International Mediator

An International ADR Expert with over twenty years experience handling high value and complex disputes, conflicts and cross-cultural situations as accredited Mediator, Arbitrator, ADR Counsel, Negotiator and Trainer, as well as being an Attorney-at-Law handling both litigation and transactions, and empanelled on a number of ADR rosters globally. 

Relevant areas include: Agro/pharmaceuticals; Aircraft repossession, Aircraft lease, finance and maintenance; Banking; Commercial; Construction; Franchises; Hospitality; Joint ventures; Real estate, including resort hotels, sale, purchase and development; Shareholder disputes; Professional/medical negligence; Quasi criminal and Conflict zone resolution.

A dual citizenship of Jamaica and Germany, and since 2013 a resident of the U.A.E.  Has served as a director on boards of directors and as legal advisor of both private and public entities/non governmental organisations in various industries including, hospitality, regional air charter, residential development, environmental protection and marine habitat sustainability.  In addition to which he is also personally a principal shareholder in a number of entities between Jamaica and the U.A.E., all of the above underscoring international multi-cultural exposure, commercial acumen and corporate governance credentials, and confirming an extensive and excellent capacity for complex mediation.

Achievements – some highlights

  • IBA delegate to United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)'s 55th. and 56th. Sessions, (WG II and III - Dispute Settlement and Investor State Dispute Settlement Reform) 2022 and 2023.

  • IBA delegate to the signing of UNCITRAL's Singapore Convention (On International Settlement Agreements resulting from Mediation) Singapore, 2019.

  • International Bar Association (IBA) Mediation Committee Co-Chair - Current.

  • Organising Committee officer for IBA-VIAC CDRC Mediation & Negotiation Competition.

  • Capacity building/training:  ICC Paris; CDRC Vienna; NLIU Bhopal; Lex Infinitum Goa mediation/negotiation competitions; Pre-Vis Middle East Arbitration moot.

Academic Qualifications

Mediation accreditation:

  • Dispute Resolution Foundation ( DRF)
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb.)
  • Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR - International)
  • International Mediation Institute (IMI - QAP)

Arbitrator accreditation:

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb. - International)
  • LL.B. Hons. (Lon.)
  • LL.M. (Herts.) (Commercial)
  • Attorney-at-Law (Jamaica & New York*); Solicitor (England & Wales*); DIFC Courts* (U.A.E.)

*Inactive