Louis Weston appointed to the Independent Ethics Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency

We are delighted to announce that our Head of Sports Law, Louis Weston, has been appointed to the Independent Ethics Board (IEB) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as an Independent UK Board Member.

WADA is an international independent agency composed and funded by the Sports Movement and governments of the world. In 2021, WADA approved a Code of Ethics, recognising the importance of ensuring these high standards and establishing clear ethical standards over the activities of WADA Officials (as defined in the WADA Code of Ethics). These reforms included the creation of an Independent Ethics Board (IEB).

Louis Weston has specialised in Sports Law for over 15 years and has appeared in many of the leading cases in the UK and around the world involving corruption and ethics in sport. He also acts for Sports Governing Bodies and National and International Federations, athletes and their representatives in anti-doping, match fixing and corruption, safeguarding, selection disputes and in on-field disputes and appeals.

Louis advises Sports Governing Bodies and Federations on their governance and regulation of sport and sporting disputes and drafts and advises on the structure of rules and regulations and the structure and methods-of policing sports related corruption. 

He is already appointed to the FA’s Judicial Panel as a Specialist Member, the FA’s Anti- Discrimination Panel as a Judicial Member, the International Boxing Association’s Dispute Resolution Chamber, as well as Sports Resolutions and Sport Disputes Ireland’s arbitral panels. He was a member of the ICC’s Independent Oversight Group of the ICC’s anti-corruption unit for (the maximum term of) 6 years.

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To find out more about Louis, contact Paul Barton on +44 (0)20 7427 4907 or Matt Sale on +44 (0)20 7427 4910 for a confidential discussion.

News 3 Jun, 2025