Carlos Sayao

Carlos Sayao is a partner at Tyr LLP. He practises civil and commercial litigation and has significant experience with sports-related disputes. Carlos has represented various Olympic athletes, including South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the European Court of Human Rights in a landmark case challenging discriminatory sport regulations. He has also acted for many sport-governing bodies, including the International Paralympic Committee, the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and the US-based Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, and served as an Athlete Ombudsperson to the Canadian Olympic Committee during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Carlos is frequently invited to speak publicly on sports law issues and has been a lecturer at ISDE Law and Business School in Madrid, Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, and at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law.