Questão jurídica principal
Whether the CAS panel was irregularly composed because of alleged lack of independence and impartiality of two arbitrators linked to an association also linked to the respondent's representative.
Decisão extraída
The objection was forfeited because it was not raised immediately after the relevant facts became known or should have become known. In any event, the common membership in the association did not, by itself or with the additional allegations, create an objective doubt as to impartiality.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that a party must invoke a recusal ground without delay. A relationship between an arbitrator and another arbitrator or a party's counsel within a professional or social association falls within a green-list situation under the IBA Guidelines and does not, without more, require disclosure or recusal. The appellant's allegations about secrecy, statistics, and competition were unsupported.