Alex Jakubowski is a partner at Clarke Willmott LLP who specializes in commercial litigation, mediation, and dispute resolution. He has experience in contractual disputes, financial services, professional negligence, commercial agency disputes, and IT disputes. He also spent time on secondment to a large client, helping him develop empathy for parties in a dispute. Alex has been recommended by both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for his expertise in commercial litigation and professional negligence. He has experience mediating a wide range of disputes over contractual agreements, professional negligence, and other commercial issues involving sums over £100,000.

1. Alex Jakubowski, Partner and Mediator
T: 0845 209 1385 E: alex.jakubowski@clarkewillmott.com
Alex is a partner at Clarke Willmott LLP. He specialises in general commercial litigation and
has particular experience on contractual disputes, financial services disputes, professional
negligence, commercial agency disputes and IT disputes.
He has spent time on secondment to a large client whom he advises on a number of high
value complex disputes relating to procurement of software, services and goods. Alex’s
secondment has helped him to develop empathy with parties involved in a dispute because he
has experienced first-hand the commercial and political considerations that drive decision
making.
He has been recommended several years running in both Legal 500 and Chambers and
Partners for his commercial litigation and professional negligence expertise.
Recent mediations include:
 claim under a hire purchase agreement for over £210,000
 claim for breach of franchise agreement for over £100,000
 breach of contract and counterclaim in negligence for c£80,000
 dispute arising out of the terms of a sponsorship contract for over £100,000
 various professional negligence claims against solicitors for sums exceeding £100,000
 Energy dispute between supplier and commercial user
 Multi party dispute relating to the dissolution of a partnership and the valuation and
distribution of assets.
 Multi party dispute involving allegations of financial misselling, fraud and
misappropriation of client funds
ACCREDITATION AND PANEL MEMBERSHIPS:
 ADR Group
 Law Society's Civil and Commercial Mediation Accreditation Scheme
 Clerksroom

2. REVIEWS
'His approach to everything has been incredibly professional and polished'
(Head of legal at a large corporate)
'Very many thanks for your perseverance and insight yesterday. Until the last hour of the
mediation I feared there would be no settlement.'
(Partner with conduct of a financial services dispute)
'Thank you for your sterling efforts'
(Solicitor acting for a house builder in a commercial dispute)
‘Your input and mediation skills were extremely helpful and appreciated, in bringing this matter
to an amicable settlement. I think you handled the mediation very well, particularly as you
were appointed at such short notice’
(Partner with conduct of a lease hire dispute)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Masters in public law from Bristol University 1998; Financial Planning Certificate 2005;
Member of the Bristol Law Society; Polish speaker; Suite of meeting rooms available in Bristol,
Birmingham, London, Manchester, Southampton and Taunton.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Alex is married and lives in Bristol. He has two children and fills any spare time by rock
climbing, surfing, playing the banjo and reading.