Sue O'Brien

Pitmans LLP

47 Castle Street
Reading
UK
RG1 7SR
0118 957 0513
sobrien@pitmans.com

Ranked In

Reading and surrounds
Dispute Resolution (Band 1)

Profile

Practice Areas: Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Department. Specialises in heavyweight commercial litigation, often with an international element. Fraud, professional negligence, construction, international sale and carriage of goods, contract disputes, insurance issues, warranty claims, banking and finance disputes, regulatory issues, commercial agent’s disputes. An ADR accredited mediator, Sue is fluent in French with a working knowledge of Spanish. Specialist interests include: commercial mediation, dispute resolution law, purchasing structures & corporate property transactions, real-estate finance sector, construction and property disputes.

Career: First Class Honours Degree in Modern Languages from St Anne's College, Oxford. Holman Fenwick and Willan, Paris; Slaughter and May, Paris; Slaughter and May, London. Joined Pitmans in 1992.