Alan Thomas

Alan is a London-based commercial mediator with more than 30 years’ experience in complex financial and commercial matters. He brings a calm, commercially pragmatic and solution-focused approach to mediation, with particular expertise in commercial, contractual, shareholder and financial disputes.

His background includes over two decades at JPMorgan in London, where he worked on sophisticated financial transactions, high-value negotiations and commercially sensitive matters involving multiple stakeholders and competing interests.

Alan aims to provide a constructive and professionally supportive environment in which parties can engage openly and work towards resolving difficult issues effectively.

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Profession

Full Time Mediator

Local Panel

London

Specialist Panel

Business & Property

Membership Level

Junior

Alan's Experience

Bronze level fixed fees

Mediation Style

Alan's mediation style is primarily facilitative. He seeks to help parties engage constructively with one another, better understand the issues underlying the dispute and work towards practical, commercially realistic and durable resolutions.

He aims to create a calm, professional and solution-focused environment in which parties feel heard and able to explore settlement constructively. Where appropriate, he also draws upon his extensive commercial and negotiation experience to assist parties in evaluating risk, commercial objectives and possible routes to resolution.

Areas of expertise

Alan has a particular interest in mediations involving commercial, business, contractual, shareholder and financial disputes, including matters arising from complex commercial relationships, financial arrangements and competing stakeholder interests.

His background is particularly well suited to disputes where parties are seeking commercially pragmatic, constructive and solution-focused outcomes in sensitive or high-pressure situations.

Memberships

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Registered Mediator, Civil Mediation Council Accredited Mediator, CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution)
Member and Accredited Mediator, Society of Mediators Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales