Michel Kallipetis, UK

‘Lawyer of the Year’ Mediation category, Who’s Who Legal Awards 2020 and 2017

Michel has 40 years’ experience as a practising barrister in the field of general commercial, professional negligence and employment work. He is recognised in 'The Legal Directories' as an expert in his field in Mediation, Commercial Litigation and Professional Negligence.

He is an Accredited Mediator with CEDR and ADR Chambers, was appointed to the Hong Kong HKIAC Accredited Mediator Panel and was one of the first CIArb Mediation Fellows in 2008. In 2009 he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and in 2014 was invited to become a director. In 2012, Michel was invited to become a member of the Singapore International Mediation Centre’s Panel of Mediators. He is a member of The Sports Resolution Panel and The Panel of Independent Mediators and is a Chartered Arbitrator. He is fluent in German, and has a working knowledge of French.

Michel regularly mediates a wide variety of disputes including: partnerships; banking; insurance and re-insurance; all areas of employment disputes including racial and sex discrimination claims and pension rights; solicitors and valuers’ negligence claims; medical negligence and personal injuries claims; construction, engineering and commercial disputes with claims over several £100m including referrals from the Commercial Court and the Technology & Construction Court. He has also mediated a variety of land disputes involving rights of way and disputed boundaries. He has mediated for the ICC and the AAA and more recently many mediations conducted online.