Robin Somerville
Mediator
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“Calm approach… finding solutions for tricky problems… exceptional… second to none… A really true professional”
Languages
English
Overview
Robin is a mediator specialising in shareholder, partnership, board, business, family business, commercial and technology disputes. He mediates, advises and acts as a mediation advocate, typically in respect of multi-million-pound business disputes. The largest to date is £120m involving six brothers and their children.
Prior to qualifying as a mediator in 2009, Robin set up, grew and successfully sold three start-up businesses. He was also involved in his family’s third generation family business.
Robin was involved in his own personal commercial dispute as a claimant which itself settled at mediation. He is therefore uniquely placed to be particularly effective in understanding the commercial, relationship, risk and strategic issues involved with disputes. Robin quickly builds rapport with clients who value his approachability, responsiveness and pragmatic, problem solving and solution focussed outlook.
Robin also sits as a judge, arbitrator and adjudicator and was previously an Ombudsman at the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Robin has been a judge at the ICC International Mediation Competition in Paris since 2017 and the CEDR National and International Negotiation Competitions.
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