Mediator & Arbitrator

Having practised as a litigation lawyer before turning full time to mediation, Alan has over 30 years of experience mediating commercial and intellectual property disputes of all kinds in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, in which parties are legally represented. He was described by Who’s Who Legal: Mediation 2018 as “one of the best mediators in the world” and by Who’s Who Legal: Australia 2019 as one of the three “Most Highly Regarded” mediators “for their expertise in handling sophisticated disputes across a wide range of industries” and in 2021 as one of the Asia Pacific Global Elite Thought Leaders in Mediation.

Alan Limbury is a pioneer of mediation in Australia. He established the first ADR practice group in an Australian law firm and was a Founder and former Chairman of LEADR (now Resolution Institute). He contributed to the adoption by the Law Society of NSW of a model contract clause for the resolution of disputes and guidelines for solicitors who practise as mediators and to the Law Council of Australia’s policy on ADR, model legislation and rules for court-annexed mediation, ethical standards for mediators and the role and responsibilities of lawyers in mediation.

Alan has mediated over 3,000 commercial and intellectual property disputes in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, in which parties are legally represented.