Mock Mediation, Rome, Italy - 24th November 2006
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"Baggage Blues” Multi Party International Mediation |
Zurich – Grindelwald Light Rail Hotel Baggage Handling System
Please mark your diaries now for this not to be missed, mock
mediation featuring some of World’s leading mediation specialists. The
event is organised jointly by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
ICC Dispute Resolution Services and Italian Association for Arbitration
(AIA). It will be held in Rome at the Consiglio Nazionale Forense (CNF)
– Italian Bar Council – in Via del Governo Vecchio 3, Palazzo
Boncompagni Corcos, Rome, and is hosted by the CNF, which will be
pleased to offer, inter alia, the lunch and a cocktail reception at the
end of the seminar.
The morning session will consist of a multi-party mediation relating to
an important infrastructure project, which is in severe difficulties.
There are five international parties to this dispute. They are: a
consortium of 16 of Grindelwald’s leading luxury hotels, the hotels are
financing the majority of this project and are represented at the
mediation by the leader of the consortium; the Zurich – Grindelwald
Light Rail Transit Authority, which operates the light rail system and,
in particular, the Grindelwald Olympic Station, (the Transit Authority
also provides some of the finance for this project); a large
internationally recognised baggage-handling manufacturer; a specialist
firm that manufactures optical character readers and a specialist
software company.
The parties to this dispute have entered into a variety of different
contractual arrangements with each other and some of these contracts
have provisions whereby an attempt must first be made to resolve
disputes by mediation before embarking on arbitration. As the mediation
unfolds, a moderator will provide explanations of the situation and give
commentary on various procedures and points of interest.
Participants at the mock mediation will be provided with detailed
general background information on the dispute and details of some
confidential facts for one of the five parties to the dispute.
After lunch, commentators from various jurisdictions will explain how
the mediation would have been conducted in their own particular
countries and highlight some of the cultural and process differences,
including the role of the legal advisors. This will be followed by a
general panel discussion and open question and answer session. Once the
formal proceedings have concluded there will be a cocktail reception for
the participants, commentators and role-players.
The documentation and the event will be held in English but simultaneous
translation will be provided in Italian.
Brief Bio Data of Speakers and Role-Players Professor Guido Alpa
Mr. Giovanni De Berti is a member of the Milan Bar and a (non- practising) barrister of Gray's Inn. His practice covers commercial matters, namely in connection with mergers and acquisitions and domestic and international litigation, arbitration and mediation. He is an accredited mediator with the Milan Chamber of Arbitration, the CEDR and the Italy-China Business Mediation Centre, and a member of the Italian Arbitration Association (AIA) and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Practice and Standards Committee.
Mr. Andrew Burr is a barrister at Atkin Chambers, London, specialising primarily in domestic and international construction and technology disputes. He acts generally as advocate in litigation and arbitration, in an advisory capacity with regard to ADR and sits as adjudicator under the TeCSA rules and as ICC arbitrator. Andrew is Chairman of the European Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Mr. David Cornes is a full-time commercial mediator based in the UK. He is a Solicitor and former Senior Partner of Winward Fearon in London. He is a member of the Panel of Independent Mediators and on various mediator panels including the Court of Appeal in London, CEDR, In Place of Strife and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. David is a member of the Board of Management of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Mr. Michael Cover is a practising Accredited Mediator and a member of a number of domestic and international panels of mediators, including those of CEDR, the UK Court of Appeal and the Law Society of England & Wales, as well as being a member of the International Trade Mark Association / CPR Panel of Neutrals and the WIPO Panel of Neutrals. He is also a WIPO Domain Name Panellist. Michael is a Solicitor (England & Wales) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a partner of Charles Russell LLP, London
Ms. Mélanie Meilhac is an attorney admitted to the Bar in France. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Business Law and a specialization certificate in International Trade and Tax Law. Ms. Meilhac has worked in the Paris office of one of the leading international law firms, where her main practice area was international arbitration. She joined as a lawyer the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of commerce in 2004. She has been recently appointed Manager for ICC Dispute Resolution Services and will be in charge of ICC ADR, Dispute Boards, Expertise and DOCDEX.
Mr Mauro Ferrante is Secretary General of the Italian Arbitration Association and Managing Director of the ICC Italy. He has been Secretary General of ICCA (1975-1986) of which he is still an Advisory Member. He frequently conducts or intervenes in seminars to illustrate arbitration and ADR facilities and techniques.
Mr. Wolf Von Kumberg has been the European Legal Director and Assistant General Counsel for Northrop Grumman Corporation and its predecessor, Litton Industries, Inc., for the past twelve years. He has offices in both London and Zurich and is qualified as a lawyer in both Canada and England He has extensive experience in international arbitration/mediation, commercial, regulatory and public procurement law.
Mr. Jeremy Lack is a Swiss, British, US and Israeli lawyer and mediator, who specializes in intellectual property, technology and international commercial transactions. He is an English Barrister and a US attorney and is admitted to the Ordre des Avocats de Genève. He is an associate member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is accredited as a mediator by several organisations. Jeremy lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr. Carlo Mosca is a business lawyer specialing in international transactions and investments. He also practises as a part-time commercial arbitrator and mediator. He is a mediation trainer in Italy and abroad and a member of the CEDR Faculty since 2000. Carlo, who lives in Treviso, near Venice is a pioneer in spreading the mediation word in Italy having conceived Curia Mercatorum, one of the first domestic providers in the field, in 1995 and then supporting other initiatives in designing their ADR systems, and launching their services.
Ms. Annette van Riemsdijk, a Certified Mediator with several bodies, has a distinguished record in ADR practice as a solicitor (since 1988) and as a mediator (since 1993). She lives in the Netherlands and works especially in Europe and the United States. She is a full time dispute resolution neutral and provides mediation training. Since 1996 she has been a board member of the Netherlands Mediation Institute responsible for international affairs.
Ms. Alessandra Sgubini is an Italian attorney and professional mediator in San Diego California. Presently she is a professional mediator, founder and CEO of Bridge Mediation LLC with offices in San Diego, California, Rome Italy, Barcelona Spain and Porto Alegre, Brazil. In addition, Ms. Sgubini teaches as a guest lecturer in Universities in San Diego, Italy, Spain and Brazil. Ms. Sgubini is author of several articles on ADR and mediation.
Ms. Mercedes Tarrazón is an independent arbitrator and accredited mediator based in Barcelona. She is the member for Spain at the ICC Court of International Arbitration and member of the Board of Management of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and of the Executive Board of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission. Mercedes is on the neutral panels of several bodies including ICDR and WIPO.
Mr. Colin J Wall is President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Deputy President of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and an Accredited Mediator with several bodies, including CEDR, HKIAC, CPR and CIArb. Colin, who lives and works in Hong Kong, is a full time dispute resolution neutral and he also provides mediation training, through Global Mediation Services Ltd.