Richard H. Mclaren
Professor Richard H. McLaren, O.C., is counsel to McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP and Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Law at Western University. He is the leading authority on sports integrity and anti-corruption. Professor McLaren has spearheaded multiple landmark investigations in diverse contexts in the world of sports, notably as a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency Commission that exposed state-sponsored doping in Russian sport in the 2016 McLaren Report.
Biography
An internationally recognized expert in sports law and arbitration, Professor Richard McLaren has spent his career working at the highest levels to protect the integrity of sports. Professor McLaren is involved in the adjudication of sports-related disputes at both the amateur and professional level. As a member and Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), he has arbitrated key sport cases around the world. As an Ad Hoc Panel Member of CAS, he has participated in five Olympic Games during which he resolved disputes pertaining to anti-doping, athlete eligibility and intellectual property rights.
Professor McLaren has lent his expertise across multiple sports – including serving as a consultant in the independent investigation into the illegal use of steroids/performance enhancing drugs by players in Major League Baseball (the “Mitchell Report”). McLaren was a member of WADA’s Independent Commission examining systemic doping and corruption in Russian athletics. In 2016 McLaren lead the investigation into allegations of sample tampering at the 2014 Sochi Games. He has experience working with a number of international sports and federations, including: NHL, European Tour, FIBA, FIA, International Cricket (ICC) and the Tennis Integrity Unit.