Introduction

Because of its embedded confidentiality and therefore protection of one’s reputation, mediation provides an excellent means for resolving disputes specific to the sports and entertainment industry.

The types of conflict that often crop up in entertainment or professional sports are ripe for prevention or resolution with mediation. This is because of what happens in mediation: a neutral and impartial third party - a trained mediator - help parties design a process of their own choosing in order to find a way forward based on their most important underlying interests. 

ADR Center Romania mediators can handle high-profile matters involving television and film studios, professional sports organizations and other entities in the music industry. They are chosen for their ability to resolve complex disputes with significant savings of time and expense for the parties. In addition, our mediators are choosen for their skill at evaluating risk, doing so with the utmost sensitivity to the high level of confidentiality often required of these cases. With a complete understanding of the sports and entertainment industry customs and practice as well as legal, business, and interpersonal issues, ADR Center Romania is often the premier provider of mediation services from the country in this area.

What is mediation

But what exactly is mediation and how does a typical mediation process look like? 

Mediation is a confidential process of communication and negotiation that is managed by a neutral and impartial professional with no decision-making abilities, the mediator. The aim is to prevent, manage, resolve or end a dispute, thus avoiding the increase of tensions, costs and risks, generated even by taking it in the courts of law. Mediation gives all participants the opportunity to craft the rules that govern the dialogue process, to have a voice, to present their perspectives and to propose options that take into account what is most important to them.

In order to achieve these objectives, the mediator can meet jointly but also separately with the participants in the mediation. Also, in order to ensure all the conditions for an informed decision, the parties are encouraged to be advised in the mediation room by lawyers or other advisors. They have an essential role and become veritable agents of reality in mediation.

Specialized mediators

All our mediators are seasoned professionals with solid knowledge, skills and certified experience in the dispute resolution field. Yet, some of the ADR Center Romania mediators are specialized.

To see a list our mediators specialized in mediating disputes specific to the entertainment industry, click here.