محامون متخصصون في Alternative Dispute Resolution

Hong Chin Heng

Senior Partner

Halim Hong & Quek

Howard Rapke

Partner

Holding Redlich

Ian Chetwood

Ian is a disputes lawyer with significant experience in shipping cases and large scale commercial disputes in court proceedings, arbitrations and ADR for clients around the world. His clients include ship owners, cargo owners and insurers. He specialises in wet and dry shipping cases and has taken cases to the Supreme Court and to the CJEU. He has provided expert advice on English law in foreign courts.

Wikborg Rein

Ian Kirby

Ian is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team and focuses on multi-jurisdictional patent litigation and intellectual property disputes. Ian has over 30 years’ experience in litigating and resolving cases before the English Patents Court and other IP courts, including the IPEC, as well as the English appeal courts and more recently the UPC. He frequently advises on matters that cross both the Atlantic and into continental Europe, and is at his happiest when faced with tricky and knotty commercial problems. His clients and peers highlight his tenacity, excellence and shrewdness but perhaps, above all, his ability to manage and get the most out of a team. As well as litigating disputes in all areas of IP law, Ian is a strong user and supporter of alternative dispute resolution and is a member of the WIPO List of Mediators. Whether preparing witnesses for trial, or bringing together two warring parties, Ian pays attention not only to the legal and commercial issues, but also the psychology of the dispute and the parties in striving for success either at trial or through a negotiated resolution. Ian is known for his pragmatic, clear and direct approach to managing, resolving and handling disputes. Ian is cited as being “an excellent leader…[his] arsenal of skills encompass monoclonal antibodies and voice recognition technologies” in The Legal 500, 2025. According to Legal 500 2024, “If you care about strategy and winning, Ian Kirby is the solicitor you want to anchor your litigation. He effectively manages and directs trial activities in court, and he is experienced with IP litigation on an international scale. He has good knowledge of US patent litigation processes and strategies, and he is able to adapt US litigation approaches into winning strategies in UK courts.” He is recommended by Managing Intellectual Property as an IP Star and a “smart” lawyer who is “always unruffled” during litigation, impressing clients with his “clear thinking”. He is also acknowledged by IAM Patent 1000 as “an ace when it comes to multi-jurisdictional patent litigation in any sector”. Chambers and Partners 2024 refers to Ian’s “excellent judgement and client-handling skills” while Legal 500 refers to him as a “thoughtful, pragmatic and astute litigator”. He maintains strong relationships with his litigation colleagues as well as the specialist external IP barristers. Despite the stresses and tensions caused by many pieces of major litigation, Ian’s relationships with many of his clients have been long-standing, and no job is too small or trivial, or too large and unwieldy, for Ian and the Carpmaels & Ransford team to handle. Ian was Carpmaels & Ransford’s first litigation partner and during the last 30 years, Ian has litigated high profile patent cases concerning monoclonal antibodies, voice recognition technology, and audio and many other technologies; globally famous copyright cases for the world’s largest publisher; trade mark and passing off cases that have pushed upon the edges of the law. IAM Patent 1000 notes that “Ian Kirby has been racking up the wins for over 25 years and stands out for his inspiring team management and big-picture thinking both in and out of the courtroom.”, while WTR 1000 comments that “Dispute-resolution maven Ian Kirby has put in many resonant courtroom performances over his 30-year career and has done much to shape the legal landscape.”

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP

Ian Lavelle

Ian is a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution department. He advises domestic and international businesses in complex litigation and regulatory investigations and inquires. He is accustomed to acting in strategically important cases before the higher courts in Ireland and England, having practised in London for seven years prior to re-joining LK Shields. Ian also advises clients in mediation, adjudication and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He is a strong advocate of these often more business-friendly means of disposing of disputes.

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP

Ignacio Flores

Ignacio Flores is a partner of Beccar Varela. He joined the firm in 1993.

