Suzanne Tager

Client Feedback
“Suzanne got to the crux of the dispute quickly. She was able to mediate with a particularly adversarial opponent to achieve a resolution the client was happy with. The only way to describe Suzanne is cool, calm and collected. She is patient and methodical. I hope I get to work with her again in the future!”

Languages
English

Overview
Suzanne Tager has over 17 years’ experience of dealing with and resolving high-value, multi-jurisdictional, cross-border, commercial disputes both domestically and internationally; 14 years of which were spent working at a top global law firm.

Suzanne is a highly accomplished full-time commercial mediator and is well placed to assist with disputes in a range of commercial sectors including banking and finance, contentious insolvency, general commercial, corporate, commercial fraud, private client, intellectual property, insurance, employment, real estate, education, consumer, professional negligence and ESG.

Professional Background
Suzanne trained with Lovells (which became Hogan Lovells) in London, qualifying into its market leading commercial litigation practice, where she became a senior member of the team. During her time at the firm, she also completed secondments to the New York office and to the group litigation team at Standard Chartered Bank.

As a litigator, Suzanne’s clients were generally multi-national corporations, banks, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and high net worth individuals. The disputes she advised on were typically multi-jurisdictional, usually with an international element.
They were predominantly banking and finance, contentious insolvency, director and/or shareholder, commercial fraud or general commercial disputes.

Suzanne mediates a wide variety of commercial disputes drawing on her extensive experience of dispute resolution and her deep understanding of negotiation, influence, psychology and decision-making gleaned from research, seminars and a Certification in Negotiation from Yale University. Suzanne writes and speaks regularly on mediation and gives masterclasses on preparing for and navigating mediation to law firms and in-house teams throughout the UK.

Outside of her work as a mediator, since January 2020, Suzanne has served as Chair of Governors of a primary school. During her tenure, she has helped to recruit a new Headteacher, guide the school through the challenges presented by Covid and support the school with its integration into a Multi-Academy Trust.

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