Lauren Pagé

I am an experienced contentious/regulatory sports lawyer, working as a partner in our Media, Entertainment & Sports Group in London. My practice focuses predominantly on advising sport governing bodies in relation to disputes and disciplinary cases, investigations, governance and other regulatory issues, and rule reviews.

I have acted for sport governing bodies across various sports, including (among others) motor sport, equestrian, tennis, biathlon, rugby union, cricket, ice hockey, and field hockey, and have significant experience in prosecuting anti-doping and other disciplinary cases both before first instance tribunals and on appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. I am also closely involved in the firm's investigation practice and served as legal secretary to an independent external review commission in a major two-year investigation into past misconduct within the top levels of management at an international federation and was closely involved in the establishment of an operationally independent 'integrity unit'. I also regularly advise on best practice in sports governance and have led a number of major rule reviews. Separately, I sit as an arbitrator for the Euroleague Basketball Dispute Resolution Chamber and Sport Resolutions (UK) International Hearing Panel and am a member of the UCI Ethics Commission.

• Representing the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in bringing cases against various tennis players for violations of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.
• Representing the ITF in bringing disciplinary charges against a then Fed Cup Captain for various breaches of the ITF Welfare Policy, including for sexual harassment, using racially insensitive language, abusive and threatening conduct towards members of the media and ITF officials, and an on-court outburst that included abusive language towards the captain's opponents.
• Representing the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) before the FIA International Court of Appeal in proceedings concerning the disqualification of teams for breaches of the applicable technical regulations, including in Formula One and the 24 Hours Le Mans.
• Representing the International Cricket Council (ICC) in proceedings concerning the expulsion of United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) from ICC membership.