Beccar Varela

Ilinca Ștefănescu

Partner

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii

Imelda Tierney

Imelda is a Partner, practising as part of the Healthcare Litigation team. She advises clients on all forms of legal disputes with a current particular emphasis on medical malpractice actions on behalf of hospitals and healthcare professionals including regularly acting as the advocate for clinicians and hospitals at Inquests. Imelda has advised clients on all aspects of healthcare provision both contentious and non-contentious and was previously a member of a hospital ethics committee. She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in all courts including the commercial division of the High Court and frequently acts in the defence of high value and sensitive clinical negligence claims. Imelda is a CEDR accredited mediator and is a strong advocate of alternative dispute resolution. Imelda encourages clients to engage in the mediation process where appropriate and she frequently represents both healthcare and non-healthcare clients in mediation.

RDJ LLP

Imogen Randall

Imogen has over 8 years’ experience in high value and complex dispute resolution. She manages clients’ disputes at an early stage and advises on various methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution, as a cost effective means of resolving commercial and professional negligence disputes. Imogen has extensive expertise in acting for clients in the High Court, including the specialist Mercantile Court and the Technology and Construction Court. She has also advised on a number of complex funding and insurance options in hedging litigation risk.

Freeths LLP

Inji Fathalla

Counsel

Shahid Law Firm

Iona Nicolson

Iona Nicolson is an associate solicitor in the Family team, advising ultra-high-net-worth, high-net-worth and high-profile clients such as city professionals and business owners, on private children and matrimonial financial matters, particularly those arising from relationship breakdowns. Iona has significant expertise in complex financial remedy cases, including those involving dynastic or complex business structures, foreign assets and companies, complicated tax issues and digital assets such as cryptocurrency. She also specialises in domestic children matters, with experience in cases involving serious allegations of abuse, concurrent criminal proceedings, sensitive issues concerning adopted children, parental alienation, and both domestic and international child relocation and abduction under the Hague Convention. Iona regularly handles cases involving jurisdictional disputes, providing expert advice on pre- and post-nuptial agreements and supporting a substantial number of clients through the voluntary financial remedy or non-court dispute resolution processes. She works closely with foreign lawyers in countries such as the Netherlands, Turkey, Colombia and Switzerland, among others. A strong advocate for non-court dispute resolution, Iona supports her clients through mediation or arbitration, where appropriate. She is committed to developing viable alternatives to litigation and is part of a group piloting a scheme to give children a voice in solicitor-led negotiations. As part of this initiative, she is helping to organise a 'Voice of the Child' conference this year. Where court intervention is necessary, Iona offers her clients personal and steadfast support during challenging proceedings. She excels in managing large volumes of evidence, drafting clear and concise witness statements, and presenting complex matters with clarity, all while ensuring her clients feel supported and well-informed throughout the process. Iona joined Howard Kennedy in August 2023, having qualified in 2022. She is a member of Resolution, an organisation of family lawyers committed to resolving family matters constructively, which is reflected in her approach to her practice. Iona is also a regular contributor to industry and other publications, including eprivateclient, the Law Society Gazette and Tatler Experts' Corner.

Howard Kennedy LLP

Irena Markitani

Senior Associate

A.G Erotocritou LLC

Jacqueline Brown

Jacqueline is a general commercial litigator with particular experience in sport (including equestrian sports and football) and entertainment (in particular, the music industry). She deals with all forms of dispute resolution; including Alternative Dispute Resolution, High Court and County Court proceedings, national and international sports regulatory and disciplinary hearings. Throughout her career she has represented many high profile clients. Jacqueline was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland in 2017. She is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator.

Keystone Law

Jacqueline Querciola

Jaqueline Querciola is a partner at BKM | Berkemeyer. She joined the firm in June 1996. Her practice focuses on advising major domestic and foreign companies, including Fortune 500 companies, in the areas of intellectual property, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Over the years he has been in charge of different practice areas of the firm.

BKM | Berkemeyer

Jacqui Kallmeyer

Jacqui Kallmeyer has been a director at Werksmans since 2008 and is a currently a director in the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice areas.

