IPOS Spotlight on: Michael Cover
Michael Cover has been a full-time mediator since 2008. He was accredited as a mediator by CEDR in 2002 and now practises full-time as an Accredited Mediator and Chartered Arbitrator.
Michael Cover has been a full-time mediator since 2008. He was accredited as a mediator by CEDR in 2002 and now practises full-time as an Accredited Mediator and Chartered Arbitrator. He has been involved in around 270 mediations and is a member of the mediation panels of many of the leading UK and international institutions.
He is a regular writer, speaker and presenter on ADR topics, including being on conference panels at the International Mediation Interest Group in Geneva. Michael has been a Judge at both the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris and the UK Mediation Skills Competition in London. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, as well as a World Intellectual Property Organisation Domain Name Panellist. In 2018, He was trained as an Investor State Mediator under the auspices of the World Bank/ICSID, IMI and CEDR.
He is currently in Kuala Lumpur as joint lead lecturer on the first in person Mediation Course of the Asian International Institute of ADR.
Michael is named in the Legal 500 2024 Mediators Hall of Fame and in Tier 3 of UK Mediators in the same publication:
“[Michael Cover] adds terrific value to a case through his experienced and balanced approach. His wealth of experience means that his commercial, yet empathetic, handling of difficult high-net-worth matrimonial disputes gives him the edge on other mediators ‘.”He is also rated as both a Global and UK National Leader in Mediation Who’s Who Legal 2022:
“Michael Cover enjoys an “excellent reputation” and is highlighted for being well versed in commercial and family business disputes.”
Michael has combined a 30-year career as a lawyer in private practice including 15 years as In-House Counsel. His business experience extends to leisure and technology companies. He has, therefore, a rare mixture of legal and business experience and, although this allows him to get straight to the heart of contentious issues, it is perhaps his grasp of disputants’ psychology that makes him such a successful mediator.
Whilst mediating all types of commercial dispute, he is particularly strong in intellectual property, technology and insurance and is particularly adept at helping to solve cross-cultural and cross-border disputes. He is also trained as a family and family business mediator.
Clients say the following about Michael:
“No one could have done more to encourage and move the parties to a settlement.”“Michael Cover was very good. He was personable and was very helpful in getting the parties to look at the wider implications, including commerciality and litigation costs and risk, etc. The mediator was strong but friendly and he also had a good sense of humour, which was a bonus since this is a difficult and complex case.”
“Michael did his very best in extremely difficult circumstances. His patience, candour and realistic assessment of the situation throughout was much appreciated.”
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