Liz Ellen Livida Sport liz.ellen@lividasport.com

Jonathan Ellis Northridge Law LLP jon.ellis@northridgelaw.com

Nick Fitzpatrick DLA Piper

nick.fitzpatrick@dlapiper.com

Paul Fletcher Fletcher Sports Law paul.fletcher@fletchersportslaw.com Charles Flint KC

Blackstone Chambers charlesflint@blackstonechambers.com Kate Gallafent KC

Blackstone Chambers kategallafent@blackstonechambers.com Mark Gay Hamlins mgay@hamlins.co.uk

Daniel Geey Sheridans dgeey@sheridans.co.uk Paul Gilroy KC

Littleton Chambers pg@littletonchambers.co.uk Caspar Glyn KC

Cloisters Chambers cg@cloisters.com

Tiran Gunawardena Mills & Reeve tiran.gunawardena@mills-reeve.com

Dan Harrington Level dan.harrington@level.law

Paul Harris KC

Monckton Chambers pharris@monckton.com

Tom Hickman KC

Blackstone Chambers

Charles Hollander KC

Brick Court Chambers charles.hollander@brickcourt.co.uk

Mark Hovell

Mills & Reeve mark.hovell@mills-reeve.com

Oliver Hunt

Onside Law oliver.hunt@onsidelaw.co.uk

Andrew Hunter KC

Blackstone Chambers andrewhunter@blackstonechambers.com

Alex Kelham Lewis Silkin LLP alex.kelham@lewissilkin.com

Satish Khandke

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP satish.khandke@crsblaw.com

James Kitching Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP james.kitching@friedfrank.com

Andy Korman Harbottle & Lewis LLP andy.korman@harbottle.com

Chris Lavey Bird & Bird LLP chris.lavey@twobirds.com

Adam Lewis KC Blackstone Chambers adamlewis@blackstonechambers.com

Richard Liddell KC 4 New Square r.liddell@4newsquare.com

Daniel Lowen Level

daniel.lowen@level.law

Ian Lynam Northridge Law LLP ian.lynam@northridgelaw.com

Peter McCormick OBE McCormicks Solicitors p.mccormick@mccormicks-solicitors.com

Stuart McInnes MBE Squire Patton Boggs stuart.mcinnes@squirepb.com

John Mehrzad KC

Littleton Chambers jmehrzad@littletonchambers.co.uk

Ian Mill KC

Blackstone Chambers ianmill@blackstonechambers.com

Bob Mitchell Harbottle & Lewis LLP bob.mitchell@harbottle.com

Mike Morgan Morgan Sports Law mike.morgan@morgansl.com

Jane Mulcahy KC

Blackstone Chambers janemulcahy@blackstonechambers.com

Andrew Nixon Sheridans anixon@sheridans.co.uk

Dalton Odendaal Harbottle & Lewis LLP dalton.odendaal@harbottle.com

Udo Onwere Bray & Krais Solicitors udo@brayandkrais.com

Andrew Osborne Lewis Silkin LLP andrew.osborne@lewissilkin.com

David Pannick KC

Blackstone Chambers david.pannick@blackstonechambers.com

Julian Pike Farrer & Co LLP julian.pike@farrer.co.uk

Kendrah Potts

4 New Square k.potts@4newsquare.com

Nicholas Randall KC Matrix Chambers nicholasrandall@matrixlaw.co.uk

Fraser Reid Level fraser.reid@level.law

Murray Rosen KC

4 New Square m.rosen@4newsquare.com

Jason Saiban

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP jason.saiban@charlesrussell.co.uk

Stephen Sampson

Squire Patton Boggs stephen.sampson@squirepb.com

Daniel Saoul KC

4 New Square d.saoul@4newsquare.com

James Segan KC

Blackstone Chambers jamessegan@blackstonechambers.com

Jamie Singer

Onside Law jamie.singer@onsidelaw.co.uk

Richard Smith KC Guildhall Chambers richard.smith@guildhallchambers.co.uk

Jim Sturman KC

2 Bedford Row jsturman@2bedfordrow.co.uk

Jonathan Taylor KC Bird & Bird LLP jonathan.taylor@twobirds.com

Chris Walsh

Onside Law chris.walsh@onsidelaw.co.uk

Nick White

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP nick.white@crsblaw.com

David Zeffman

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP david.zeffman@cms-cmno.com

Finland

Pekka Albert Aho Dottir Attorneys pekka.aho@dottirlaw.com

Markus Manninen Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd markus.manninen@hannessnellman.com

France

Christophe Bertrand Bertrand & Associé c.bertrand@bertrand-sport-avocat.com

Jean-Jacques Bertrand Bertrand & Associé jj.bertrand@bertrand-sport-avocat.com

Nicolas Bône Moyersoen Avocats bone@moyersoen.fr

Emmanuel Durand DWF (France) AARPI e.durand@dwf.law François Klein klein wenner f.klein@kga.fr Jacques Messeca AYACHE j.messeca@ayachelaw.com

Patricia Moyersoen

Moyersoen Avocats cabinet@moyersoen.fr Romain Soiron Joffe & Associés rsoiron@joffeassocies.com Yves Wehrli

Clifford Chance Europe LLP yves.wehrli@cliffordchance.com

Germany

Stephan Breidenbach Independent stephan.breidenbach@gx.de Heiner Kahlert Martens Rechtsanwälte h.kahlert@martens.legal Christian Keidel Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte c.keidel@lentzestopper.eu Gregor Lentze

Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte g.lentze@lentzestopper.eu Joachim Rain

Schickhardt Rechtsanwälte rain@schickhardt-law.com Annett Rombach Klinkert Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB a.rombach@klinkert.pro Tobias Schelinski Taylor Wessing PartGmbB t.schelinski@taylorwessing.com Christoph Schickhardt Schickhardt Rechtsanwälte schickhardt@schickhardt-law.com

Martin Schimke

Bird & Bird LLP martin.schimke@twobirds.com Hermann Schlindwein

Schlindwein Attorneys at Law Ltd hs@schlindwein.legal

Martin Stopper Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte m.stopper@lentzestopper.eu

