Alternative Dispute Resolution lawyers

Amanda McNeil

Amanda McNeil specialises in contentious issues relating to commercial and residential property. She focuses on enabling clients to find the best outcome for their unique circumstances. She heads our Real Estate team. Amanda has a diverse client base. As a solicitor she advises landlords, retailers and other commercial occupiers with their asset management needs. She works with commercial developers on site clearances, restrictive covenant issues, boundary and other disputes. She acts for high-net-worth individuals on disputes relating to their personal property portfolios and their homes in the UK. Amanda’s expertise in commercial property disputes includes acting on Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 lease renewals (including opposed renewals), forfeiture actions, rent recovery, service charge disputes, dilapidations claims, enforcement of covenants, rent reviews and withholding of consent to assign/sublet/carry out alterations. She additionally guides clients through original tenant liability and liability of guarantors issues, disputes over rent deposits and property insolvency issues. Meanwhile, her residential property experience includes advising on exercising the right to manage, service charge disputes, enforcement of covenants, and possession proceedings (both Rent Act tenancies and Assured Shorthold tenancies). Amanda acts for both landlords and tenants advising on all aspects of leasehold enfranchisement including lease extensions of flats, collective enfranchisement (whereby the leaseholders in a building join together and buy the freehold), freehold purchase and lease extension of leasehold houses. She prides herself on listening to her clients, understanding their objectives and provides first class strategically and commercially driven advice in an unstuffy way to achieve the best possible outcome in line with their unique needs. Her alternative dispute resolution experience includes mediation, arbitration and advocacy. She represents clients in the Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court, County Court and increasingly in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Chamber. Amanda is a member of the Property Litigation Association and the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners.

Howard Kennedy LLP

Amberley James

Senior Associate

Dentons New Zealand

Amit Neumann

Amit Neumann is a senior associate in the Tel-Aviv office of Naschitz Brandes Amir, where he specializes in civil litigation and commercial law. He has extensive expertise in handling complex litigation cases and has represented both international and domestic companies and individuals in various disputes before courts, arbitral tribunals, and mediators. Amit has been with the firm since 2016. During his legal studies, he served as a research assistant for Prof. Zvi Triger in the field of contract law.

Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co.

Amy Z. Saretsky

Associate

Essa Al Sulaiti Law Firm

Andrea Bernava

Andrea advises Italian and international clients in litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy law, corporate restructuring and M&A with a focus on national and international litigation concerning civil law matters (in arbitration and before ordinary judicial courts); national and international litigation on commercial law matters, with a specific focus on acquisition transactions and commercial contracts (in arbitration and before ordinary judicial courts); alternate dispute resolution; international commercial arbitration; insolvency and pre-insolvency procedures; financial restructuring and company law.

Chiomenti

Andreas Ueltzhöffer

Partner, Rechtsanwalt, Advocate

UEPA advokáti s.r.o.

Andrei Orbesteanu

Andrei is a counsel with Dentons’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. He specializes in litigation and alternative dispute resolution and has extensive experience in restructuring and insolvency/bankruptcy as well as tax litigation, advising on intricate or sensitive matters that require a high degree of litigation expertise in different sectors such as energy, real estate, fintech, and aviation. Andrei gained experience in working with both governmental and private entities, and represented clients before local and international arbitration bodies in investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, and litigation, with a focus on disputes related to Bilateral Investment Treaties.

