As athletes, business executives, politicians, and sports fans gathered in Beijing’s 91,000-seat National Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad on August 8, Debevoise & Plimpton international arbitration partner David Rivkin was there.

Rivkin is the only American on the 12-member panel of the Beijing ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Founded in 1984, the Lausanne, Switzerland-based sports court will hear all legal disputes arising out of the Beijing games.

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