Greece

Penny Konitsioti

Penny Konitsioti Law Services pennykonitsioti@gmail.com

Israel

Efraim Barak

EB Sport Law & Consultancy efraim@ebsportlaw.com

Nir Inbar Nir Inbar Attorneys at Law nir@nirinbar.com

Italy

Andrea Bozza

Osborne Clarke Studio Legale andrea.bozza@osborneclarke.com Pierfilippo Capello

Osborne Clarke Studio Legale pier.capello@osborneclarke.com

Massimo Coccia*

Coccia De Angelis & Associati m.coccia@cdaa.it

Luca Ferrari WithersWorldwide luca.ferrari@withersworldwide.com

Luigi Fumagalli Luzzatto lfumagalli@luzzatto.net

Mario Gallavotti

Gallavotti Bernardini & Partners mgallavotti@gb-legal.it

Mattia Grassani

Studio Legale Grassani e Associati m.grassani@studiograssani.it

Federico Menichini

Studio Legale Grassani e Associati f.menichini@studiograssani.it

Cristiano Novazio

DN Law cristiano.novazio@dnlaw.it

Vittorio Rigo

Studio Elsa v.rigo@elsalex.it

Luca Smacchia

Studio Legale Grassani e Associati l.smacchia@studiograssani.it

Jacopo Tognon

Studio Legale Avvocati Tognon info@avvocatitognon.com

Mario Vigna*

Coccia De Angelis & Associati m.vigna@cdaa.it

Japan

Takuya Yamazaki Field-R Law Offices info@field-r.com

Kenya

Elvis Majani Centre for Sports Law (CSL) emajani@csl.or.ke

Mexico

Ricardo De Buen Rodríguez De Buen Law ricardo@debuen.law

Netherlands

Andre Brantjes Brantjes Advocaten brantjes@brantjesadvocaten.nl

Harro Knijff De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV harro.knijff@debrauw.com

Dennis Koolaard De Kempenaer Advocaten d.koolaard@dekempenaer.nl

Manfred Nan De Kempenaer Advocaten m.nan@dekempenaer.nl

Frans de Weger BMDW Advocaten fdw@bmdw.nl

Michiel van Dijk CMS Derks Star Busmann michiel.vandijk@cms-dsb.com

New Zealand

Warren Alcock

Gallaway Cook Allan Maria Clarke Maria Clarke Lawyers maria@mariaclarke.co.nz

Stephen Cottrell Cottsport stephen.cottrell@cottsport.com

Paul David KC Eldon Chambers paul@pauldavid.co.nz

Aaron Lloyd MinterEllisonRuddWatts aaron.lloyd@minterellison.co.nz

Andrew Scott-Howman Port Nicholson Chambers ash@portnic.co.nz

Nigel Stirling Gibson Sheat nigel.stirling@gibsonsheat.com

Ashton Welsh Simpson Grierson ashton.welsh@simpsongrierson.com

Nigeria

Beverley Agbakoba-Onyejianya* Olisa Agbakoba Legal beverley@oal.law

Portugal

Joao Nogueira Da Rocha Global Lawyers jnr@mrgladvogados.com

João Lima Cluny Morais Leitão jlcluny@mlgts.pt

Felix Majani Coelho Ribeiro e Associados felix.majani@cralaw.com

Paulo Rendeiro Morais Leitão prendeiro@mlgts.pt Rui Botica Santos Coelho Ribeiro e Associados rui.santos@cralaw.com

Fernando Veiga Gomes Abreu Advogados f.veigagomes@abreuadvogados.com

Qatar

Konstantinos Antoniou* MCA Sports Law LLP ka@mcasportslaw.com

Martin Cockburn* MCA Sports Law LLP mc@mcasportslaw.com Ettore Mazzilli* MCA Sports Law LLP em@mcasportslaw.com

Scotland

Paolo Lombardi Lombardi Associates Limited paolo@lombardi-football.com

Singapore

Lau Kok Keng SC Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP kok.keng.lau@rajahtann.com

Krishna Ramachandra Duane Morris & Selvam LLP kramachandra@duanemorrisselvam.com

South Africa

Darren Olivier Adams & Adams darren.olivier@adamsadams.com

Danie Strachan Adams & Adams danie.strachan@adamsadams.com

Mariëtte du Plessis Adams & Adams mariette.duplessis@adamsadams.com Johan van Gaalen

Van Gaalen Attorneys johan@vangaalenlaw.co.za

Spain

Reyes Bellver Bellver Sports - Legal Boutique reyes@bsportslaw.com

Juan de Dios Crespo Pérez Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers jddcrespo@ruizcrespo.com

Lucas Ferrer Pinto-Ruiz & Del Valle lferrer@pintoruizdelvalle.com

Javier Ferrero Muñoz Senn Ferrero y Asociados Sports & Entertainment SLP javier.ferrero@sennferrero.com Alberto Fortún Cuatrecasas alberto.fortun@cuatrecasas.com Rodrigo García Lucas Laffer Abogados rodrigo.garcia@lafferabogados.com Javier Hervás Martínez KPMG Abogados SL javier.hervasmartinez@kpmg.com Iñigo de Lacalle Baigorri Senn Ferrero y Asociados Sports & Entertainment SLP iñigo.baigorri@sennferrero.com José Lasa Azpeitia Laffer Abogados jose.lasa@lafferabogados.com Alfonso León Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers aleon@ruizcrespo.com

Miguel Liétard Fernández-Palacios LVB Sport Advisers mlfp@sport-advisers.com Agustín Amorós Martínez Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers aamoros@ruizcrespo.com

Daniel Muñoz* Muñoz & Arias Sports Lawyers daniel@munozarias.com Maite Nadal Laffer Abogados maite.nadal@lafferabogados.com José Juan Pintó Sala Pinto-Ruiz & Del Valle pintosala@pintoruizdelvalle.com Félix Plaza Romero Garrigues felix.plaza.romero@garrigues.com Enric Ripoll

ER Sports Law and Arbitration ergsportslaw@gmail.com Julio Senn Senn Ferrero y Asociados Sports & Entertainment SLP julio.senn@sennferrero.com Paolo Torchetti Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo Sports Lawyers ptorchetti@ruizcrespo.com Josep F Vandellos Alamilla Vandellos Sports Law office@sports-law.eu Íñigo de Lacalle

Senn Ferrero y Asociados Sports & Entertainment SLP inigo.de.lacalle@sennferrero.com

Roberto Álvarez

Cuatrecasas roberto.alvarezmartinez@cuatrecasas.com

Sweden

Marie-Anne Lindhardt MAQS Advokatbyrå marie-anne.lindhardt@maqs.com

Switzerland

Berne

Patrick Lafranchi* Lafranchi Meyer lafranchi@lafranchi-meyer.ch

Geneva

Sébastien Besson* Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler sebastien.besson@lk-k.com

Philippe Bärtsch* Schellenberg Wittmer philippe.baertsch@swlegal.ch

Marc Cavaliero* Cavaliero & Associates mc@cavaliero-associates.com

Pierre Ducret CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd pierre.ducret@cms-vep.com

