Tony Willis

Tony Willis is an Independent Mediator in commercial, business and regulatory matters. He was for more than 25 years a Partner in Clifford Chance, London spending two years as a full time Managing Partner and then seven years as Head of the Litigation Practice there. Since 1998 he has been engaged full time as a Mediator, Negotiator and in designing dispute resolution processes. He joined Chambers when he transferred to the Bar in 2004. With a background of advising on and managing some of the largest international litigation in the English Courts, in the US, elsewhere in Europe and in Asia he has a profound knowledge of Dispute Resolution of all kinds. He has for many years ranked in the top category of Mediators listed in Chambers Directory and the Legal 500.

Tony Willis' Directory Quotes

  • "truly excellent" and ranked in 1st place by International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation 2011
  • "Forceful and impressive", "naturally have confidence in Willis and his approach", "superb", "delivers solutions and adds value", "an air of authority", "his mediations are properly run" (Chambers & Partners, 2007)
  • "IBM factor", "charming and effective", "awesomely bright" (The Legal 500, 2007)
  • "in a category of his own" (Chambers & Partners, 2006)
  • "bright and personable," "neither the complexity nor the extent of a dispute daunts him" (The Legal 500, 2005)
  • "enormously cool, calm, collected and persuasive" "stamps real authority on the process" (Chambers & Partners, 2005)

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