Publications

Everest ADR (Herman Verbist and Maureen Martins) has developed its own Protocols and Checklists for remote hearings in Arbitrations and remote meetings in Commercial and Investment Mediations.

Keen to adapt, Everest ADR is ready to conduct both arbitrations and mediations with virtual hearings and meetings in the best possible way. 

On 12 September 2020 the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation entered into force. Opened for signature in Singapore on 7 August 2019, the Singapore Convention on Mediation has meanwhile been signed by 53 countries and ratified by 5 countries.

Offering a common legislative standard for the enforcement of international commercial settlement agreements resulting from mediation, it makes mediation as dispute settlement method more efficient in an international context.

Herman Verbist published an article on the Convention in 2019 in the periodical b-Arbitra, which is available on Kluwer Arbitration.

Herman Verbist teached the new “Case Study Investment Mediation” course at the Europa-Institut at Saarland University this Summer, a one-week course teaching students an alternative method for settling investor-State disputes.

Students have been able to develop mediation skills on the basis of a practical case which led to virtual mediation proceedings.