Context is King in Business Disputes A View From Inside the Boardroom with Michael Schwimmer

Описание: Our special guest this week, Michael Schwimmer will Present on:
Context is King in Business Disputes: A View From Inside the Boardroom with Mediator and Former Media CEO Michael Schwimmer

For many lawyers and mediators, litigation is like a puzzle to be solved, and the big questions are “How” questions: How to win the lawsuit? How to facilitate a settlement? But before the “How” comes the “Why”: Why did the company breach the contract? Why did the company decide to sue? The answers to these fundamental business questions are what drive so much work for the legal community.

Now a mediator, with more than 25 years in executive leadership roles (including as CEO, President, Executive Vice President and others) in both large scale and start-up enterprises, Michael Schwimmer will share his experience and stories illustrating his views on how business executives think about legal disputes and their resolution. Commercial litigators and mediators will get helpful insight into how to serve their clients better by keeping in sharp focus their client’s motivations and the business environment in which the dispute is taking place.

Topics for the conversation will include:

When does breaching the contract make sense?

Fight or turn the other cheek?

How does litigation affect company culture?

How can litigation change the way potential partners see your company?

Is the precedent of settlement a real obstacle?

What should management expect from in-house counsel? Outside counsel?

Why can mediation have a bad reputation with management?

What can lawyers do to improve the reputation of mediation with business managers as a valuable tool?

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Our presenter:

Michael Schwimmer brings to his mediation practice the depth and breadth of experience that comes from a career spanning law, executive leadership and global business. With a steady hand and sense of humor, Michael tenaciously pursues resolution by working with parties and their counsel to create common ground for settlement.

After a decade of international law practice and corporate counsel roles, Michael spent more than 25 years leading media and entertainment organizations through growth, high-stakes negotiations and the legal disputes that happen along the way. As CEO, President, Executive Vice President and in other senior roles at media companies such as TelevisaUnivision, Sling TV, Fuse Media, and Dish Network, Michael oversaw and negotiated a wide range of business agreements representing billions of dollars, involving intellectual property, licensing and distribution, investment, joint ventures, partnerships, M&A, equity and debt capital raises, corporate governance, among many others.

Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, with deep experience in Latin America, Michael also offers a multicultural and international dimension to his mediation practice.

Offered by Will Work For Food, founded by Natalie Armstrong-Motin (www.HowToMarketMyMediationPractice.com, moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com), LatAM moderator, Michael Schwimmer (www.SchwimmerMediation.com and Program Coordinator, David Shraga (www.DavidShraga.com).