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Consistently recommended by Chambers, Legal 500 and the international directory, Who's Who Legal, Stuart enjoys a very busy commercial mediation practice working across the UK and internationally.
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Stuart Chapman – Independent Mediators Stuart Chapman at Independent Mediators 'shows a high degree of empathy, but with sufficient steel to challenge views in order to get the parties to accept the reality of their respective positions'. Chapman's practice covers a broad range of practice areas, including general commercial, construction and insolvency disputes, along with insurance, partnership, professional negligence and shareholder claims. A former partner and head of litigation in Pinsent Masons LLP' Leeds office, Chapman has handled over 650 mediations since he began mediating in 2008, including several remote mediations.
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Phillip is one of the UK’s most experienced and widely respected commercial mediators. He has over 30 years experience of mediating the most complex cases in the UK and internationally.
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"First-rate mediator” Kate Jackson is “the ideal mediator for complex disputes, bridging unbridgeable gaps without clients feeling pressured”. Published independent legal directory comments describe Kate as “charming, hardworking, and deft at bringing parties together”. The guides add: “She also possesses the ‘appropriate emotional intelligence combined with intellectual rigour, and has a very measured style’, is ‘very calm, authoritative, confident and assertive’, an ‘extremely capable mediator’ who ‘works extremely hard to get a result’.”
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Michel regularly mediates a wide variety of disputes including: partnerships; banking; insurance and re-insurance; all areas of employment disputes including racial and sex discrimination claims and pension rights; solicitors and valuers’ negligence claims; medical negligence and personal injuries claims; construction, engineering and commercial disputes with claims over several £100m including referrals from the Commercial Court and the Technology & Construction Court. Many of the mediations have been multi party disputes and others have involved international companies and the laws of other countries. He has mediated for the ICC and the AAA.
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Jonathan has been a commercial mediator for 29 years. His mediation practice covers a wide variety of areas but in particular he has considerable knowledge of professional negligence disputes, construction disputes, property disputes (particularly those arising out of disputed wills and probate), partnership, employment, financial services, as well as more general commercial, company and contractual matters.
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Mark is one of the UK’s leading mediators with a wide-ranging commercial practice and a recognised expertise in high-value professional negligence and insurance disputes. He is ranked in Band 1 of both Legal 500 (who describe him as “highly effective”) and Chambers & Partners (who commend him for his “strong technical and commercial analysis and diplomatic style”).
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Twice ranked by WWL as Mediator of the Year (2019 and 2014), Bill Marsh is one of Europe’s leading commercial mediators. Practising full-time for 30 years, he has mediated in almost every area of law and business, including significant experience in investor/state mediation. He mediates in the UK and internationally and has worked with parties from over 50 countries.
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Over 35 years dispute resolution experience. Former partner with Pinsent Masons LLP. A highly respected practitioner widely recognised as a leader for large commercial claims.
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Jane is a leading international mediator with a wide-ranging commercial practice and over 30 years’ experience as a commercial litigation solicitor in City practices.