Andrew Manning Cox

I specialise in High Court litigation and international arbitration, mediation and other forms of dispute resolution. I am a solicitor advocate, chartered arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a CEDR Accredited Mediator, a non-executive director of CEDR and a notary public.

Tel: +44 (0)121 214 1034

Email: andrew_manningcox@wragge.com

Best brains in ..?

Conducting high-profile litigation and arbitration; developing and applying innovative solutions aimed at resolving disputes; putting myself in the client's shoes.

Highlight of your career so far?

Using a combination of preparation, innovative strategy and funding options to get a 100% victory for a corporate client whose financial position would otherwise have made it impossible to pursue a just cause.

Most challenging job you've ever done?

Running a multi-party arbitration with 150 witnesses and listed for a six-month hearing, which settled on the Sunday evening before it was due to start the following day.

What about outside the UK?

Multi-party and multi-jurisdictional arbitrations

What's your definition of going the extra mile?

Developing what is now one of Wragge & Co's most important clients from a standing start over a two-year period by listening to what the client wanted from its legal advisers and then managing a multi-disciplinary team to knock its socks off in quality of service.

Best example of a creative legal solution?

Splitting out a complex legal dispute into specific issues, some of which were capable of resolution by mediation and/or focused negotiation and which were then used to break an impasse and unlock a resolution to the whole dispute.

When have you ever given a client a real competitive edge?

I think it is important, particularly in a client-partner relationship to adopt a 'concilieri' role - a sounding board for ideas or even a shoulder to cry on in a situation which may in fact have no direct relevance to my areas of specialism.

What's your single greatest contribution to Wragge & Co's corporate responsibility?

I am a past chairman of the British Lung Foundation - Midlands Region, raising money for research into respiratory disease. I have raised money for Sense in activities ranging from a sponsored trek in the Himalayas to a sponsored bargeathon.