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
- International Human Rights Law and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 4th ed, 2024, with L Oette.
- Professional Tennis and International Law, Cambridge University Press, 2024, with M Begovic (eds).
- 2002; Paul Reuter Prize