Xavier Favre-Bulle* Lenz & Staehelin xavier.favre-bulle@lenzstaehelin.com

Giulio Palermo* Archipel gpalermo@archipel.law

Brianna Quinn* Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler brianna.quinn@lk-k.com

Antonio Rigozzi* Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler antonio.rigozzi@lk-k.com

Fabrice Robert-Tissot Bonnard Lawson frt@bonnard-lawson.com

Alexis Schoeb LBS Legal as@lbslegal.ch

Lausanne

Jean-Marc Reymond Reymond & Associés reymond@jmrlegal.ch

Ticino

Luca Tettamanti Elite Law SA lt@elitelaw.ch

Vaud

David Casserly Kellerhals Carrard david.casserly@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Yvan Henzer* Libra Law henzer@libra-law.ch

Jorge Ibarrola* Libra Law ibarrola@libra-law.ch

François Kaiser Kellerhals Carrard francois.kaiser@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Despina Mavromati BianchiSchwald LLC despina.mavromati@bianchischwald.com

Jean-Pierre Morand Kellerhals Carrard jean-pierre.morand@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Claude Ramoni*

Libra Law ramoni@libra-law.ch

Anton Sotir Kellerhals Carrard anton.sotir@kellerhals-carrard.ch

William Sternheimer Morgan Sports Law william.sternheimer@morgansl.com

Boris Vittoz Python BVittoz@pplex.ch

Zurich

Michele Bernasconi* Bär & Karrer Ltd michele.bernasconi@baerkarrer.ch Christopher Boog* Schellenberg Wittmer christopher.boog@swlegal.ch

Daniel Eisele

Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd daniel.eisele@nkf.ch

András Gurovits Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd andras.gurovits@nkf.ch

Ulrich Haas Times Attorneys haas@timesattorneys.ch

Roy Levy

PROBST PARTNER AG roy.levy@probstpartner.ch

Gianpaolo Monteneri Monteneri Sports Law LLC gm@monteneri.com

Hans Nater

Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG nater@naterdallafior.ch

Stephan Netzle Times Attorneys netzle@timesattorneys.ch Lucien W Valloni VALLONI Attorneys at Law valloni@valloni.ch

Turkey

Koray Akalp Akalp Law Firm korayakalp@akalphukuk.com

Emin Özkurt Özkurt Law Office emin@ozkurt.av.tr

United Arab Emirates

Steve Bainbridge

Squire Patton Boggs (MEA) LLP steven.bainbridge@squirepb.com

Joby Beretta

The Bench joby@thebenchlaw.com

Wael Jabsheh

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP wjabsheh@akingump.com

Jamie Ryder

DLA Piper Middle East LLP jamie.ryder@dlapiper.com

Uruguay

Horacio González Mullin

González Mullin, Kasprzyk & Asociados hgmullin@gmk.com.uy

USA California

William L Abrams

Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson LLP babrams@agmblaw.com

Richard L Brand

ArentFox Schiff LLP rbrand@afslaw.com

Nancy Bruington

Latham & Watkins

nancy.bruington@lw.com

Joseph Calabrese

Latham & Watkins joseph.calabrese@lw.com

Robert A Darwell

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP rdarwell@sheppardmullin.com

John M Gatti

Loeb & Loeb LLP jgatti@loeb.com

Howard L Jacobs

The Law Offices of Howard L Jacobs howard.jacobs@athleteslawyer.com

Maidie E Oliveau

ArentFox Schiff LLP maidie.oliveau@afslaw.com

Daniel Petrocelli

O'Melveny & Myers LLP dpetrocelli@omm.com

Glenn D Pomerantz

Munger Tolles & Olson LLP glenn.pomerantz@mto.com

Jason D Russell

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP jason.russell@skadden.com

Colorado

James D Leonard Faegre Drinker jim.leonard@faegrebd.com

Richard R Young

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP richard.young@bclplaw.com

District of Columbia

Benjamin C Block

Covington & Burling LLP bblock@cov.com

Douglas G Gibson

Covington & Burling LLP dgibson@cov.com

Mark S Levinstein

Williams & Connolly LLP mlevinstein@wc.com

Gregg H Levy

Covington & Burling LLP glevy@cov.com

Derek Ludwin

Covington & Burling LLP dludwin@cov.com

Daniel Nash

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP dnash@akingump.com

Jeremy D Spector

Covington & Burling LLP jspector@cov.com

Andrew S Tulumello

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP atulumello@gibsondunn.com

Bruce S Wilson

Covington & Burling LLP bwilson@cov.com

Peter Zern

Covington & Burling LLP pzern@cov.com

Florida

Stephen D Wilson

Beggs & Lane RLLP sdw@beggslane.com

Georgia

Wm David Cornwell Sr Gordon & Rees LLP dcornwell@gordonrees.com

Illinois

Gregory Curtner

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP gcurtner@rshc-law.com

Adam R Klein Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP adam.klein@kattenlaw.com

Maine

Paul J Greene* Global Sports Advocates pgreene@globalsportsadvocates.com

Maryland

Ellen M Zavian Ellen M Zavian ellen@ellenzavian.com

New York

Charles H Baker Sidley Austin LLP cbaker@sidley.com

Jared F Bartie O'Melveny & Myers LLP jbartie@omm.com

Anthony J Dreyer

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP anthony.dreyer@skadden.com

Robert A DuPuy

Foley & Lardner LLP rdupuy@foley.com

David Feher

Winston & Strawn LLP dfeher@winston.com

Shepard Goldfein

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP shepard.goldfein@skadden.com

Karen Hoffman Lent

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP karen.lent@skadden.com

Wayne D Katz Proskauer Rose wkatz@proskauer.com

Jeffrey L Kessler

Winston & Strawn LLP jkessler@winston.com

Irwin A Kishner Herrick Feinstein LLP ikishner@herrick.com

Joseph M Leccese

Proskauer Rose jleccese@proskauer.com

C Scott Lent

Arnold & Porter scott.lent@arnoldporter.com

Matthew Martino Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP matthew.martino@skadden.com

Jeffrey A Mishkin

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP jeffrey.mishkin@skadden.com

Jon H Oram Proskauer Rose joram@proskauer.com

James W Quinn Berg & Androphy jquinn@bafirm.com

Irwin P Raij O'Melveny & Myers LLP iraij@omm.com

Bradley I Ruskin Proskauer Rose bruskin@proskauer.com

Joseph C Shenker Sullivan & Cromwell LLP shenkerj@sullcrom.com

Brian R Socolow Loeb & Loeb LLP bsocolow@loeb.com

Peter C White DLA Piper LLP (US) peter.white@dlapiper.com

North Carolina

Stokely G Caldwell Jr Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA scaldwell@rbh.com

Pennsylvania

Jay Reisinger

Farrell & Reisinger jreisinger@farrellreisinger.com

Texas

Kate Porter Vela Wood kporter@velawoodlaw.com

Virginia

Mark D Whitaker DLA Piper LLP (US) mark.whitaker@dlapiper.com

Venezuela

Antonio Quintero Carrero & Quintero Abogados aquintero@carreroquintero.com

GAMING

Editorial policy and selection criteria

Nominees have been selected based on comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practitioners worldwide.

Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.

LEGAL MARKETPLACE ANALYSIS

In this edition, WWL proudly presents the top 134 gaming lawyers from around the globe. They have distinguished them selves advising some of the world’s largest gaming company owners, operators and suppliers on a host of contentious and non-contentious matters.

METHODOLOGY

The Global Elite Thought Leaders are those individuals who received the highest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and other market sources this year. Our research has identified them as being truly outstanding practitioners and the very best in their field.

WWL does not list firms, only individual lawyers. The leading firms are those in each region whose listed practitioners received the most total nominations in our research. We highlight individuals at other firms who also scored very highly in our research.

EMEA

Global Elite Thought Leaders

Santiago Asensi Gisbert Asensi Abogados Palma

Stephen Ketteley Wiggin LLP London

John Hagan Harris Hagan London

Diane Mullenex Pinsent Masons LLP London

David Zeffman CMS London

LEADING FIRMS

Wiggin

Stephen Ketteley is a favourite among peers and clients, who wholeheartedly recommend him as “one of the best gaming lawyers in the UK”.

Jason Chess has built and maintains an impressive gaming practice, with market commentators confirming that he is “a great gaming lawyer”.

Chris Elliott is singled out by peers as a standout name in the UK for gaming matters, and is described as “an amazing lawyer in the space”.

David McLeish is a distinguished prac titioner among peers, whom respondents describe as “a leading gaming lawyer in the UK”.

Bird & Bird

Alexandre Vuchot is a skilled and accom plished lawyer, with an impressive track record advising clients on online gambling regulations.

Mikkel Taanum impresses peers and clients with his expertise in the gaming space, and comes recommended as “an excellent lawyer”.

Andrew Danson receives emphatic endorsements for his practice from commen tators. He focuses on multijurisdictional regulatory issues in the gambling sector.

Elizabeth Dunn is identified as a standout name in the UK gaming market. Her practice is geared towards advising clients on regula tory and commercial issues pertaining to the gambling and sport sectors.

Piotr Dynowski is a respected lawyer among peers and clients when it comes to regulatory matters in the gambling, telecom munications and gaming sectors.

Mishcon de Reya

Nick Nocton is described by sources as “a great lawyer” when it comes to gaming issues. He brings clients over 20 years of experience advising on gaming and gambling issues.

Susan Breen is an exceptionally talented gaming lawyer, with over 20 years of experi ence advising on transactional and regulatory issues in the gambling industry.

Stuart McMaster gains extensive recom mendations from sources for his gaming practice, which specialises in corporate

Hilary Stewart-Jones Harris Hagan Limassol

transactions and financing, as well as regu latory issues.

Niki Stephens is a respected name in the UK gaming market, and is “amazing to work with” report peers. She is well versed in regu latory issues within the sector.

Harris Hagan

Hilary Stewart-Jones receives consider able acclaim from sources for her work in the gaming sector, and is recognised as “a fantastic lawyer to work with”, especially on matters pertaining to the Brazilian market.

John Hagan sits among the finest lawyers in the space, and is described by sources as “a landmark of the world gaming industry”.

Julian Harris enjoys a formidable repu tation among peers in the gambling market, and brings over 30 years of experience advising operators, suppliers and regulators.

Bahar Alaeddini “is rightly seen as a rising star among UK-based gaming lawyers in the UK”. She is regarded as having “great expertise in the areas of compliance and skill gaming”.

Jörg Hofmann Melchers Heidelberg

Asensi Abogados

Santiago Asensi Gisbert enjoys a formidable reputation in the market, with commenta tors recommending him as “one of the most highly regarded experts globally in the field of gaming”. Carlos Pombo Arroyo is a key prac titioner for Spanish gaming issues. Source say: “Clients are extremely happy with their hands-on practical advice.”

Alla Serebrianskaia “is a very dedicated gaming lawyer who advises major stake

holders in the industry”, note interviewees, who add, “There is no doubt she is one of the leading lawyers in the field of gaming law in Spain.”

WH Partners

Olga Finkel is the consummate gaming specialist, whom peers recommend as “an internationally respected and excellent gaming lawyer”.

OTHER LEADING INDIVIDUALS

Austria

Thomas Talos at Brandl & Talos sits among Austria’s foremost gaming lawyers, thanks to his extensive experience and expertise advising domestic and international clients on regula tory issues in the entertainment sector.

Denmark

Nina Henningsen of Mazanti-Andersen Korsø Jensen is a leading name in the Danish gaming market, and is “very good, liked among clients, and very experienced”, say peers.

Morten Ronde with Nordic Gambling is an esteemed gaming practitioner, whom sources confirm “provides excellent, timely and commercially oriented advice”.

England

CMS’ David Zeffman takes a place among England’s foremost gaming lawyers, and is described by commentators as “one of the top advisers in the UK, with a spectacular portfolio of clients”.

Anna Soilleux-Mills receives glowing endorsements for her practice, which focuses on gambling, e-commerce and consumer protection issues.

Diane Mullenex at Pinsent Masons has distin guished herself over 20 years of practice in the gaming and gambling space. Peers laud her as “a very good lawyer with global experience in the industry”.

Carl Rohsler of Memery Crystal is “extremely knowledgeable in gaming matters”, and has experience of advising domestic and interna tional leaders in the gambling sectors.

Finland

Minna Ripatti with Legal Gaming is appreci ated by peers and clients in the gaming market as a lawyer who “always delivers clear-cut, commercially usable and timely advice”.

Germany

Melchers Jörg’s Jörg Hofmann earns wide spread praise from commentators as a practi tioner who is “among the best gaming lawyers in Germany”.

Matthias Spitz is lauded by sources as “a very knowledgeable and proactive lawyer” and “a rising star in gaming law in Germany”.

Wulf Hambach of Hambach & Hambach is an established and respected practitioner when it comes to e-gaming and gambling disputes and regulatory advice.

Gibraltar

Peter Montegriffo KC with Hassans is a top-tier silk at the bar for gaming matters, having represented clients on IPOs concerning gaming companies in the jurisdiction.

Ince’s Andrew Tait receives wide-ranging endorsements for his gambling practice, which spans the full range of regulatory, compliance, governance and risk management issues.

