NIVAARAN, Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA): Guest Lecture On 'The Art & Science Of Conducting Mediation' By Joe Tirado [5th March]

Joe Tirado, International Arbitrator & Mediator UK/Spain will be speaking on the topic "The Art & Science of conducting Mediation."

The event will be hosted by Prabha Swami, Advocate/Mediator & Treasurer, Nivaaran

The details of the event are as follows:

Date: 5th March, 2025

Time: 5:30 PM (Tea & Snacks). Event Starts at 6 PM IST (12:30 PM GMT) (Live Streaming Starts at 6 PM IST)

Mode: Hybrid

Venue: Lecture Hall 2, India International Centre, Annexe.

To Watch LIVE Click on the link: https://youtube.com/live/N7VSWUBzPLQ?feature=share

Commercial and investor-state accredited mediator, Joe Tirado, with over 30 years dispute resolution experience as a partner in leading UK, US and Spanish law firms will consider the skills required to be a good mediator and to conduct a mediation effectively. He will also address the roles of the courts, institutions, universities and the legal profession to promote wider use of mediation.

Joe Tirado has over 30 years of dispute resolution experience and has handled hundreds of cases across a broad range of industry sectors as counsel, arbitrator, adjudicator, expert determiner, mediator and conciliator in more than 65 jurisdictions.

Joe has conducted and advised on over 100 international commercial and investment arbitrations under all the major international arbitration rules before the leading international arbitration institutions as well as “pure” ad hoc and UNCITRAL arbitration. He has also conducted and advised on over 50 mediations and other alternative dispute resolution processes.

Joe has recently become a full-time independent international arbitrator, mediator and ADR consultant. He is a solicitor-advocate with full rights of audience before all civil courts in England & Wales, a CEDR accredited commercial and Investor-State mediator, a Civil Mediation Council Fellow, a former ICSID conciliator appointed by the President of the World Bank Group and a panel member of a number of leading invitation-only arbitration and mediation panels, including the European Union and the United Nations.

He has written extensively and presents regularly on international arbitration and ADR at major international conferences, symposia and seminars and prominent universities around the world. Joe is Contributing Editor of “Global Legal Insights to International Arbitration”, Global Legal Group, which is now in its 10th edition covering 67 jurisdictions. He has been also actively involved in arbitral and mediation institutions and prestigious international arbitration and ADR associations and committees. Joe is a past Co-Chair of the IBA Mediation Committee.