Dentons

Andrew Aglionby

Partner

A&C International Law

Andrew Atkins

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP

Andrew Bloomer

Andrew Bloomer is a litigation partner with extensive experience in a variety of complex litigation matters in federal and state trial and appellate courts. His areas of practice include class actions, multidistrict litigation, and general commercial and product liability litigation, trial work, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Andrew has represented clients in complex consumer class actions, products liability, commercial contracts, environmental, franchise, distributorship, breach of contract, fraud, RICO, ERISA, financial technology, and construction matters.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Andrew Bowler

Andy is joint head of patent litigation at Bristows. Andy's advice covers the full range of intellectual property rights, with a particular emphasis on patents, trade marks, registered designs and trade secrets. Andy has experience in representing high profile clients in IP disputes, including complex mechanical and FMCG products, pharmaceuticals, mobile phones, automotives, electronics and medical devices. He has conducted several successful mediations of IP disputes and regularly provides freedom to operate and validity opinions. Frequently, he is asked by clients to coordinate cross-border litigation. He also has experience of making discovery applications to UK courts pursuant to letters of request/letters rogatory issued by foreign courts. Andy's cases include the Unwired Planet/Conversant case in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on SEP/FRAND licensing [2020] UKSC 37 on behalf of ZTE. Other clients include Siemens, Samsung, Kennametal and Heineken. Andy is frequently asked to comment and lecture on IP issues and is a regular speaker at international conferences on strategic considerations for European and international patent litigation. He regularly provides comments to the national press on intellectual property issues. He is on the Lexis Nexis IP & IT Editorial Board. Recent cases include: Unwired Planet v Samsung (acting for Samsung). Heineken v Anheuser–Busch (acting for Heineken). Wobben v Siemens (acting for Siemens, also on appeal). Sandvik v Kennametal (acting for Kennametal). Conversant v ZTE (acting for ZTE in patent trials concerning standard essential patents, anti-suit injunction hearing, and hearings up to the Supreme Court on jurisdiction issues concerning FRAND licensing). Jushi v OCV (acting for Jushi in leading Court of Appeal case relating to overlapping ranges). Alcon Pharmaceuticals v Pharmathen (acting for Alcon in preliminary injunction proceedings). Allergan v Ipsen (acting for Ipsen in case involving Swiss-type and EPC 2000 claims). BAE v Thales (acting for Thales). Kenilworth v Blackberry and Microsoft (acting for Kenilworth). Siemens v Seagate (acting for Siemens in Northern Irish proceedings).

Bristows LLP

Andrew Brown

Partner

Mills Oakley

Andrew Murphy

Andrew’s practice includes workers' compensation, work injury damages/common law, s151Z recoveries, builders warranty claims, workplace law and alternative dispute resolution. He has extensive experience in providing advice and acting on behalf of insurers and employers in relation to a wide variety of workers' compensation claims including but not limited to death and catastrophic injury claims, work injury damages claims, psychological injury claims, hearing loss claims, general workplace injury claims, workplace motor vehicle accident claims, coal miner claims and lead agent matters on behalf of multiple scheme agents. Andrew has worked in workers' compensation since 2004 and has acted for all the NSW WorkCover and NSW Self Insurance Corporation Scheme Agents. He has also acted for Coal Mines Insurance.

Hall & Wilcox

Andrew Pullinger

Partner

Campbells

Andrew Thompson

Andrew is one of the Lee & Thompson’s founding partners and is now a Consultant at the firm. In the early years of his career he worked principally for independent record companies, in particular, Chrysalis Records until the label was acquired by EMI in 1992. Andrew became one of the ‘standout’ figures in the music business and has acted for world renowned acts over the years including Depeche Mode, Simply Red, Sir Tom Jones, Wet Wet Wet, Richard Ashcroft, the Spice Girls and Karl Jenkins. His modest manner and straight forward, commercial advice has placed him at the heart of the industry and in 2003 Andrew (and Robert Lee) were inducted into the prestigious MMF Roll of Honour and were recipients of the MMF Founders Award. Andrew’s main focus is now on talent representation. He acts for leading composers, for a host of major recording artists and for songwriters, producers and managers. He also acts for writers and for various sports and other “personalities” including David and Victoria Beckham. Andrew played a significant role in the creation in 1987 of the Music Managers’ Forum which exists as a lobbying organisation to further the interests of music business managers and the artists they represent. Since the MMF’s inception, Lee & Thompson has provided legal advice on a pro bono basis and Andrew is a major contributor to The Music Management Bible published by SMT for the MMF. Andrew is also a trained mediator.