Italy

Quirino Mancini at Tonucci & Partners Quirino is a pillar of the Italian market, and commen tators recommend him as “the gaming lawyer to go to in Italy”.

Netherlands

Justin Franssen at Kalff Katz & Franssen Attorneys is a top-tier name in the Netherlands’ gaming and gambling market whose prac tice spans contentious and non-contentious matters.

Nigeria

Yahaya Maikori with Law Allianz - Barristers & Solicitors “has very good soft skills, is quick to respond, and also provides insightful analyses”.

Norway

Brækhus Advokatfirma’s Alexander Mollan is a standout name in the Norwegian gaming market, and gives “practical and clear advice, with prompt turnaround”.

James Scicluna is a top-notch gambling regulation specialist, with impressive expe rience advising gambling operators across Europe.

Joseph Borg heads the firms fintech and gaming groups, and receives impressive endorsements for his practice as “a great lawyer”.

Robert Skalina is a skilled and respected practitioner, whose practice encompasses a variety of gambling and financial services matters.

Portugal

Filipe Mayer at CCA Law Firm is a known and respected lawyer for gaming matters in the Portuguese market, and receives high praise from peers for his work in the space.

Romania

Ana-Maria Baciu of Simion & Baciu Law Firm is appreciated as a lawyer who offers “very accurate advice that is business-oriented” and ensures “knowledge, style and flair” in her approach.

Cosmina Simion earns impressive recom mendations for her work in the gaming sector, thanks to her “detailed responses with a quick turnaround” and “reliable, strong advice”.

Spain

Patricia Lalanda Ordoñez with Loyra is “one of the best gaming lawyers in Spain” who “knows her stuff in new and emerging sectors like esports”.

Fernando Martín Martín brings over 30 years of experience with European gaming law to his client’s matters, and focuses his prac tice on a range of gaming, administrative and corporate law issues.

Switzerland

Simon Planzer at PLANZER LAW is described as “among the top gaming lawyers in Switzerland”. Interviewees add, “He is not only an expert in the local regulations but well connected in the international legal community.”

Rolf Auf der Maur of VISCHER enjoys signif icant acclaim from peers in the European market, for a practice that spans the media, entertainment and telecommunications sectors, with a special focus on digitisation matters.

Michele Bernasconi with Bär & Karrer is identified by commentators as a go-to name in Switzerland for regulatory issues in the European sports and media market

Julian Hoskins

Senet Legal

Julian is a Principal at Senet, Australia’s largest specialist gambling law and regulatory compliance firm. He is one of the most recognised and experi enced lawyers in Australia specialising in gambling law and regulation. Julian Hoskins is a Principal at Senet and is one of the most experienced gambling lawyers in Australia and internationally and is ranked by Chambers and Partners Global and Asia Pacific as a leading expert in gambling and gaming.

Julian was also recognised by Legal500 in the GC Powerlist: Australia and New Zealand as one of the Top 100 General Counsel for Australia and New Zealand. Julian advises in relation to corpo rate bookmaker licensing, mergers and acquisi tions, racing industry matters, sports and racing integrity arrangements, gambling advertising, new product approvals, anti-money laundering, regula tory compliance, and general commercial issues. Julian is immersed in the industry, including as a guest speaker at global and domestic industry conferences and investor briefings in relation to listed Australian gambling organisations.

Prior to commencing with Senet, he held various general counsel roles within Tabcorp, one of the world’s largest gambling and entertainment companies, over a period of almost 10 years. Julian works across all sectors of the gambling industry, advising some of the world’s largest and most successful gambling and gaming operators.

Julian holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Master of Laws and is a member of the International Association of Gaming Advisors and the Law Institute of Victoria.

Stefano Sbordoni is a Supreme Court attorney-at law. He teaches Tax Law on gaming at the University of Salerno and has taught Information Technology law at the Tuscia University. He has been a lecturer at Scuola Superiore di Economia e Finanza and at the University of Malta.

Stefano is a consultant to most of the gaming State licensees in Italy and to many foreign leading gambling operators.

He supports ADM (Gaming Regulator) on legal issues related to the gambling and lotteries industry,

He assisted operators in all the tenders for gaming licenses issued by ADM. He managed the introduction of Bingo in Italy, the re-organisation of the betting licensing sector, the privatisation of the instant and traditional lotteries, and the marketing of Italian pool games and lottery networks in more than 40 countries worldwide.

In Italy, Europe and overseas, Stefano Sbordoni and his firm are considered between the most qual ified and experienced in Gaming law.

Stefano worked on the harmonisation of the Italian Penal Code with the current gaming regulations.

He has published articles for the Academy of European Law, and handouts for the Tuscia University and for the School of Economics and Finance.

He is the author of the monographs  Giochi concessi e giochi on line  and Web libertà e diritto

Stefano is the author of Guida di leggi e regola menti di giochi e scommesse

As a journalist, Sbordoni cooperates with the major trade publications on betting in Italy.

He is a member of IMGL, Secretary General of UTIS, the oldest association of gaming retailers, member of the Osservatorio Internazionale del Gioco at the University of Salerno. Mr Sbordoni has a PhD in political sciences at the university of Salerno with a thesis on “comparative gaming regulations in Italy Germany Spain and Malta”.

Andrius Gabnys Gabnys Law Firm

Mr. Andrius Gabnys is a multi-jurisdictional gambling lawyer, advising the extensive list of industry’s high-profile clients from 2008.

He is a founding attorney-at-law at Gabnys Law Firm – a specialized entertainment law boutique serving the industries of gambling, video games and esports.

Mr. Gabnys is recognized by clients, peers and independent researchers as one of the industry’s leading international lawyers and is a regular speaker and moderator at the most important international gambling conferences.

His legal practice includes business strategy advice, multi-jurisdictional licensing, regulatory advice, legal and technical compliance, business contracts, mergers and acquisitions and other legal advice and assistance related to gambling industry. Mr. Gabnys is the representative of gambling oper ators, gambling software providers, payments service providers, affiliates and investors.

Throughout his career Mr. Gabnys has assisted a high number of gambling operators and gambling software providers in obtaining gambling licenses and permits in Europe, Africa, CIS and the Americas, served as the advisor in gambling policy making in the Baltics.

Mr. Gabnys holds BA and MA in Business Law from Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), LLM and MSc in Comparative Law, Economics and Finance from International University College of Turin (Italy).

Mr. Gabnys is a general member of the International Masters of Gaming Law.

