“Impressive.”
“A
true star.”
“Brisk and nimble thinker.” Chambers Guide to the Legal
Profession, 2005-06
Jane Andrewartha, a solicitor and partner of Clyde & Co, has
been involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution, primarily mediation,
since 1995 when involved in one of the first major English mediations
in the insurance sector. The £30m tripartite non-marine insurance
action, in which she represented underwriters, was a dispute with
the holders of a brokers’ binding authority.
She was trained
by CEDR and accredited as a mediator in June 1996 since when she
has been involved as mediator in over 300 mediations covering a wide
variety of commercial disputes frequently of a complex, international
or multi-party nature.
Jane has mediated disputes involving aviation,
banking and finance, business contracts, construction disputes, commodities,
employment, insurance and reinsurance, lender liability, marine and
energy disputes, professional liability, partnership/joint ventures
and transportation. She also sits as Arbitrator and has acted as
Early Neutral Evaluator.
In terms of her other experiences and skills,
Jane spent ten years as the legal advisor (pro bono) to a Citizens’ Advice
Bureau dealing with employment/housing/discrimination issues. She
is widely travelled for business purposes, particuarly in Latin America,
Europe, the USA and the Far East, and trained in cross-cultural and
cross-border disputes.
Jane has considerable financial and management
experience (finance partner on Clyde & Co’s Management
Board for 9 years).
