Gill Mansfield
Commercial mediator
“She was excellent”
“A rare talent for finding practical solutions to problems very quickly”
– Client Feedback
Languages
English
Overview
Gill Mansfield has over 25 years’ experience of dealing with and resolving commercial disputes and complex cross-border and international litigation in the UK, Europe, the America’s and across Asia as a respected commercial lawyer, and she has practised as a commercial mediator for over a decade.
Her experience spans a number of different sectors and she mediates a wide range of commercial, financial and corporate disputes. Gill is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of several international mediation panels including the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals in New York and the WIPO panel of IP neutrals in Geneva.
Expertise
- Commercial Contracts
- Company, Shareholder & Directors
- Employment & Workplace
- Media & Entertainment
- Intellectual Property
- IT, Technology & Digital
- Property & Construction
- Landlord & Tenant
- Neighbours Disputes
- Sale of Goods & Services
Professional Background
Having originally qualified and practised as a barrister, Gill has spent much of her legal career in General Counsel and Head of Legal roles working with award-winning media and entertainment companies, online retailers in the consumer goods sector, late-stage tech start-ups, multi-national corporations and household name brands. As a result, she has a degree of commerciality and boardroom experience that is rare in the mediation profession.
She is recognised by her peers as “a masterful negotiator and a brilliant lawyer” and as having “a rare talent for finding practical solutions to problems very quickly”. She is described as “pragmatic”, “collaborative” and “solution-oriented”. The combination of genuine commercial expertise and business acumen, a sharp legal mind and the ability to rapidly build rapport with people from all walks of life has enabled Gill to effectively mediate a wide range of commercial disputes.
Gill holds both UK and US mediation accreditations and has successfully mediated cases on both sides of the Atlantic as well as cross-border and international cases. She has experience of working with interpreters and is highly skilled in cross-cultural cases that require an understanding and awareness of cultural differences. She also has experience of technology-assisted commercial mediation (allowing parties to attend the mediation remotely) and online dispute resolution.