Nick is Joint Managing Partner at Berry Smith LLP, a practising solicitor and specialises in dispute resolution, predominantly for businesses. He is recognised as a Leading Individual in Dispute Resolution in Wales in the Legal 500 Guide. He is also an independent mediator, with more than 20 years experience, dealing with civil and commercial disputes across the UK.He has considerable experience in advising and acting in legal and business disputes, and advising parties on how they can best resolve their dispute. He has a strong emphasis on thinking practically and commercially.He is always happy to discuss potential cases on an initial no-obligation and confidential basis. He approaches cases from a commercial and pragmatic point of view, as well as on the basis of legal analysis, and builds up a good, long standing working relationships with clients. As a mediator, he has acted in a wide variety of disputes across the UK after being appointed for a number of solicitors firms and on occasion parties directly. He is an ADR Group accredited mediator and was non-executive director of ADR Net Board, one of the main mediation providers in the UK for seven years. His mediation website is at nickparkermediator.com. As well as his degree in law, Nick holds a Masters Degree in Advanced Litigation and attended the Harvard Business School Programme “Managing Professional Service Firms” in the United States in 2005.Nick is also an experienced lecturer, having lectured to hundreds of solicitors on professional skills across the UK. He also sits as a part time Deputy District Judge.He is a member of the Law Society's Civil Justice Committee and is a member of the CJC ADR Judicial Liaison Committee.Specialties: Dispute resolution, commercial litigation, mediation, commercial debt recovery, contract disputes, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, insolvency disputes, intellectual property disputes