Ilias Bantekas | Hamad Bin Khalifa University
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Ilias Bantekas

Dr. Ilias Bantekas (PhD)


Professor
College of Law

Biography

Dr. Bantekas is a Professor of Transnational Law (with an emphasis on sports law, contracts, arbitration and international law) at HBKU and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London. He has advised international organizations, including UN, CoE, IDEA, OIC, UNDP and is regularly appointed as arbitrator in international commercial disputes. He was appointed to the list of arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2023 and advises private entities and national federations on various regulatory and contractual aspects of sports law. He has authored more than 200 peer reviewed articles, including in the American Journal of Int’L; British YB Int’l L; ICLQ; European J Int’l L; Human Rts Quarterly; J Int’l Dispute Settlement; Arbitration Int’l; American Rev Int’l Arbitration; Berkeley J Int’l L; Pennsylvania J Constitutional Law and others. He is the author of 20 books, 13 of which have been published by Oxford and Cambridge University Press.


Research Interests

  • Sports law
  • Comparative contract law
  • International arbitration
  • International human rights law

Experience

Full Professor

College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2018-present
  • Full Professor

    Faculty of Law, Brunel University London

    2006‑2018
  • Senior Fellow

    Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

    2009‑present
  • Fellow

    School of Law, Harvard University

    2003‑2004
  • Associate Professor

    School of Law, University of Westminster

    1998-2006

Education

Diploma in Theology

University of Cambridge

2005
  • PhD in International Law

    University of Liverpool

    1999
  • LLM in International & European Law

    University of Liverpool

    1996
  • Degree in Law

    University of Athens

    1994

Selected Publications