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Tony O’Reilly

Tony has been an adviser for national and international sporting bodies and athletes for over 20 years.

He has acted in disciplinary proceedings, including athlete misconduct, match-fixing and anti-doping matters.

Tony has also appeared for sporting bodies in commercial and regulatory disputes in Supreme and Federal Court Litigation, domestic and international arbitrations, including in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, ICC arbitrations and before international federation tribunals.

An experienced litigator, Tony has also acted in commercial litigation in restraint of trade, copyright, product liability, intellectual property, privacy, collective bargaining, employment and general rights holder disputes.

He has extensive experience in drafting governance rules including by-laws, participation member rules, codes of conduct and tribunal rules and procedures.