Max Mendelsohn has for many years practised as a formal and informal arbitrator and mediator of commercial and corporate disputes and advisor of commercial enterprises. He is a member of the Insolvency and Restructuring Group, advising financial institutions and insolvency practitioners. He is widely renowned as a pragmatic deal-maker. He has sat on the board of directors of corporations and is a frequent speaker and panel participant on arbitration and mediation matters and on bankruptcy and insolvency law reform, trans-border insolvencies, bankruptcy and insolvency litigation and other topics related to banking, insolvency and receiverships.