Representation and practical case management for businesses facing contractual disputes, with a focus on Africa and the Middle East.
Our consultants work together to assess your position, prepare your case and move the matter forward within an agreed scope.
From an emerging disagreement to arbitration proceedings or settlement discussions, we help organise the issues and agree a practical way forward.
Representation for claimants and respondents, with case preparation, submissions, procedural coordination and hearing preparation within the agreed remit.
Explore arbitration
Assessment of payment, performance and termination disputes, bringing the contract, evidence and commercial objective into a coherent position.
Discuss a commercial dispute
Preparation for settlement discussions and mediation, with a supported position, clear objectives and an agreed negotiating approach.
Explore a negotiated resolutionSelect the stage that best describes your situation. Each matter starts with the parties, the documents, the timetable and the outcome you need.
We review the contract, the sequence of events and the communications exchanged so far. Together, we identify the disputed issues, the evidence available and the commercial outcome you are seeking.
Discuss this matter
We assess the claim or notice, the relevant documents and any stated deadlines. The next step is to define the response, the work required and the responsibilities for delivering it.
Discuss this matter
Within the agreed scope, we prepare and coordinate the case through submissions, evidence, document production and hearing preparation. Any involvement of other advisers is defined at the outset.
Discuss this matter
We prepare a supported negotiating position and help clarify the terms that matter to your business. Settlement discussions and mediation can be considered alongside the continuing dispute strategy.
Discuss this matter
Representation is subject to the applicable rules and an agreed scope. Where needed, we work with separately instructed solicitors, counsel, experts or local advisers. Court proceedings require a separate instruction.
Payment, performance and the continuity of a business relationship can all be at stake. We focus on the documents and decisions needed to move the matter forward.
Unpaid invoices, withheld sums, delivery disagreements and performance claims. We assess the contractual position and the records supporting the claim or response.
Supply, distribution, agency and project relationships involving more than one country. We help organise the documents, responsibilities and dispute strategy.
Welshdale works with a team of consultants on commercial disputes and international arbitration, with a focus on business relationships involving Africa and the Middle East.
Our consultants work together around the needs of each engagement. We agree the scope, responsibilities and communication arrangements so you know what is being done and what comes next.
Where a matter needs separately instructed solicitors, counsel, experts or local advisers, we identify that requirement as part of the agreed approach. Client identities and confidential case details are not published.
Contract review, negotiation and due diligence complement our disputes and arbitration work.
We establish the position, agree the work and keep the next decision in view. Scope, fees and responsibilities are discussed before an engagement begins.
Tell us who is involved, the broad nature of the dispute and whether a deadline is approaching. Do not send confidential documents at this stage.
We consider whether we can accept the matter and agree the work, fees, consultant responsibilities and any need for other advisers.
We examine the relevant documents, identify the issues and agree the next steps in light of your commercial objectives.
We carry out the agreed work, prepare for the next procedural stage and keep appropriate settlement opportunities under review.
A few practical answers about making an enquiry and the way we approach a new matter.
Yes. We welcome enquiries about developing disputes as well as proceedings already under way. An initial assessment helps establish the position and the scope of any further work.
We welcome enquiries from businesses bringing or responding to a claim. Acceptance depends on a conflict check, the applicable requirements and an agreed scope of representation.
No. Start with the parties’ names, a brief non-confidential outline and any approaching deadline. We will confirm an appropriate route for documents after the initial checks.
An enquiry alone does not create an engagement or mean that work has started. Scope, fees and responsibilities must first be agreed. Do not rely on an enquiry form to protect an urgent deadline.
Tell us who is involved, what stage the matter has reached and whether a deadline is approaching. Keep the first enquiry brief and non-confidential.
Do not send confidential documents before a conflict check. An engagement must be agreed before any work begins.