Werksmans Attorneys

Jade Souch

Jade is a senior associate in the RSG team based in Solent. Jade specialises in defended commercial litigation. She acts for a number of clients within the credit insurance, recruitment, utilities and trade creditor industries. Jade has particular expertise in advising clients on a wide range of contractual disputes and commercial debt recovery claims. She also has experience in alternative dispute resolution including mediation and insolvency related work, including bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings.

Shoosmiths LLP

James Aspden

James is a partner in the Will & Trust Disputes team, and specialises in resolving trust and probate disputes. James' work ranges from claims concerning the validity and effect of wills, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, undue influence and equitable claims, to actions by or against trustees of landed estates and international trust disputes. He regularly acts for clients in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Wilsons

James Bingham

James is a partner in our specialist pensions litigation team. His practice covers the full spectrum of pensions related litigation. He has been involved in a wide variety of cases and has extensive experience of dealing with investigations by the Pensions Regulator in both a defined benefit and a defined contribution context. James has also worked on a number of significant High Court case, including: Wedgwood v Salt – acting for the representative beneficiary in Part 8 proceedings concerning the closure of the Scheme to future accrual prior to the Scheme entering the PPF; and Saga Group Ltd v Paul – acting for the employer and the trustee jointly in rectification and professional negligence proceedings relating to certain errors in the Scheme documentation. James has been involved in advising both trustee and adviser clients on professional negligence actions, focusing on the needs of the client and works to ensure that the best possible result is achieved, often through mediation or other forms of ADR. James also frequently works with the firm’s ongoing clients to provide advice and guidance in relation to complaints brought by members under the scheme’s internal dispute resolution procedure and ultimately to the Pensions Ombudsman.

Sacker & Partners LLP

James Carroll

James is Managing Partner at Russell-Cooke. He specialises in the financial and other consequences of relationship formation or breakdown. His principal role is to help people separate sensibly. James is an expert in complex financial matters, including those involving businesses and trust/tax structures, often with an international dimension. He has considerable knowledge of pre-nuptial agreements (having sat on the Advisory Group to the Law Commission). In contrast with many family lawyers, James' practice is not limited to representing married couples or those in a personal relationship. He also acts for family members, business partners or trusts/corporations that own property together or face family-related legal issues. James is identified as a leader in the field in relation to same-sex relationships, civil partnerships and same-sex marriages, particularly those involving cross-border issues. He has a particularly strong reputation in resolving matters through constructive discussions and cooperation. James is both an accredited mediator and a collaborative family lawyer (both specialist forms of dispute resolution designed to reach solutions out of court). James works with and advises individuals, couples or wider family members.

Russell-Cooke LLP

James Coles

Browne Jacobson LLP

James Goulden

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

James Goulden KC

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

James Grinstead

James is an experienced construction and engineering law specialist, with a practice in both contentious and non-contentious matters spanning almost 10 years. James has extensive experience drafting and negotiating JCT, NEC and bespoke construction contracts relating to large-scale UK and international developments and infrastructure projects. He regularly advises clients on risk allocation, contract negotiations and amendments, procurement and ancillary security documents such as collateral warranties, performance bonds and insurance aspects. James has particular experience in matters concerning building safety, having led numerous complex disputes on behalf of claimant owners, landlords, and contractors. He is also well-versed in disputes involving delay, disruption, defective works, quantum claims (including interim and final account disputes), and wrongful termination. James has strong knowledge and experience of all forms of ADR, including adjudication, arbitration, mediation, expert determination, commercial negotiations, pre-action work, and High Court litigation. James’ clients include employers, developers, contractors, sub-contractors, specialist construction consultants, government bodies, registered providers of social housing, and high-net-worth clients.

Keystone Law

James Harrison

James is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team. He is an experienced commercial litigator dealing with corporate dispute resolution, whether by formal court/arbitration proceedings or alternative dispute resolution. He has a particular specialism in director and shareholder disputes, often involving a restructuring element. He also works on a wide range of other disputes including banking, breach of warranty and general contractual issues, spread over broad industry sectors including property, general retail and banking. As a result of his role as chair of the Multilaw Young Lawyers Group, he spends considerable time on international matters.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP