Michel Kallipetis

Michel Kallipetis KC: A Renowned Mediator
Experience
Michel Kallipetis KC has an extensive background in mediation, with over 50 years of experience as a practicing barrister. He has been involved in mediating a wide variety of disputes, including partnerships, banking, insurance, and re-insurance, as well as all areas of employment disputes such as racial and sex discrimination claims and pension rights. His experience also includes mediating construction, engineering, and commercial disputes with claims over several £100m, including referrals from the Commercial Court and the Technology & Construction Court. He has mediated for the ICC and the AAA, and has handled multi-party disputes involving international companies and the laws of other countries. He sat as a Deputy High Court Judge in Queen’s Beach Division, Chancery and the TCC for over a decade.
Specialty
Michel Kallipetis is a full time mediator particularly in civil and commercial disputes both in the UK and internationally. He is an Accredited Mediator with CEDR and ADR Chambers, and has over 25 years of experience mediating civil and commercial disputes. His mediation practice areas include agency, banking/financial instruments, company/shareholders, copyright, defamation, employment, franchise, information technology/telecommunications, infrastructure/construction/engineering, inheritance/probate/will, insurance, intellectual property, investments, joint venture/partnership, mining, oil & gas, personal injury, professional malpractice, real estate, sale/supply of goods & services, shipping, sports & entertainment, tenancy, torts, trademarks, trust, and others.
Education
Michel Kallipetis holds an LLB (Hons) from UCL and is a Barrister at Law from Gray’s Inn. He is also a King’s Counsel. His educational background and professional qualifications as well as his judicial experience have equipped him with the necessary skills to handle complex legal disputes effectively.
Achievements and Recognition

• Awards
  • Worldwide Mediation Pioneer award (Mediation Festival 2024, Greece)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Academy of Mediators (May 2024)
  • Award for contribution to diversity from International Academy of Mediators (May 2024)
  • Who’s Who Legal Award for Mediator of the Year 2020 
• Industry Rankings
  • Band 1 Mediator (UK-wide) by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and a Thought Leader for WWL
• Leadership Roles
  • Distinguished Fellow and Past President of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM)
• Major Case Successes
  • Leading Counsel in the two landmark decisions of the Court of Appeal in Halsey v Milton Keynes HNS Trust in 2004 and Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council in 2023.
• Contributions to Award-Winning Projects
  • Member of the working party that drafted the EU Code of Practice for Mediators
  • Member of the United Nations WD II which drafted the Singapore Convention on Mediation 2018