Level 14, 350 Collins Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 Tel: +61 448 467 824 julian@senetlegal.com www.senetlegal.com

Peers and clients say: “Julian is 100% a gambling industry specialist”

“Mr Hoskins is a very experienced gaming lawyer”

“His work product is top-notch on the licensing side”

Via Arenula, 16, Rome, 00186 Tel: +39 06 683 4021 s.sbordoni@studiosbordoni.com www.studiosbordoni.com

Peers and clients say: “A superb lawyer in the Italian market”

Maironio 11, Vilnius, 01124 Tel: +370 614 87930 andrius.gabnys@gabnys.com www.gabnys.com

Peers and clients say: “Andrius is very active and well known in the gambling arena” “He has profound expertise in gambling regulation, not only in his home country but also in neighbouring jurisdictions”

Stefano Sbordoni Sbordoni & Partners

“Very few practitioners know as much about gaming and gambling law as Stefano”

Mr. Portilla was admitted as lawyer in 1986, by Universidad La Salle. He obtained diplomas on Constitutional Proceeding and Corporate and Business Law from Universidad Panamericana and International Business and International Arbitration from “Escuela Libre de Derecho”.

Mr Portilla is founder partner of the firm, having worked for 28 years in one of the largest firms in México. His practice areas are Civil and Commercial Litigation, Consumer Protection, International Arbitration and since 2010 he has been fulltime involved and active in the Gaming Industry.

Member and/or legal adviser of the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturer (AGEM Mexico), International Masters Gaming Law (IMGL) and the Mexican Gaming Industry Association (AIEJA). Former president for 14 years of the Marketing and Advertising Commission of the ICC. Former Board member of Directors ICC México. Former President of the National Lawyers Association, Queretaro Section ANADE.

Legal consultant for Scientific Games, 1xbet, AGS, Aristocrat, Bet Construct, Bingo Soft, Hard Rock, InstaBet, Lottoland, Ocho Global, Orenes, Pragmatic, Merkur, Meydan Group, VVM, among others. Legal counsaltant of permit holders, Casino’s Operator and different suppliers of the Gaming Industry.

Mr Portilla has written numerous law reviews articles for specialised magazines such as The Gambling Law Review, International Comparative Legal Guide to Gambling, PAUTA , Lexology and spoken in different conferences related to gambling industry, litigation, product liability, arbitration and consumer protection.

Recognised by Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Gaming 2021, Chamber Global (2004-05, 2006 and 2007) and The World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers (2007).

Córdoba 42, Interior 209 Colonia Roma Norte, CP 06700 Tel: +52 55 559 66047 cportilla@portilla.com.mx www.portilla.com.mx

Peers and clients say: “Carlos is the best gaming lawyer in Mexico”

“He is highly respected in his field” “He is knowledgeable and pragmatic”

Michele Bernasconi Bär & Karrer Ltd

Michael (Michele) A.R. Bernasconi is a partner in the Zurich office of Baer & Karrer AG, one of the largest and leading Swiss law firms. A graduate of the University of Zurich (lic.iur. 1989) and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1995), Michael Bernasconi was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 1992. He advises on a broad range of sports, media, energy, telecom and IT matters, acting for both domestic and inter national clients. He has particular expertise in international litigation and arbitration as well as in commercial and transactional work relating to such industries. His recent experience includes acting as counsel and as arbitrator in international commercial and sport matters, providing advice on media rights agreements, player-agent issues, policy matters for national and international sports federations, sponsorship agreements, ambush marketing, regulatory and antitrust work in both the telecom and sport sector, software licensing, electricity transmission and distribution, doping matters as well as international transfers of foot ball players.

Michael Bernasconi lectures on international sports law at the University of Lucerne. He regu larly speaks and publishes articles on topics within his practice areas. He is Co-Director of the UEFA Football Law Program.

Languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Michael Bernasconi is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and was part of the CAS ad hoc Chamber at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

He is also Member of the Executive Board of Swiss Tennis Association, President of the Swiss Association for Sports Law (ASDS), Chairman of the Committee Sports Law of the Swiss Bar Association and Founder and Co-Chair of the Sports Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) and Past-chair of the Committee Communications Law of the International Bar Association (IBA).

He is also active as Arbitrator and Mediator in IP cases and Panelist for Internet Domain names litigation cases at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Bär & Karrer is a leading Swiss law firm with more than 170 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Zug and Basel. Its core business is advising clients on innovative and complex transactions and repre senting them in litigation, arbitration and regula tory proceedings. The firm's clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.

Bär & Karrer has been repeatedly awarded Switzerland's Law Firm of the Year by the most important international legal ranking agencies in recent years.

Brandschenkestrasse 90, Zurich, 8002 Tel: +41 58 261 50 00

michele.bernasconi@baerkarrer.ch www.baerkarrer.ch

Peers and clients say: “Michele is a brilliant lawyer with big clients” “He is one of the most widely recognised names in the industry, and certainly one of the best”

Carlos Portilla Robertson

Portilla, Ruy-Diaz y Aguilar, S.C.

Andreas Glarner

MME Legal Tax Compliance

Dr. Andreas Glarner focuses on the implementation of digitisation strategies and technology setups in an adapting regulatory environment, with a focus on FinTech, E- Sports and i-Gaming. As an expert at the interface between technology and regula tion, he supports his clients in designing technical solutions in compliance with regulatory require ments. Andreas heads MME's gaming group and is a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL). He is a regular speaker at international conferences and frequently publishes on topics related to his areas of activity.

Dr. Andreas Glarner’s advices interna tional and start-up companies in the technology sector, focusing on the IT, Internet, FinTech, DLT, Blockchain, DeFi and Gaming industry. As co-head of both the MME FinTech/DLT as well as the IT/IP/ Digital Service team, he understands the digital business needs related to digitalisation strate gies and the cutting-edge technology setups of this clients to support implementing these in a constantly envolving regulatory landscape. Andreas Glarner is an expert on questions at the interface between technology and (financial market) regu lations, where he supports his clients to design technology setups to achieve particular business goals in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Andreas Glarner works with some of the world’s leading FinTech, DLT technology and digital service providers. He frequently publishes on topics related to his practice areas, is a regular speaker at international conferences, expert in Swiss and international legislative commissions and a lecturer at the Lucerne University for applied science and arts.

After studying law at the University of Zurich, he received his doctorate at the University of Zurich in the field of copyright and technology law (2001) and became a member of the Bar association in Zurich in 2005. He obtained a second master’s degree (LLM) at King’s College London, focusing on IP and competition law. Andreas Glarner speaks German, English and French.

Andreas Glarner has published various arti cles on topics related to his practice areas. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and a lecturer at the Lucerne University for applied science and arts (CAS Blockchain).

