Ilias Bantekas | Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Dr. Ilias Bantekas

Professor

Office location

3.19

Dr. Ilias Bantekas

Professor

Educational Qualifications

Diploma in Theology

PhD in International Law

Entity

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.

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

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

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

  • 2002; Paul Reuter Prize