Lee & Thompson LLP

Andrew Wilkinson

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Andria Thrasyvoulou

Advocate – Manager

PYRGOU VAKIS LAW FIRM

Andréa Mascitto

Partner.

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Andrés Ordóñez

Director

Spingarn

Andy Ellis

Andy is the founder and Executive Director of Practico. He brings deep experience in costs litigation and ADR and is actively involved in supporting clients at a strategic level, particularly on high-value and sensitive matters, ensuring that advice is aligned with wider litigation and commercial objectives. His recent work includes acting for multiple defendant law firms and legal departments representing the ADR Defendants in the Grenfell Tower Litigation, advising Mishcon de Reya and the Federal Republic of Nigeria in one of the most significant commercial disputes in UK legal history, and providing independent costs advice in a collective action brought by Bulk Mail Claims Limited against Royal Mail.

Practico

Andy Mather

Andy acts on a wide range of substantial international and domestic arbitration, litigation and adjudication matters. He has a particular expertise in complex construction, engineering and real estate disputes and related professional negligence issues. Andy has represented a wide spectrum of clients, including state governments, financial institutions, large developers, high-net-worth individuals, professional consultants, contractors and sub-contractors. He has advised on many of the most high-profile development projects in the UK over the last few years, together with significant international infrastructure projects. His experience includes office, residential, hotel and industrial developments, hospitals, schools, power plants, airports, roads, and off-shore oil and gas projects. Andy’s arbitration work has included major international ICC and LCIA arbitrations, including appearing as advocate. He also has extensive experience of alternative dispute resolution procedures including mediation, expert determination and early neutral evaluation. Whilst an associate, Andy spent six months on secondment with the in-house legal team of a leading building and civil engineering contractor to assist with the preparation of a c£80m adjudication claim against a government authority in relation to a large hospital PFI project. He has an MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London and is a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Adjudication Society and the Property Litigation Association.

Macfarlanes LLP

Angela Fox

Angela is a Partner in the Intellectual Property group, specialising in contentious and non-contentious matters involving trade marks, copyright and domain names. Angela counsels clients on disputes, brand protection, strategy and enforcement. She has extensive experience in clearing and protecting trade marks and in handling domain name and company name disputes and matters relating to trade mark infringement and passing off, including litigation, advocacy, opinion and advisory work. She is also an experienced negotiator in mediations and settlement discussions. Angela also advises on IP-related commercial transactions and relationships, including assignments, licenses and non-disclosure agreements. Angela is a solicitor advocate and certified trade mark litigator, and also serves as a domain name panellist for the World Intellectual Property Organisation ("WIPO") Arbitration and Mediation Center. She has served on the official users committees for the Intellectual Property Court and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. Angela is also an Irish solicitor, a Registered European Lawyer (Munich) and an attorney-at-law in the US, having been admitted to the bar of the state of New York. She was ranked by Managing Intellectual Property as an IP Star in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Angela is author of Intellectual Property Enterprise Court: Practice & Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell, 3rd Ed.), the leading guide on litigating in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (“IPEC”). She has extensive experience supporting sophisticated multinational businesses in protecting and enforcing brand rights in in the UK, Europe and around the world. Clients describe Angela as "a superb lawyer" and a “sophisticated, thoughtful counsellor”, "diligent and meticulous", who "brings skilful analysis and tremendous insight to the projects she handles." They praise her “creative, solution-orientated approach", her "extensive experience and knowledge of trade mark law" and strong commercial awareness. "I feel confident in entrusting to her my clients' most difficult and complex problems…she is an absolute pleasure to work with."

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Anna Demetriou

Partner

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC

Anna Kim

Special Counsel

GPS Legal LLP