Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho

Kelly is Chair of the Civil Mediation Council. Her mediation experience is predominantly in civil and commercial disputes. She is also a practising barrister, where her work involves high value and complex commercial disputes. She is a member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, which sets the rules of court in England and Wales. Kelly focuses on what really matters to her clients. She delves into the commercial needs of the parties, the industry context of the dispute and any other sensitivities that matter to finding a resolution.

She is in the trenches with the parties and is tenacious in following every lead which may make a difference. She is warm, robust and proactive. She is also open-minded, flexible and creative, and creates an environment of agency and dignity for the parties, in which they may feel comfortable to disclose even the most vulnerable matters and to say what they need. She is particularly sensitive to the dynamics between individuals and has an intuitive ability to read a room. Kelly is adept with complex legal issues, procedural matters, the interplay between mediation, arbitration and litigation and with any level of value of dispute. She deals with commercial matters, disputes with public bodies and both domestic and international issues. She has experience of international arbitration, EU law and international law and multinational clients across the globe, as well as multi-party and group litigation.