Seminar at the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines

Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. was honoured to be invited to give a seminar on negotiation and mediation for the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines. On May 15 and 16, 2018, the intensive and interactive seminar was held in Manila, Philippines and it was attended by more than 100 lawyers. Apart from the theoretic […]

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Lecture at the KAZGUU University, Kazakhstan

Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. was invited to give a lecture at the KAZGUU University, Kazakhstan, on international  commercial dispute resolution. The three days long seminar addressed the issues of negotiation, mediation and arbitration (April 5-7, 2018). The lecture was financed by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Service) The DAAD supports over 100,000 German and […]

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Recently Published: The EU Mediation Law Handbook

The publishing house Wolters Kluwer recently published the EU Mediation Law Handbook coedited by Martin Svatos, PhD. (together with prof. Nadja Alexander and Sabine Walsh). This unique book offers a highly effective way to analyse the quality and robustness of each of the EU’s twenty-nine national jurisdictions’ legal frameworks relevant to mediation (including legislation, case […]

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On Arbitration Clause Drafting at the Urbino European Law Seminar

From August 21 through September 3, 2017, the 59th edition of the European and Comparative Law Seminar will be hold in Urbino Italy. Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. will be giving a course on drafting of arbitration clauses in the second week of the seminar (from August 28). The Urbino European Law Seminar is taking place […]

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Lecture at John Cabot University in Rome

In March 2016, Dr. Svatos had the opportunity to address the students of the  John Cabot University in Rome with his speech on alternative dispute resolution in 21st century. A gloss by experienced lawyer, John Fanti, as well as the discussion with the students took place as a part of the lecture.  The whole event was moderated […]

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Kluwer Mediation Blog: When the Mediators Pay the Highest Price

The prestigious Kluwer Mediation Blog recently published a contribution of Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. about Folke Bernadotte,  Count of Wisborg who had served as the first UN Mediator during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and who was assassinated when performing his duties. The unbelievable story of his life includes negotiation during the Second World War as well […]

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Lecture on Negotiation – Prague Summer School on International Business Transactions

From June to August 2014, the 2nd annual Prague Summer School on International Business Transactions has been taking place in Prague focussing on the most important legal fields of today, including dispute resolution, insolvency or mergers and acquisitions… The participants come mainly from China, but from the other countries as Australia too.   On Tuesday, […]

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Collective Labour Mediator and Arbitrator registered by Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic has registered Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. as mediator and arbitrator of collective labour disputes. According to the Act No. 2/1991 Coll. on Collective bargaining, mediation is an obligatory step when resolving collective disputes originating from the collective agreements. These cases have to be submitted to mediation before […]

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Negotiation training for students – Charles University and Shantou University (PRC)

On 9th April 2014, the students’ negotiation training was held in the Prague premises of multinational professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Students of the International Commercial Dispute Resolution Curriculum (IES FSS Charles University in Prague) had the opportunity to pit their wits against the multi-party investment treaty negotiation concerning the construction of a port. Among […]

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