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Geoff Sharp is a commercial mediator and barrister from New Zealand. After 18 years in the law, and until the late 1990's as a partner of a major NZ commercial law firm, Geoff is now a busy commercial mediator on his own account and has resolved many hundreds of contentious matters and litigated cases over the last 10 years.

In addition to mediating, Geoff was invited to join the visiting faculty of Pepperdine University Law School as part of the 21st Annual Summer Professional Skills Program for mediators in 2008. Geoff has also been invited to be a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Bond University Faculty of Law in 2008 where he will take part in the intellectual life of the law school for a brief time. Geoff is admitted to the Hong Kong Panel of Mediators maintained by Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. Geoff was invited to join Europe's new International Mediation Institute as an Independent Standards Commissioner.

My experience is in mediating a wide range of disputes, primarily litigated cases for commercial organisations but also disputes not necessarily involving lawyers and more relationship based, such as joint ventures, partnerships and other cooperative enterprises.

My aim is to conduct the mediation in a manner that complements the litigation process and I hope my reputation is as a proactive mediator who adds value to the negotiation and who is able to assist unyielding parties to settle the most difficult and contentious cases. I hope my reputation is as a proactive mediator who adds real value and is able to facilitate and assist in the settlement of the most difficult multi issue and hotly debated cases.

On enquiry

In my experience, parties and counsel are clear in what they expect an effective mediator to deliver. They want a mediator who: Never gives up/ Understands and appreciates the role of counsel/ Listens and will do no harm/ Has a broad litigation background/ Has a respect for and an ability to connect with parties/ Understands and has sufficient experience to protect counsels’ litigation strategies/ Understands and respects the mediation process/ Never gives up.