Professional memberships: Swiss Bar Assocation (SAV); Zurich Bar Assocation (ZAV); Multichain Asset Management Association (MAMA); World IT Lawyers (WITL); Swiss Forum for Communication Law (SF.FS); Institute for Intellectual Property Right (INGRES); International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL); World IT Lawyer (WITL).

Iryna Sergienko Sports & Gaming Lawyers

Iryna Sergienko is an advocate and a recognised expert in gaming and sports law. She played a notable role in the legalisation of gambling in Ukraine in 2014-2020.

She received her education at Yaroslav the Wise National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Prior to founding her own company, she led legal departments of leading Ukrainian companies in telecommunications, construction and real estate.

In 2014-2016 Iryna initiated and lead the All-Ukrainian Union for Bookmaking Development. Since 2016, she is President of the Ukrainian Gaming Industry Association, a non-trade associ ation of gaming experts, and a member of the ethics and fair play committee of the Ukrainian Football Association.

Since 2013, Iryna Sergienko is a partner at law firm Sports & Gaming Lawyers (former Fomin, Sergienko & Partners), representing the interests of businesses in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, where she leads the gaming law practice.

Iryna is a co-author of the publication Legal regulation of gambling business: European experi ence, practices in post-Soviet countries, perspectives for Ukraine (2015) and other publications. She is a regular speaker at international gaming confer ences, including ICE Totally Gaming.

Iryna Sergienko monitors and reports on gambling legal and policy regulation in Ukraine for International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG), is recommended by Advisory Excellence as a Gaming law expert in Ukraine and collaborates with Global Law Experts as the only Gaming law expert for Ukrainian jurisdiction.

Iryna's life credo is “First of all, each one must remain a human being.”

Zollstrasse 62 Zurich, 8005 Tel: +41 44 254 99 66 andreas.glarner@mme.ch www.mme.ch

Peers and clients say: "Andreas is one of the top gaming lawyers in Switzerland” “He is probably one of the leading gaming lawyers worldwide” “Mr Glarner is impressive on crypto and fintech issues and their ramifications in the sector”

58 Poliova Str Sofiyivska Borschagivka Kyiv, 08131

Tel: +38 067 578 3477 iryna.sergienko@sgl.com.ua www.sgl.com.ua

Peers and clients say:: “Iryna has a strong approach to problem solving”

“She goes above and beyond to help clients with their product development”

Argentina

Tomas Enrique Garcia Botta MF Estudio Abogados tomas@garciabotta.com

Australia

Anthony Seyfort

HWL Ebsworth Lawyers aseyfort@hwle.com.au

Brett Boon Thomson Geer bboon@tglaw.com.au

Julian Hoskins* Senet Legal julian@senetlegal.com

Jamie Nettleton Addisons jamie.nettleton@addisons.com

Paul Newson Senet Legal paul@senetadvisory.com

Austria

Thomas Talos Brandl & Talos talos@btp.at

Brazil

Luiz Felipe Maia FYMSA Advogados maia@fymsa.com.br

Neil Montgomery Montgomery & Associados neil.montgomery@montgomery.adv.br

Canada

British Columbia

Ron Segev Segev LLP ron@segev.ca

Ontario

Cam Cameron Gowling WLG cam.cameron@gowlingwlg.com

Peter Czegledy Aird & Berlis LLP pczegledy@airdberlis.com

Michael D Lipton KC

Dickinson Wright LLP mdliptonqc@dickinsonwright.com

Bryson A Stokes Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP bryson.stokes@blakes.com

Danielle M Bush

McCarthy Tetrault LLP dbush@mccarthy.ca

Colombia

Juan Camilo Carrasco Asensi Abogados juan.carrasco@asensi.es

Czech Republic

Robert Skalina WH Partners robert.skalina@whpartners.eu

Jan Řehola

Petroš Sedláčková Legal rehola@pslegal.cz

Denmark

Nina Henningsen

Mazanti-Andersen Korsø Jensen nhe@mazanti.dk

Henrik Norsk Hoffmann Nordic Gambling henrik@nordicgambling.com

Morten Ronde Nordic Gambling morten@nordicgambling.com

Mikkel Taanum Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab mikkel.taanum@twobirds.com

England

Bahar Alaeddini

Harris Hagan alaeddini@harrishagan.com

Susan Breen Mishcon de Reya LLP susan.breen@mishcon.com

Jason Chess Wiggin LLP jason.chess@wiggin.co.uk

Tony Coles Ince tonycoles@incegd.com Andrew Cotton Ince andrewcotton@incegd.com Andrew Danson Bird & Bird LLP andy.danson@twobirds.com

Elizabeth Dunn Bird & Bird LLP elizabeth.dunn@twobirds.com

Chris Elliott Wiggin LLP chris.elliott@wiggin.co.uk

Jason Fisher Wiggin LLP jason.fisher@wiggin.co.uk

John Hagan Harris Hagan hagan@harrishagan.com

Julian Harris Harris Hagan harris@harrishagan.com

Rawa Kaftan Wiggin LLP rawa.kaftan@wiggin.co.uk

Stephen Ketteley Wiggin LLP stephen.ketteley@wiggin.co.uk

David McLeish Wiggin LLP david.mcleish@wiggin.co.uk

Stuart McMaster Mishcon de Reya LLP stuart.mcmaster@mishcon.com

Diane Mullenex

Pinsent Masons LLP diane.mullenex@pinsentmasons.com

Nick Nocton

Mishcon de Reya LLP nick.nocton@mishcon.com

Carl Rohsler

Memery Crystal carl.rohsler@memerycrystal.com

Anna Soilleux-Mills

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP anna.soilleux-mills@cms-cmno.com

Niki Stephens

Mishcon de Reya LLP niki.stephens@mishcon.com

Hilary Stewart-Jones

Harris Hagan

stewart-jones@harrishagan.com

David Zeffman

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP david.zeffman@cms-cmno.com

Finland

Minna Ripatti Legal Gaming minna.ripatti@legal-gaming.com

France

Héléna Delabarre Nomos hdelabarre@nomosparis.com Anne-Marie Pecoraro UGGC Avocats am.pecoraro@uggc.com

Alexandre Vuchot Bird & Bird AARPI alexandre.vuchot@twobirds.com Isabelle Wekstein WAN Avocats i.wekstein@wan-avocats.com

Germany

Claus Hambach Hambach & Hambach c.hambach@timelaw.de Wulf Hambach Hambach & Hambach w.hambach@timelaw.de Jörg Hofmann

Melchers j.hofmann@melchers-law.com

Michael Schmittmann Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek m.schmittmann@heuking.de Matthias Spitz Melchers m.spitz@melchers-law.com

Gibraltar

Peter Montegriffo KC Hassans peter.montegriffo@hassans.gi Andrew Tait Ince AndrewTait@incegd.com

Hungary

Gábor Damjanovic Forgó Damjanovic & Partners damjanovicg@fdlaw.hu

Viktor György Radics

DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi Tóth & Partners Law Firm viktor.radics@dlapiper.com

An asterisk denotes practitioners who have profiles in the preceding pages.

