When a dispute hits, the instinct is to fight it out — in court, in arbitration, or by sheer attrition. Mediation works the other way: a confidential, structured discussion led by a neutral, in which the parties retain control rather than hand it to a judge. Running that straight talk as mediator, or representing a side within it as mediation advocate, is the whole of my practice, built on two decades at the sharp end of law. Each seat informs the other: as mediator, I read what an advocate is really after; as advocate, how the room moves.

Mediation usually resolves matters in days or weeks rather than years of litigation, and at a fraction of the cost. Nothing said is on the record; all of it is Without Prejudice. Nothing binds until signed — so the parties can speak plainly and leave with an outcome that is theirs and enforceable. Most disputes that enter mediation settle, and even when one doesn't, the clarity rarely goes to waste.

In law since 2003: lawsuits, corporate conflicts, and deal-making. Projects advised total around $5bn, spanning Arts, Real Estate, Construction, Production, Trading, Logistics, IT, iGaming, Hospitality & Tourism, and offshore businesses — handled across jurisdictions and cultures. Certified in ESG, AML, Corporate Governance, and Anti-Corruption, fluent in the language of modern business regulation.

Experienced in civil, criminal, and administrative matters at all levels, up to the Supreme and Constitutional Courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Court of Human Rights.

Real life demands advice beyond mere lawyerism: cross-disciplinary work on extraordinary challenges, and the readiness to act wherever circumstances require. That's the approach that actually resolves — the mediation and advocacy practice stands on all of it.