Cross-disciplinary skills

Mediation

Mediation is a powerful and efficient alternative dispute resolution method that enables parties to reach a negotiated, tailor-made solution with the support of a neutral, independent and impartial third party: the mediator.

By fostering dialogue and mutual understanding, mediation helps resolve disputes while preserving business relationships and strategic interests.

Preventive Mediation / Project Mediation

Are you launching a collaborative project within or between companies? Negotiating a consortium agreement, an R&D contract, an industrial or technological partnership, or a complex or international agreement?
In these high-stakes and multi-party contexts, the involvement of a mediator as a trusted facilitator helps align interests, anticipate potential conflicts and ensure smooth cooperation throughout the project lifecycle
Project mediation protects your investment by saving time, reducing costs and securing long-term collaboration

Conventional Mediation

Are you facing a sensitive negotiation, a pre-litigation situation or ongoing litigation?
Whether or not provided for in a contract, conventional mediation offers a confidential and flexible framework to resolve disputes outside the courtroom—or alongside judicial or administrative proceedings—while designing a solution that truly meets the parties’ needs
Conventional mediation increases the likelihood of preserving relationships and avoiding lengthy and costly litigation

Court-Ordered Mediation

Have you been referred to mediation by a court?
Court-ordered mediation offers a valuable opportunity to regain control over the dispute resolution process and reach a mutually acceptable outcome without a judicial decision, regardless of the stage of the proceedings
Parties remain free to jointly propose the mediator of their choice

Why Choose Mediation?

Whatever the form of mediation—preventive, conventional or court-ordered—it offers key advantages:

○ Confidentiality: All exchanges are strictly confidential, protecting both strategic information and reputations

○ Speed: Disputes are often resolved within weeks or a few months, depending on the parties’ objectives and constraints

○ Cost efficiency: Mediation costs are modest compared to the financial and operational risks of litigation, particularly in IP and innovation matters

○ Flexibility and pragmatism: Mediation is an agile process that adapts to the parties’ realities and focuses on workable, business-oriented solutions

○ Preservation of relationships: Mediation promotes constructive dialogue and creates the conditions for maintaining or rebuilding business relationships

Our Services

- Our teams advise and assist you at every stage of mediation, including:
  - assessing the appropriateness of mediation
  - negotiating and signing the mediation agreement
  - preparing for and participating in mediation sessions
  - assisting with the drafting and formalisation of any settlement agreement
- We regularly support clients in mediations before leading international institutions, including the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (PMAC / UPC), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- Our teams include experienced mediators trained to intervene in all types of mediation, including preventive and project mediation, conventional mediation and court-ordered mediation
- Our approach combines legal expertise, strategic insight and a strong understanding of innovation-driven industries