Chambers and Partners, 2024 (Band 1)
Charles Powell is an experienced mediator whose expertise in partnership, professional negligence and property-related disputes is much sought after. He frequently works with corporates, financial institutions and insurance companies.
Chambers and Partners, 2024 (Band 1)
Charles Powell is a prominent mediator whose experience in partnership, professional negligence and property-related disputes is much sought after. He frequently works with corporates, financial institutions and insurance companies.
Chambers and Partners, 2023 (Band 1)
Charles Powell is a prominent mediator whose experience in partnership, professional negligence and property-related disputes is much sought after. He frequently works with corporates, financial institutions and insurance companies. “He’s commercial and a natural dispute resolver. His skills are in diplomacy, emotional intelligence and commercial acumen. He also has a sound grasp of the legal issues.” “He has great charm, communicates well and is a pleasure to work with. He has sound instincts and we felt listened to.”
Chambers and Partners, 2022 (Band 2)
Charles Powell is a prominent mediator whose experience in partnership, professional negligence and property-related disputes is much sought after. He frequently works with corporates, financial institutions and insurance companies.“He quickly grasped that discussions of the merits of the case had been exhausted in pre-mediation correspondence and did not waste time going through them yet again, but instead moved the parties on to considering settlement on a commercial basis.”
Chambers and Partners, 2021 (Band 2)
Charles Powell is a prominent mediator whose experience in partnership, professional negligence and property-related disputes is much sought after. He frequently works with corporates, financial institutions and insurance companies. “He is a quality mediator who really wins the trust of the parties.” “Charles is commercial and skilled at bringing parties towards a resolution.”
Chambers and Partners, 2020 (Band 2)
Charles Powell is praised for the “incisive” mediating style that he applies to partnership, professional negligence and property disputes, among a number of other commercial claims. Clients report: “He’s very approachable and level-headed, and has a calming manner that puts clients at ease. You feel he goes the extra way to coax things towards a settlement.”
Chambers and Partners, 2019 (Band 2)
Charles Powell is an active mediator who concentrates his practice on commercial disputes, property claims, partnership disputes and banking and asset finance issues. He has an excellent reputation among clients, who say: “He’s very calm and really wins the confidence of both sides.”
Hall of Fame Mediator
Legal 500 2025 (Tier 1)
A former Freeths LLP partner, Charles Powell is ’amiable, professional and mild-mannered, such qualities enabling him to build a rapport with the parties and their legal representatives easily’. Retiring from private practice in May 2023, veteran mediator Powell specialises in high-stakes commercial disputes and partnership issues, as well as professional negligence matters, property claims, and banking and asset finance conflicts. CEDR-accredited since 1996, Powell, who has conducted over 600 mediations to date, is also a founder member of both Hexagon Mediation and The Association of Midlands Mediators.
Legal 500 2024 (Tier 1)
Charles Powell is a former Freeths LLP partner, who ‘seems to have the magic touch. He convinces parties that they really do want to settle. Even parties who are going through the motions or are poles apart find themselves shaking hands at the end of a day with Charles‘. A founder member of both Hexagon Mediation Limited and The Association of Midlands Mediators, Powell has approximately 30 years’ experience as a mediator, and conducted over 600 mediations to date. He specialises in commercial and partnership disputes, professional negligence, and property claims. Other key areas are banking, asset finance and insolvency-related mediations.
Legal 500 2023 (Tier 2)
Charles Powell is ‘a very experienced and effective mediator, who is able to handle difficult mediations well and gets the key commercial points quickly‘. He has conducted over 500 commercial mediations to date; and specialises in commercial disputes, partnership issues, professional negligence, property claims, insolvency, and banking and asset finance disputes.
Legal 500 2022 (Tier 2)
Charles Powell is ‘a mediator for miracles – he just has a knack for settling cases‘. With over 20 years’ mediation experience, Powell has conducted over 500 commercial mediations; and specialises in disputes concerning commercial issues, partnerships, professional negligence, property, banking, asset finance, and insolvency.
Legal 500, 2021 (Tier 2)
Charles Powell is ‘an excellent mediator; he is hardworking, pragmatic and determined to find the right resolution. He is also creative at unlocking offers‘. Others praise Powell’s ‘really good mediation style, for engaging well with the parties, and approaching the mediation in a pragmatic and sensible way‘. Powell has over 20 years’ mediation experience and has conducted over 500 commercial mediations. He specialises in disputes involving commercial law, partnerships, professional negligence and property claims, and banking and asset finance disputes.
Legal 500, 2020 (Tier 2)
Charles Powell is ‘an exceptional mediator’. He ‘finds patches of common ground in battlefields littered with casualties’ and ‘parties trust him to guide them towards a resolution because he understands the necessary ingredients for settlement and does not allow himself, or the parties, to become hung up on irrelevant aspects’. Powell has over 20 years of mediation experience and has conducted over 500 commercial mediations.
Legal 500, 2019 (Tier 2)
Charles Powell ‘handles mediations exceptionally well; he establishes a good relationship with parties and assists in achieving results; he also has a good grasp of the facts and the law and explores the strengths and weaknesses of cases in a sensible manner‘.
Who’s Who Legal, 2019
Recognised as a leading mediator.