Louise Mathias
Barrister and Advanced-trained Mediator
Louise Mathias is a barrister (formerly litigation) and an advanced-trained mediator (Harvard PON), and the founder of High Performance Lawyers. Her work focuses on how barristers, lawyers and firms operate when the pressure of legal practice rises.
Before entering the legal profession, Louise spent many years studying human behaviour, conflict and communication. She later became certified in high performance, emotional intelligence and Dare to Lead™. Through that work, she developed a clear view of performance in the legal profession.
Legal expertise is expected in the profession. That produces high achievers. High performers deliberately raise the standards in how they practice.
Louise advises 3+ PQE barristers and lawyers and consults with law firms on raising their standards in preparation, performance under pressure, and leading with influence in environments where capability, reputation, and outcomes are tested, in practice, mediations, meetings, teams, firms, and in difficult conversations.
Through High Performance Lawyers, she mediates legal and workplace disputes, advises barristers and lawyers, and consults with law firms, integrating the habits, systems, thinking and behaviours that enable legal professionals to operate at the highest level consistently when pressure rises.
