Archive for October, 2009

Should Mediators Be Expert in the Field of the Dispute?

This final post from the Madrid IBA Conference concerns a panel of corporate users who were asked whether subject-matter competence was an important factor in selection of a mediator. Read more »

International Projects and Initiatives: Part II

Part I of this post summarized reports from Spain, South Africa, Bahrain, Pakistan and the Balkans.  This second and concluding part presents reports from Argentina, the United States and Europe broadly. Read more »

International Projects and Initiatives: Part I

A panel of eight speakers at the Madrid IBA Conference spoke on “Projects, Practices and Policies: Developments from the World of Mediation.”  This is the first of a two-part report on the presentations offered. Read more »

An International Look at Dispute Clause Drafting

The recent Conference of the International Bar Association in Madrid convened many of the leading practitioners and theorists in international law.  The Dispute Resolution Section of the IBA offered panels prepared by its Arbitration Committee (co-chairs Pierre Bienvenu of Canada and Guido Santiago Tawil of Argentina) and its Mediation Committee (chair Jon Lang of the UK) that provided very interesting and informed debate. Read more »

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