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25ème anniversaire du Forum Mondial UIA des Centres de médiation (JURISTE, Lexis Nexis, 2018.I, pages16-17).

For its 25th birthday, the world FORUM UIA of mediation centers has been just very much appreciated.

The scientific program was of high qualtiy. The simultaneous translation (English - French / French - English) was a "plus".

Indeed, as expected, the FORUM is a good experience to live.

Next FORUM scheduled on 8-9 March 2019 in ZURICH !

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WHO'S WHO LEGAL : MEDIATION 2017 - Top 7.

Fabienne van der Vleugel, as per page 32 of the WHO'S WHO LEGAL : MEDIATION 2017 has been nominated by her peers as one of the world's leading practitioners in this field.

"Business contracts may be negotiated" : meeting with Fabienne van der Vleugel and members of the assocation 77 Reseau Entreprendre

Fabienne van der Vleugel has been invited by the 77 Reseau Entreprendre association to summarize, during a brief and pragmatic meeting, some advises to obey to, when negotiating a contract.

Substantially, she reminded some "tips and tricks" in this field :

- Carefully read and understand the draft contract, before signing it.
- Nothing is obvious. Nothing is standard. Each word and each clause must be understood, explained and there is no shame to ask questions and require clarifications about words and terms, in order to perfectly understand the sense and importance of engagements. For example, the term "solidarity" entails legal conséquences that must be understood.
- Negotiating is always possible. You may also choose NOT to negotiate and accept the draft contract proposed by the co-contractor. In this case, as such, it is your choice to adhere to his/her proposed draft.
- One must also negotiate the last clauses of the contract : the ones that are always forgotten (the so-called "midnight clauses"). Those clauses are often related to the modalities to be obeyed to, in case of conflict. Parties must choose between judicial trials or arbitrattion. They may also oblige themselves to organize a mediation beforehand.

At the end of the meeting, Fabienne van der Vleugel reminded the audience some steps in order, for a company, to recover the unpaid issued invoices.

Read more: https://www.reseau-entreprendre.org

WHO'S WHO LEGAL FRANCE 2017: nomination.

"Fabienne van der Vleugel of VDV AVOCATS is a prominent market figure who acts as both judicial and ad hoc mediator on a wide range of commercial disputes. She is a veteran of more than 40 médiations".

WHO'S WHO LEGAL FRANCE 2017: nomination, page 83.

Fabienne van der Vleugel is often nominated by the Courts (judicial mediation) or by various institutions and/or directly by the parties (ad hoc mediation) to act as mediator.

She is now also referred to in the National Mediation Center of Lawyers (in French, Centre National de Médiation des Avocats, CNMA).