ASA User Council Seminar: Mediation in B2B disputes: practical questions

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Save the dateJune 28, 202213:00 - 14:30 GMT+2

Organizer

Organizer: Swiss Arbitration

Phone: +41 792514390

Contact Person: Lucy Weller

Email: lucy.weller@swissarbitration.org

Event Details

A free virtual, 90-minute seminar

Language: English

Hosts: Almuth Vorndran, RWE; Urs Weber-Stecher/James Menz, ASA

Agenda

13:00 - 13:05
Welcome remarks
Welcome remarks
James Menz
Partner at Rothorn
Almuth Vorndran
Senior Legal Counsel at RWE Renewables GmbH
13:05 - 13:15
Introduction: Mediation as part of a company’s dispute resolution toolbox
Introduction: Mediation as part of a company’s dispute resolution toolbox
Alison Pearsall
Senior Legal Counsel at Veolia Environment
13:15 - 13:25
Is my dispute suitable for mediation?
Is my dispute suitable for mediation?
Sana Belaid
Senior Counsel, Legal, Global Strategy Team at Cisco Systems, Inc.
Lara Hammoud
Senior Legal Counsel at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
13:25 - 13:40
Mediating conflict
Mediating conflict
Laura Kaster
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator at Laura A. Kaster LLC
13:40 - 13:50
Finding the right mediator
Finding the right mediator
Urs Weber-Stecher
Independent Arbitrator at Weber-Stecher Arbitration Mediation
13:50 - 14:00
Role of the in-house counsel in organizing a successful mediation
Role of the in-house counsel in organizing a successful mediation
Almuth Vorndran
Senior Legal Counsel at RWE Renewables GmbH
14:00 - 14:30
Q&A
Q&A

Speakers

Sana Belaid

Senior Counsel, Legal, Global Strategy Team at Cisco Systems, Inc.

Lara Hammoud

Senior Legal Counsel at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

Laura Kaster

Independent Arbitrator & Mediator at Laura A. Kaster LLC

Laura Kaster

Independent Arbitrator & Mediator at Laura A. Kaster LLC

https://www.AppropriateDisputeSolutions.com

Laura is immediate past Chair of the NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section. From 2015-2017, Laura was the President of the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi ADR Inn of Court, the first ADR Inn in the country. She is also a past Chair of the NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section and a Co-Editor in Chief of the NYSBA’s journal, Dispute Resolution Lawyer. She is the 2018 recipient of the Jeydel Award from the Garibaldi Inn for ADR Excellence and Civility and the 2014 recipient of the NJSBA’s Boskey Award for the ADR practitioner of the year. She is a co-author on chapters in Halket, The Arbitration of International IP Disputes 2 ed. (2020); Singer, Arbitrating Commercial Disputes in the United States (Practicing Law Institute, 2d Edition, 2020); co-editor and chapter author of the CCA Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration (4th Ed 2017); co- author “Arbitrating Technology Cases: Considerations for Businesspeople and Advocates”, in Samaras (Ed) ADR Advocacy, Strategies, and Practices for Intellectual Property and Technology Cases. She is on the Roster of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. She is on the Tech List of leading technology neutrals for the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center, an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association, for the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), and an arbitrator for FINRA; on the panel of the Global Mediation Exchange Center. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (FCIArb) and of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a member of the Pepperdine, CCA and IMI Task Force on Mixed Modes. Laura is a member of the global panel for CEDR (Center for Effective Dispute Resolution), a CEDR accredited mediator and has been certified as a mediator by the International Mediation Institute (IMI). Laura was selected for and recently reappointed to the Master Mediator Panel of the American Arbitration Association and is recognized in Who's Who Law, Mediation 2016-2011.

Prior to becoming a full-time neutral, Laura was Chief Litigation Counsel at AT&T and prior to that, a partner in the law firm Jenner & Block in Chicago, where she worked for 22 years. Just out of law school, she clerked for then Chief Judge Frank M. Coffin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

James Menz

Partner at Rothorn

Alison Pearsall

Senior Legal Counsel at Veolia Environment

Almuth Vorndran

Senior Legal Counsel at RWE Renewables GmbH

Urs Weber-Stecher

Independent Arbitrator at Weber-Stecher Arbitration Mediation

Documents

Swiss Arbitration Association - Mediation Seminar 28.06.22.pdf

Welcome remarks

Welcome remarks

Introduction: Mediation as part of a company’s dispute resolution toolbox

Introduction: Mediation as part of a company’s dispute resolution toolbox

Is my dispute suitable for mediation?

Is my dispute suitable for mediation?

Mediating conflict

Mediating conflict

Finding the right mediator

Finding the right mediator

Role of the in-house counsel in organizing a successful mediation

Role of the in-house counsel in organizing a successful mediation

Q&A

Q&A

Sana Belaid

Senior Counsel, Legal, Global Strategy Team at Cisco Systems, Inc.

Lara Hammoud

Senior Legal Counsel at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

Laura Kaster

Independent Arbitrator & Mediator at Laura A. Kaster LLC

James Menz

Partner at Rothorn

Alison Pearsall

Senior Legal Counsel at Veolia Environment

Almuth Vorndran

Senior Legal Counsel at RWE Renewables GmbH

Urs Weber-Stecher

Independent Arbitrator at Weber-Stecher Arbitration Mediation