Geoff Sharp is a commercial mediator working in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the Asia Pacific.
– A seasoned international mediator with mediation chambers in Singapore, London and New Zealand
– Online specialist, having successfully mediated cross-border disputes online, including construction, aviation, maritime, pharma and JV
– Founder of Maxwell Mediators, Singapore and a door tenant at Brick Court Chambers, London
– WWL Global Elite Thought Leader 2024 and WWL UK Bar 2024
—-
I am a mediator focusing on cross-border commercial disputes in Asia and Europe.
Chambers and Partners describe me as “truly an international mediator” and “tenacious in pursuit of a settlement…” and by Who’s Who Legal as a “mediation megastar “.
I conduct cross-border mediations online and in person – I am a member of Maxwell Mediators, Singapore and Brick Court Chambers, London.
I hope to bring a deep-rooted understanding of conflict to the disputes I mediate and to give them energy they often lack in the midst of an extended litigation or arbitration process. I usually get involved in complex, multi-layered cross border disputes where the people, places and positions are all part of a puzzle that needs putting together.
I hold senior posts in the mediation community including a United Nations Advisory Board with oversight of the UN’s Global Mediation Panel (term expired 2024) and I am one of a handful of commercial mediators designated to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel of Conciliators for a 6 year term by the President of The World Bank.
I am an Ambassador for the Singapore International Mediation Centre and a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators.
I look to a portfolio of cases built up over 25 years and am considered a hands-on and persistent mediator, routinely trusted by governments and global law firms.
I welcome direct contact.
—-
In 2019, together with colleagues Lim Tat and Bill Wood KC, we founded Maxwell Mediators based at Maxwell Chambers Suites in downtown Singapore.
Previously a litigation partner at commercial law firm Bell Gully in New Zealand, I began my career with global law firm King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne.
I am admitted to the Bar in New Zealand and Australia (all NZ Courts, the Supreme Court of Victoria, the High Court of Australia and the Australian Federal Court).
Contact Geoff Sharp
Level 1 Solnet House
70 The Terrace
Wellington 6011
Phone: +64 21 629 561