Richard McLaren is a Professor at the Western University Canada. His research interests include alternative dispute resolution, contracts, debtor–creditor rights, bankruptcy and insolvency, and commercial and business law. He has published in these areas, including dispute resolution and bankruptcy, and is editor of Personal Property Security Act Cases (PPSAC). He is special consultant to the American Law Institute’s project on transnational insolvency in the three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries and one of three Canadian academics who are members of the Insolvency Institute of Canada. He has extensive practical experience as a commercial lawyer and a labour and commercial arbitrator and mediator.
Professor McLaren is actively 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 throughout the world. As an Ad Hoc Panel Member of CAS, Professor McLaren has participated in five Olympic Games during which he resolved disputes pertaining to anti-doping, athlete eligibility, and intellectual property rights. Professor McLaren is a Member of the Anti-Doping Panel for the International Cricket Council based in Dubai and is currently the President of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal. He continues to research, write and speak on anti-doping cases, legislation and enforcement.
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