
A recognised leader in sports law, trusted by many of the world's leading sports organisations.
Louise Reilly SC specialises in international arbitration, investor-State disputes, sports arbitration and regulatory matters.
Louise sits as arbitrator in commercial and investor-State disputes and is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and the International Panel of Arbitrators of the ICDR. She has been appointed as arbitrator under the rules of the world’s leading arbitral institutions, including the ICC, the LCIA and ICSID.
As counsel, Louise appears before domestic and international tribunals, including the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal and the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s Anti-Corruption Hearing Officers. She is ranked in Who’s Who Legal for Sports & Gaming.
Louise is Adjunct Associate Professor at the UCD Sutherland School of Law. She has also taught at Western Law School, Ontario, and Trinity College Dublin. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, the Honorable Society of King's Inns and Stanford Law School, Louise combines academic expertise with extensive experience in complex international disputes.
English, French
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