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XXIV Old Buildings

Chambers of Martin Mann QC and Alan Steinfeld QC

24 OLD BUILDINGS, LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3UP, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7691 2424
Fax:
Fax 0870 460 2178
DX:
307 LDE
Web:
www.xxiv.co.uk
Email:
London, Geneva

Michael Black QC

Tel:
Work +44 20 7691 2424
Email:
XXIV Old Buildings (Chambers of Martin Mann QC and Alan Steinfeld QC)

Position

International business disputes before the courts of jurisdictions across the world, arbitral tribunals and in alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Career

Called 1978 Middle Temple; Silk 1995; Deputy Judge of Technology and Construction Court 1999; Recorder of the Crown Court 1999; assistant commissioner, Parliamentary Boundary Committee for England 2000; member Civil Procedure Rule Committee 2000-04; member Civil Justice Council 2005-09; Bencher, Middle Temple 2006; Deputy High Court Judge 2008. Publications: contributor to ‘The Law and Practice of Compromise’ (Sweet & Maxwell, 7th edition 2010); contributor to ‘International Construction Law’ (ABA 2009); contributor to ‘Discovery Deskbook for Construction Disputes’ (ABA 2006).

Member

Bars of the Dubai International Financial Centre, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Isle of Man (ad hoc), the Cayman Islands (ad hoc); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; American Bar Association (international associate member), American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry; London Court of International Arbitration; International Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; COMBAR; Bar European Group; Liveryman or the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators.

Education

University College, London; Harvard Law School (accredited mediator); visiting professor Manchester University.

Practice Areas

Construction; International commercial arbitration; Litigation - commercial

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