Nominees have been selected based on comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practitioners worldwide.

Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.

India

Ranjana Adhikari IndusLaw ranjana.adhikari@induslaw.com

Tanisha Khanna Nishith Desai Associates tanisha.khanna@nishithdesai.com

Israel

Liran Barak Herzog Fox & Neeman barakl@herzoglaw.co.il Gil White Herzog Fox & Neeman white@hfn.co.il

Italy

Quirino Mancini Tonucci & Partners qmancini@tonucci.com Stefano Sbordoni* Sbordoni & Partners s.sbordoni@studiosbordoni.com

Japan

Hitoshi Ishihara Anderson Mori & Tomotsune hitoshi.ishihara@amt-law.com

Takuya Yamazaki Field-R Law Offices info@field-r.com

Lithuania

Andrius Gabnys* Gabnys Law Firm andrius.gabnys@gabnys.com

Malta

Joseph F Borg WH Partners joseph.borg@whpartners.eu

Olga Finkel WH Partners olga.finkel@whpartners.eu

James Scicluna WH Partners james.scicluna@whpartners.eu

Andrew J Zammit GVZH Advocate andrew.zammit@gvzh.mt

Mexico

Alfredo Lazcano Sámano Lazcano Sámano SC als@lazcanosamano.com

Carlos Portilla Robertson* Portilla, Ruy-Diaz y Aguilar, S.C. cportilla@portilla.com.mx

Ricardo Valdivia González Portilla, Ruy-Diaz y Aguilar, S.C. valdivia@portilla.com.mx

Netherlands

Justin Franssen

Kalff Katz & Franssen Attorneys franssen@kalffkatzfranssen.nl

Alan Littler

Kalff Katz & Franssen Attorneys littler@kalffkatzfranssen.nl

New Zealand

Jarrod True True Legal jarrod.true@truelegal.co.nz

Nigeria

Yahaya Maikori Law Allianz - Barristers & Solicitors yahaya@lawallianz.com

Norway

Brede A Haglund Brækhus Advokatfirma DA haglund@braekhus.no

Alexander Mollan Brækhus Advokatfirma DA mollan@braekhus.no

Peru

Carlos Fonseca Sarmiento Fonseca Abogados carlos@fonseca.pe

Jaime Varela Vidal Varela & Fonseca Abogados jvarela@varelafonseca.com

Philippines

Marie Antonette B Quiogue

Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles antonette.quiogue@romulo.com

Poland

Piotr Dynowski Bird & Bird Szepietowski i wspólnicy sp.k piotr.dynowski@twobirds.com

Portugal

João Alfredo Afonso Morais Leitão joaoafonso@mlgts.pt Filipe Mayer CCA Law Firm fm@cca.law

Romania

Ana-Maria Baciu Simion & Baciu Law Firm ana-maria.baciu@simionbaciu.ro Cosmina Simion Simion & Baciu Law Firm cosmina.simion@simionbaciu.ro

Singapore

Lau Kok Keng SC Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP kok.keng.lau@rajahtann.com

Wai Ming Yap Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC waiming.yap@stamfordlaw.com.sg

Spain

Albert Agustinoy Guilayn Cuatrecasas albert.agustinoy@cuatrecasas.com

Santiago Asensi Gisbert Asensi Abogados santiago@asensi.es

Hugo Ecija Ecija hugo@ecija.com

Javier Ferrero Muñoz Senn Ferrero y Asociados Sports & Entertainment SLP javier.ferrero@sennferrero.com

Patricia Lalanda Ordoñez Loyra patricia@loyra.com

Fernando Martín Martín Loyra fernando@loyra.com

Carolina Pina Garrigues carolina.pina@garrigues.com Carlos Pombo Arroyo Asensi Abogados carlos.pombo@asensi.es

Cristina Romero de Alba Loyra abogados@loyra.com Alla Serebrianskaia Asensi Abogados alla.serebrianskaia@asensi.es

Sweden

Maria McDonald Nordic Gambling maria@nordicgambling.com

Switzerland Zurich

Rolf Auf der Maur VISCHER AG ram@vischer.com

Michele Bernasconi* Bär & Karrer Ltd michele.bernasconi@baerkarrer.ch Andreas Glarner* MME Legal Tax Compliance andreas.glarner@mme.ch

Simon Planzer PLANZER LAW AG planzer@planzer-law.com

Ukraine

Oleksiy Demyanenko Asters oleksiy.demyanenko@asterslaw.com Iryna Sergienko* Sports & Gaming Lawyers iryna.sergienko@sgl.com.ua

USA

Arizona

Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier Snell & Wilmer LLP hstaudenmaier@swlaw.com

District of Columbia

Behnam Dayanim

Paul Hastings LLP bdayanim@paulhastings.com

Florida

Marc Dunbar Dean Mead Egerton Bloodworth Capouano & Bozarth PA mdunbar@deanmead.com

Illinois

Kimberly M Copp Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP kcopp@taftlaw.com

Paul T Jenson Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP pjenson@taftlaw.com

Martha Sabol

Greenberg Traurig LLP sabolm@gtlaw.com Edward R Winkofsky Greenberg Traurig winkofskye@gtlaw.com

Louisiana

J Kelly Duncan

Jones Walker LLP kduncan@joneswalker.com

Maryland

Robert L Ruben Duane Morris rlruben@duanemorris.com

Michigan

Gregory R Gemignani

Dickinson Wright ggemignani@dickinsonwright.com

Mississippi

Christopher S Pace

Jones Walker LLP cpace@joneswalker.com

Thomas B Shepherd III Jones Walker LLP tshepherd@joneswalker.com

Nevada

David R Arrajj

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP darrajj@bhfs.com

Sonia Church Vermeys Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP svermeys@bhfs.com

AJ "Bud" Hicks

McDonald Carano Wilson LLP ajhicks@mcwlaw.com

Lloyd D Levenson

Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim PA

ldlevenson@cooperlevenson.com

John K Maloney

The Law Offices of John K Maloney jmaloney@johnkmaloneylaw.com

Erica L Okerberg

Greenberg Traurig LLP okerberge@gtlaw.com

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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP sscherer@bhfs.com

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Greenberg Traurig LLP walkowiaks@gtlaw.com

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