Stuart McInnes MBE is a solicitor with over 40 years’ experience in complex disputes and sports law, and an internationally recognised sports arbitrator. He is Chairman of the Ordinary Arbitration Division of the Qatar Sports Arbitration Tribunal, where he oversees (predominantly football-related) proceedings. Stuart also sits as an arbitrator at the Saudi Sports Arbitration Center.
Stuart joins from Squire Patton Boggs, where he worked for 15 years as a specialist litigator and world-renowned sports lawyer. Prior to that, Stuart held the position of managing partner at Pritchard Englefield.
Stuart has served as an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for around two decades, including appointment to the CAS ad hoc division for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and he has also sat on major-event tribunals. His practice is shaped by substantial cross-border dispute experience, particularly in football and wider sports regulation.
Stuart has acted for and advised governing bodies and stakeholders internationally, including a seven-year consultancy to the Saudi Arabian Football Federation on governance and regulatory matters, dispute resolution, reputation-critical issues, and the drafting and implementation of emergency COVID-19 rules. He has also advised at ministerial level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on sports-law issues, including the development of women’s football and broader participation in sport.
Stuart was appointed MBE in 2006 in recognition of his charity work in the City of London, and he is active in sports governance and legal education, including as a Visiting Professor on international sports law programmes.
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