An internationally recognized expert in sports
law and arbitration, Professor Richard McLaren has spent his career working at
the highest levels to protect the integrity of sports.

Professor McLaren is involved in the
adjudication of sports-related disputes at both the amateur and professional
level. As a member and Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),
he has arbitrated key sport cases around the world. As an Ad Hoc Panel Member
of CAS, he has participated in five Olympic Games during which he resolved disputes
pertaining to anti-doping, athlete eligibility and intellectual property
rights.

Professor McLaren has lent his expertise across
multiple sports. He has served with distinction as an arbitrator for the
National Hockey League dealing with salary arbitrations and Player/Agent
disputes for the NHL Players’ Association, the USOC and USTF in 2000. In 2007,
he was a consultant in the independent investigation into the illegal use of
steroids and other performance enhancing drugs by players in Major League
Baseball (the “Mitchell Report”). He is the Chair of the Anti-Corruption
Hearing Officer Panel appointed by the Tennis Integrity Supervisory Board and Past
President of the European Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (2009-2019).

As a member of the World
Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) 2015 Independent Commission, he examined systemic
doping and corruption in Russian athletics. In 2016, WADA once again called on
his expertise to lead the investigation into allegations of sample tampering at
the 2014 Sochi Games. In 2020, he led the investigation into financial fraud and
doping irregularities within the International Weightlifting Federation.

Also in 2020, Professor McLaren led the team that drafted
one of the most comprehensive analyses of the Canadian safe sport landscape
with its report and recommendations for implementing the Universal Code of
Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (UCCMS or Universal Code).

 In 2021, as a FIBA Integrity Officer he investigated
allegations of sexual harassment in women’s basketball in Mali.  Most recently, the International Boxing
Association retained him and his team to investigate refereeing and judging,
governance and financial irregularities at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.  He and his team conducted a Canadian Soccer
Review and were selected by Gymnastics Canada to conduct a review of GymCan’s
Safe Sport policies and develop a framework to conduct a Gymnastics Culture
Review.  

 Richard McLaren is a Professor of
Law at Western University in London, Ontario; Chairman Emeritus Advisory Board,
National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University; and Special Advisor to
Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University. He has
published in a wide range of areas, including dispute resolution and
bankruptcy. He is also Counsel to McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP and has extensive
practical experience as a commercial lawyer, and a labour and commercial
arbitrator and mediator.

Professor McLaren is an Officer
of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian distinctions. It
recognizes exceptional achievement, service and contribution to the country and
the international community.