Halden Grey

International Dispute Resolution

Disputes, resolved quietly.

Halden Grey is a firm that negotiates and manages commercial disputes, including across borders. We bring structure, persistence and a clear path toward an agreed outcome, without the noise of a courtroom.

Confidential enquiry

Practice

We work to move a dispute from stalemate to settlement.

Most disputes do not need to be litigated. They need someone with the patience to understand them, the persistence to be taken seriously by the other side, and the discipline to see them through.

  • I

    Commercial and contract disputes

    Supplier, customer, partnership and shareholder disagreements, ideally resolved before they harden into proceedings.

  • II

    Cross border claims

    Matters where the parties, the assets or the contract sit in different countries, and nobody is sure where to start.

  • III

    Recovery strategy

    Unpaid sums, broken undertakings and defaulted agreements, followed up with a plan that reflects where the counterparty actually is.

  • IV

    Negotiation and settlement

    Structured, private negotiation on our client’s behalf, working toward terms both sides can sign.

  • V

    Pre action assessment

    An early commercial view of the position, the likely cost of pursuing it and the realistic options, before money is spent. This is not legal advice.

  • VI

    Specialist coordination

    Where a matter needs local lawyers, investigators, experts or translators, we can help coordinate them, so the client has one point of contact.

Regions

Many regions. One point of contact.

We can act on matters connected with the regions below, and elsewhere on request. Where a matter needs a local lawyer or language support, we can help arrange it, engaged directly by the client.

01United Kingdom and EuropeUK, Ireland and the European Union
02ScandinaviaSweden and the Nordic countries
03MediterraneanGreece, Cyprus and the wider region
04Middle EastThe Gulf states and the Levant
05AfricaNorth, East, West and Southern Africa
06AmericasThe United States and North America
07Australia and the PacificAustralia, New Zealand, Vanuatu and the Pacific Islands
08Southeast AsiaThailand, the Philippines and Indonesia

Approach

Three principles we hold to.

Discretion

We do not publish our clients, our matters or our results. We treat every engagement as confidential from the first message, subject only to what the law requires.

Focus

We work for the client who engaged us, and we tell the other side who that is. Our aim is a resolution that serves our client.

Finality

We work toward an outcome agreed in writing. For us, a dispute is not closed until the agreed terms are performed.

  1. 1

    Confidential review

    You tell us what happened. We read the documents and tell you plainly whether we can help.

  2. 2

    Assessment

    We set out the position, the leverage on each side, the options and the likely cost of each.

  3. 3

    Engagement

    Agreed scope and fees, in writing, before any work on the other side begins.

  4. 4

    Resolution

    We open the conversation, hold our client’s position and work toward agreed terms.

Contact

Confidential enquiries.

Write to us with a short outline of the matter and the countries involved. Please do not send original documents until we have confirmed we can act. We aim to reply within two business days.

Nothing you send us is shared without your consent, except where the law requires it. Sending an enquiry does not create an engagement.