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Alternative Dispute Resolution lawyers

Avoiding costly disputes is often the favoured route for businesses when challenges arise. Alternative dispute resolution – which includes mediation, moderation, and expert determination - is an increasingly attractive option for clients wishing to avoid lengthy and costly proceedings.

To secure the best outcome, it is important to work with legal advisers who are highly experienced in the alternative routes available, have experience in the sector you operate in and a commercial, problem-solving mind-set. The CMS ADR team helps clients through all phases of out-of-court dispute resolution.

You have made what could have been a very difficult journey for me something which I am very confident about, and can positively move forward from.

Workplace mediation client

Conflicts within the workplace can be particularly challenging and time consuming to address. Our specialist workplace mediation service is designed to give you all the benefits of an in-house service without the implementation cost or the training time. The service is flexible to cover short facilitated discussions lasting only a few hours, to longer full day mediations or team mediations. Our team of eight accredited mediators located across the UK are all experienced mediators and lawyers. We can meet tight timescales and provide speedy mediation assistance, where and when you need it.

 
Geraldine Ryan
Geraldine Ryan
Partner
United Kingdom, Manchester
Geraldine leads the Commercial Litigation team in CMS’s Manchester office. With over 30 years’ experience of handling all types of high-profile, high-value and complex litigation, including arbitration...
Tim Sales
Tim Sales
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Tim Sales is a disputes partner, assisting businesses to navigate contentious scenarios with other businesses, Governments, regulators and public bodies, through both formal and informal dispute resolution...
Kelly Saliger
Kelly Saliger
Partner
CITMA Vice-President | Solicitor & Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
United Kingdom, London
Dual qualified Solicitor & Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Kelly is Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys ("CITMA"). Kelly Chairs CITMA's Education, Qualification and Standards...
Emma Schaafsma
Emma Schaafsma
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Emma Schaafsma (Kratochvilova) is a partner in the Disputes Resolution team in London. Emma has over 20 years’ experience representing clients in high-value and complex disputes arising on international...
Yvonne Screene
Yvonne Screene
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Yvonne is a Partner with more than 25 years' experience in defending med-mal claims and healthcare regulation. She has acted for the Medical Defence Union (MDU) for the last ten years and has also worked...
Greg Sibbald
Greg Sibbald
Partner
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Greg is a Partner within the CMS Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes team and has been based in Dubai since 2016. He acts for consultants, contractors, developers and government entities...
Geoff Tan
Geoff Tan
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Geoff qualified into CMS’s Insurance & Reinsurance Group in London in 2010. Geoff has extensive experience of advising insurers in the Financial Lines sector. In particular, he advises on coverage issues...
Neeraj Thomas
Neeraj Thomas
Partner
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Neeraj Thomas is a partner in our Technology, Intellectual Property and Media team specialising in contentious intellectual property and sports and disciplinary work. Neeraj has significant expertise...
Amit Tyagi
Amit Tyagi
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Amit is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate in the London Insurance & Reinsurance Group and a member of the firm’s cybersecurity team. Amit provides legal advice and, incident response management to victims...
Alaina Wadsworth
Alaina Wadsworth
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Alaina is a partner and solicitor advocate in CMS’s Insurance and Reinsurance Group having trained at the firm and qualified in 2009.  She is ranked as a Rising Star in Insurance Law by Super Lawyers...