Louise Reilly SC

Barrister, Counsel, LL.B., BL, JSM (Stanford)

`The secret of getting ahead is getting started.´ – Mark Twain

About

Louise is a barrister (Senior Counsel and member of the Inner Bar of Ireland; member of the Bar of England and Wales) who specialises in sports law and international arbitration. 

Louise represents clients before domestic and international tribunals, including World Athletics’ Disciplinary Tribunal; the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s Anti-Corruption Hearing Officers; and the CAS. 

In addition to her work as an advocate, Louise acts as an arbitrator in commercial and investor state disputes. She is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators in Washington DC, and is the former Irish member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris.

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Languages

  • English
  • French

Expertise

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Arbitration
Sports Law

Experience

Board of Directors and association mandates
Career
Memberships
Education

  • Chair of the Board of the Biathlon Integrity Unit 

  • Independent Director of Cycling Ireland

  • Since 2023: Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne 

  • Since 2005: Barrister, Law Library, Bar of Ireland 

  • Since 2018: Adjunct Associate Professor, University College Dublin 

  • 2018-2019: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin 

  • 2016-2018: Visiting Professor, Western Law School, Ontario 

  • 2008-2013: Managing Counsel and Head of Mediation, Court of Arbitration for Sport 

  • 2001-2003: Deputy Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration 

  • Bar of Ireland 

  • Bar of England and Wales 

  • Task Force for the revision of the 2014 IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration 

  • Climate Bar Association, Council of the Bar of Ireland

  • JSM, Stanford Law School 

  • BL, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns 

  • LLB, Trinity College Dublin

Contact

Lausanne

Place Saint-François 1
P.O. Box
CH-1001 Lausanne

Phone +41 58 200 33 00
Fax +41 58 200 33 11

info.lausanne@kellerhals-carrard.ch

Contact

Louise Reilly SC
Tel. +35 3 872 122 055

louise.reilly@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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