Facilitation, Mediation and Arbitration

Resolving Commercial Impasses Without Expensive Litigation

When parties are in dispute it can be difficult to identify the relevant issues at the core of the impasse.

Jon works proactively with parties to tease out the issues that are important to them and find a resolution without having to resort to expensive litigation. It begins with Jon bringing the parties together in a confidential setting (with or without advisors) to initiate a discussion about the issues at hand.

Drawing on more than 35 years at the forefront of commercial dispute resolution and litigation, Jon knows that courtroom battles often destroy commercial relationships and generate enormous financial and emotional strain. Mediation provides a structured, discreet, and legally robust forum to regain control and achieve a binding commercial settlement.

Proven Resolution in Key Dispute Scenarios

Jon’s many years of experience has found lasting resolutions in:

The Mediation Process

Jon conducts mediations and arbitrations under strict confidentiality protocols. The process typically entails:

1. Confidential Pre-Mediation Review: Reviewing position statements and conducting private preliminary discussions with legal advisors and key decision-makers.
2. Issue Distillation: Clarifying core commercial drivers, hidden grievances, and factual disagreements to cut through posturing.
3. Facilitated Joint & Private Sessions: Combining open dialogue with private caucusing to test options, explore settlement structures, and preserve working relationships where possible.
4. Enforceable Heads of Agreement: Assisting parties and their legal counsel to document binding, definitive settlement terms before concluding the session.