Day: March 2, 2017

The Mediator who Planted Trees

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 JUDr. Martin Svatos Posted in Kluwe Mediation Blog, MediationTagged mediation

Read the latest post by Dr. Martin Svatos at the Kluwer mediation Blog about the seminal book The Man who Planted Trees and its resemblance to mediation activity. Recently, I have become an owner of two hectares of land in protected natural area which I intend to plant with trees. I was inspired to this […]

First Brno Arbitration Conference

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 JUDr. Martin Svatos Posted in ADR, Arbitration, Conferences, Events, International ArbitrationTagged Arbitration, International Arbitration

On Friday, February 10, 2017, the Faculty of Law of the Masaryk University in Brno hold the First Brno Arbitration Conference that was followed by the third Arbitration Pre-moot. Dr. Svatoš prof. Bělohlávek, were invited to give a speech on multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses. Po konferenci následoval již tradiční Pre-moot, soutěž studentů v mezinárodní obchodní arbitráži. […]

Martin is one of the leading Czech mediators and arbitrators. He has acted in more than 200 both international and domestic cases in mediation (listed by the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic and by the Energy Community). His experiences in alternative dispute resolution were appreciated when he became the President of the Working group of the ICC Czech Republic for mediation. Martin has acted in several arbitrations both as chairman, member of the tribunal and of counsel (listed as arbitrator by the VIAC, Arbitration Court of the Czech Football Association, Czech Arbitration Court and Czech Commodity Exchange Arbitration Court). Martin lectures at the Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) and at the Seminar of European and Comparative Law in Urbino (Italy). He has been visiting professor at the University of the French West Indies in Guadeloupe. He also gave a course at the Faculté Libre de Droit Institut Catholique de Toulouse, at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia), at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law and at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (both PRC), Georgetown University (USA) and many others. In 2016, he acted as a member of the Czech delegation to the UNCITRAL WG II. He publishes and gives speeches at international conferences on regular basis. He is one of the co-editors of the EU Mediation Handbook (Kluwer International, 2017). As a speaker, he attended many international conferences all around the globe (the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, the IBA Annual Conference, the German Arbitration Institute Annual Conference, the Conference of the Mediators’ Institute of Ireland (Dublin) and YIAG conferences (Istanbul, Warsaw)...