Michel Kallipetis QC FCIArb

Michel is the former Head of Littleton Chambers and 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, he 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.

Mediation Experience
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 injury 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. Many of the mediations have been multi-party disputes, and others have involved international companies and the laws of other countries. He has mediated for the ICC and the AAA. This has included, more recently, many mediations conducted online.

Mediation Style
Mixing the authority and stature of a KC and a former Deputy High Court Judge with his personal charm, Michel is able to quickly gain the trust of the parties. He blends facilitative and evaluative techniques as the situation demands to create his own versatile and effective style of mediation and is able to affect settlement in a more direct manner than many other mediators.