THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING MEDIA RELEASE: “THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) OPENS TWO OFFICES IN MILAN FOR THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES MILANO CORTINA 2026
„Lausanne, 23 January 2026 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will open two temporary offices for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The CAS Ad hoc Division and the CAS Anti-Doping Division will work in Milan to settle sports related disputes for the Games and decide on anti-doping cases.
CAS first opened a temporary tribunal for the Olympic Games in Atlanta, 1996. Known as the CAS Ad hoc Division, it has tailored and simplified rules to resolve legal disputes in an expedited timeframe, sometimes less than 24 hours after a case is filed. Athletes and sporting federations are guaranteed free access to quality dispute resolution services that are compatible with the Olympic competition schedule.
The CAS Anti-Doping Division (CAS ADD) is responsible for adjudicating anti-doping related matters during the Games. It decides whether a doping offence has been committed and if a sanction shall be imposed. Cases are referred to the CAS ADD by the International Testing Agency (ITA) and decided in accordance with the anti-doping rules of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The CAS ADD first opened for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and became a permanent structure at CAS in 2019.
Matthieu Reeb, Director General said “CAS is proud to have been providing a fundamental service at every Olympic Games for the past 30 years. The special squad of CAS arbitrators and staff in Milan is ready to deal with urgent legal disputes, if any, and to deliver decisions in a timeframe that’s compatible with the tight Olympic schedule”.
The offices of the CAS Ad hoc Division and CAS ADD are located at:
CAS Ad hoc Division, Hilton Milan, Via Luigi Galvani, 12, 20124 Milan
Tel: +39 02 6983 2979 adhocdivision@tas-cas.org
CAS Anti-Doping Division, Hilton Milan, Via Luigi Galvani, 12, 20124 Milan
Tel: +39 02 6983 2920 antidoping@tas-cas.org
The opening times for both offices are 8:30 – 18:00.
For further information related to CAS activity and procedures, please contact either Matthieu Reeb, CAS Director General, or Vanessa Tracey, Communications Officer. Palais de Beaulieu, av. Bergières 10, 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland.
media@tas-cas.org www.tas-cas.org
The CAS Ad hoc Division will be composed as follows:
President: Mr Michael Lenard, OLY, USA
Co-President: Ms Corinne Schmidhauser, OLY, Switzerland
Arbitrators present in Milan (in alphabetical order):
- Mr James Drake, Australia/United Kingdom
- Dr Isabelle Fellrath, Switzerland
- Luigi Fumagalli, Italy
- Joongi Kim, Korea
- Ms Annett Rombach, Germany
- Ms Marianne Saroli, Canada
Available remotely:
Prof. Stefano Bastianon, Italy
Mr André Brantjes, the Netherlands
Mr Jordi Lopez, Spain
Anti-Doping Division:
The Anti-Doping Division will be composed as follows:
President: Mr Ivo Eusebio, Switzerland
Deputy President: Mr David W. Rivkin, USA
Arbitrators present in Milan (in alphabetical order):
- Maria Beatrice Deli, Italy
- Mr Markus Manninen, Finland
Available remotely:
Ms Susan Ahern, Ireland
Mr Pekka Ilmivalta, Finland
The Division Presidents and arbitrators selected to participate in these special CAS structures are all experienced lawyers, judges or professors specialized in sports law, anti-doping regulations and/or arbitration.
The procedural rules for the Ad hoc division and for the CAS ADD can be found on the CAS website at ‘tas-cas.org’.
A Pro Bono legal advice and representation service is available to athletes who need any legal advice in case of a dispute related to the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
The service is provided by the Milan Bar Association.”
We at VALLONI Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland are available to advise and represent clients in relation to the settlement of disputes arising at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games and further information is available from either Dr Lucien Valloni , our Managing Partner, or Avv Sara Botti, the Head of our Italian Law Practice, by email at valloni@valloni.ch and botti@valloni.ch respectively.