Commercial Mediation for Complex Financial and Business Disputes
Resolving high-value disputes with commercial insight and financial expertise
A Mediator with Deep Financial Markets Experience
Mike Bass is a commercial mediator specialising in complex disputes, particularly those involving banking and financial services.
Before moving into dispute resolution, he spent over thirty years in global financial markets, including senior roles in derivatives, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities. He held leadership positions at Standard Chartered Bank, RBC Capital Markets and Westpac, and served as a board member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).
This background enables him to engage quickly with both the technical detail and the commercial realities behind a dispute.
When to Instruct
High-value or commercially significant disputes
Financial structure central to the issues
Technically complex or document-heavy
Breakdown in relationships between parties
Need for financial markets credibility
Senior decision-makers involved
Areas of Work
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Professional Background
CEDR UK Panel mediator and Civil Mediation Council Registered Mediator.
International arbitration training through CIArb.