In this CEDR Masterclass, we are delighted to be joined by four leading CEDR commercial mediators, Emma Gooding, Amrik Kandola, Andrew Manning Cox and Suzanne Tager, to give their experiences on how they work with lawyers in commercial mediation and the ways that legal representatives can add value for their client.
With a range of experience in senior roles at some of the world’s biggest law firms, the panel shares their insights into how lawyers can maximise effectiveness in a mediation.
This session led by Frederick Way, looks at the practical elements of the lawyer’s role in mediation, from preliminary conversation with the mediator, through the mediation day, negotiation and settlement discussions. The panel also explores some of the more challenging aspects for parties of tactics and legal strategies and discuss what works and what doesn’t from lawyers in mediation.
Topics covered include:
- Do you need an opening joint session? Strategies, considerations and tactics for lawyers in opening a mediation.
- Handling performative issues from lawyers on each side of a dispute.
- Working with negotiation tactics and stonewalling.
- How to handle hesitancy in making offers.
About your speakers:
Emma Gooding has been a commercial mediator since 2008, and has a broad commercial mediation practice. Before becoming a full-time commercial mediator, Emma was a commercial dispute resolution solicitor with Allen & Overy (London and New York) and Herbert Smith Freehills (Hong Kong), where her clients included large corporates and financial services institutions, frequently representing them at mediation.
As a mediator she has mediated a range of high value disputes arising out of commercial contracts, as well as product liability, private client, IT, IP, financial services and partnership/shareholder disputes. She also mediates employment and workplace disputes. Having spent much of her legal career overseas, Emma particularly enjoys mediating disputes with an international element. Emma is a Legal 500 Leading Mediator.
Amrik Kandola has almost 30 years of experience in commercial dispute resolution. Working with clients ranging from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies, he has experience of scores of mediations across a wide range of commercial sectors including Commercial Property, Constructions, Energy and Utilities and was named Commercial Mediator of the Year in 2022.
A former partner at Eversheds LLP, as a solicitor he was recognised year on year by Chambers and Legal 500 directories as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ for dispute resolution in the construction & engineering industry. He retired from private practice in October 2016 to become a full-time mediator.
Andrew Manning Cox is a highly experienced lead mediator, instructed to act in disputes spanning a wide cross section of sectors in the UK and internationally. In addition, as a Chartered Arbitrator Andrew is regularly appointed to act as arbitrator by CEDR and a number of other arbitral bodies.
Andrew was formerly the Senior Litigation Partner at the Gowling WLG (UK) LLP (formerly Wragge Lawrence Graham). Throughout his career he has been immersed in the full spectrum of ADR including mediation, expert determination, adjudication and early neutral evaluation. He brings current and cutting-edge knowledge of the litigation and arbitration processes.
Suzanne Tager has over 17 years’ experience of dealing with and resolving high-value, multi-jurisdictional, cross-border, commercial disputes both domestically and internationally. Prior to becoming a full-time commercial mediator, Suzanne spent over 14 years at Hogan Lovells where she trained, qualified into its market leading commercial litigation practice and became a senior member of the team. Whilst at the firm, she also spent time on secondment to the firm’s NY office and SCB’s Group Litigation team in London.
Suzanne’s mediation appointments tend to reflect her experience as a litigator and she is regularly appointed to assist with banking and finance disputes, JV and shareholder disputes and general commercial disputes.
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