Alexis
Schoeb

PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE

Alexis is a Swiss-qualified attorney-at-law, with considerable experience as both arbitrator and counsel in complex commercial and sport proceedings with high financial and media implications.

Over the last 15 years, he has been advising and representing individuals, companies, and international sports organisations in international commercial and sport disputes.

In particular, he has advised and represented high profile athletes, agents as well as some of Europe's biggest football clubs.

Alexis has acted as lead or co-counsel in more than 50 commercial and sports-related proceedings, before the main commercial arbitral institutions, as well as before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

He also advises clients on contractual, governance, organisational and strategic issues and has gained considerable experience in commercial operations through his roles in management and as a board member of various international companies.

He is a recognised arbitrator, appointed to the list of arbitrators of several arbitration institutions and is a member of the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (FSIArb).

Over the past 10 years, Alexis has been regularly appointed as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes involving, among others, construction, agency, distribution, licensing, joint venture and media contracts.

Since 2018, he has been a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over which time he has been appointed in over 80 CAS proceedings. He has also sat as arbitrator in more than 20 proceedings before arbitral tribunals of international sports federations (including UCI, AIBA, FIVB, etc.).

Outside of the office, Alexis regularly speaks on topics related to international sport law and arbitration at both conferences and university programs around the world.