Rachael Bicknell
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Areas of expertise
Areas of expertise
• Commercial or business disputes
• Construction disputes
• Director, shareholder and partnership disputes
• Family business disputes
• Financial services
• Insolvency disputes
• Landlord and tenant
• Professional negligence
• Property, land and telecoms disputes
• Workplace conflicts
Country of Practice
Scotland / UK
Languages
English
Professional Memberships
ADR ODR International accredited civil and commercial mediator
Civil Mediation Council registered civil and commercial mediator
Scottish Mediation registered mediator
Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) Level 3 certified mediator
CEDR Accredited Negotiator
Alumnus of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
Alumnus of the Straus Institute at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the Law Society of Scotland
Professional Experience
Rachael is an experienced mediator and negotiator. She founded Squaring Circles, a specialist dispute resolution business based in Edinburgh, and winner of the UK National Mediation Awards Newcomer of the Year Award 2020, in October 2019. Prior to that she practised as a dispute resolution solicitor for 12 years in two of the UK’s most successful premium law firms, representing negotiating parties in mediations and solicitor to solicitor negotiations of civil and commercial disputes ranging in value from tens of thousands to multimillion pound claims.
Rachael combines her legal expertise with specialist training in advanced negotiation to provide “in person” and online mediation. She teaches negotiation skills on the Online LLM in Dispute Resolution at the University of Aberdeen and is an accredited specialist in Professional Negligence Law by the Law Society of Scotland.
Style & Approach
“Rachael’s professionalism, teamed with obvious empathy, patience and great skill was impressive”
“Rachael is a highly skilled and knowledgeable mediator”
“Rachael showed amazing patience and resolve”
