A few days ago, Heiner Kahlert was admitted to the list of arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. In addition to his experience in commercial and investment arbitration, Heiner also has more than a decade of experience from numerous CAS arbitrations, first as an ad-hoc clerk to CAS tribunals and then as counsel representing parties before the CAS.
In moving into the arbitrator role, Heiner follows the example set by the founder of our law firm, the late Dr Dirk-Reiner Martens, who was already on the CAS arbitrator list when the CAS was founded and who was subsequently appointed in nearly 200 CAS proceedings, including at four Olympic Games.
The CAS acts, on the one hand, as a “supreme court” for appeals against decisions of sports federations from around the globe. On the other hand, the CAS also decides as a regular court of arbitration on a wide variety of contractual disputes related to sport.
Arbitrators in CAS proceedings can only be those persons who have been admitted to the list of arbitrators. Heiner Kahlert is now one of 15 CAS arbitrators with German nationality.