RPVA - Virtual Private Network for Attorneys (Réseau Privé Virtuel des Avocats).
VDV AVOCATS has joined the new modern dynamic organized by the French bars in France.
Being connected to the Virtual Private Network for Attorneys (Réseau Privé Virtuel des Avocats), the attorneys may connect with the Registrars, receive and send information, being informed about the status of the procedure on line, without necessity to move to the court.
More specifically, in civil matters, VDV AVOCATS may, with the connection to RPVA, have access to her files, contact Registrars, being informed of the Registration number, the dates of the next audiences, the measures of the District Courts (TGI).
8th ICC International commercial mediation competition in Paris.
The ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition is a unique international event organized in the the mediation field.
Fabienne van der Vleugel has again volunteered her time to act as a judge for the 8th, 4th and ½ finales in the ICC Competition.
This international event is a “must attend” event in the mediation field.
University students from both law and business schools worldwide are coming to Paris in order to participate, during 5 consecutive days, at the ICC Competition. They are testing their negotiation and mediation advocacy skills by applying the ICC Amicable Dispute Resolution (ADR) Rules in mock cases conducted by world’s leading professional mediators.
This year 2013, Colin J WALL (Hong Kong, Commercial, Mediation & Arbitration Servies Ltd) was acting as mediator during the FINALE.
Publication (US) : "Mediation : A tool for European Business People";
Mediation is more than just an alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
More globally, mediation pertains to a state of mind.
Mediation does not only constitue an efficient management tool to solve some disputes.
Mediation also permits managers to handle the negotiation process and the execution of contracts.
Despite the European directive 2008/52/EC of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters, mediation is not yet sufficiently used in Europe.
Howcome?
Because mediation is not yet sufficiently known.
Mediation should be explained by lawyers, taught by teachers, discussed between managers.
This alternative dispute resolution is not opportune for any and all disputes, but it may be particularly advantageous for certain disputes.
Thus, it is necessary to know mediation, to understand its characteristics so that one may decide, with awareness, to have recourse to it or to renounce to it.
The article written by Fabienne van der Vleugel has been posted on VDV AVOCATS’s website, and reprinted with permission from: New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Fall 2012, Vol. 5, N°2, published by the New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207.
Mediation: A tool for European Business People, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Fall 2012, Vol. 5, N°2, published by the New York State Bar Association.
VDV AVOCATS is moving to very new building in Val d'Europe, SERRIS.
VDV AVOCATS is pleased to announce its relocation in VAL D'EUROPE, in the 2nd building of PARC FARADAY.
A very new office in SERRIS especially designed to welcome you in adequate conditions : conference rooms, private parkings, easily accessible,
The building is located in SERRIS, in the center of the International site of Marne la Vallée - Val d'Europe, 35 minutes from the center of PARIS, 10 minutes from the train station, 30 minutes from the airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle.
Private parkings are reserved for the clients of VDV AVOCATS.
The new office is designed for ensuring an adequate and professinal atmosphere for working : legal advices, working sessions, negotiation of contracts with the other contracting party/ies, organization of the closing, organization of board of directors' meetings and/or general shareholders' meetings.
Conference rooms are built so that plenary and private sessions may be easily and confidentially organized for mediations.
The conference room is sufficiently large to welcome meetings, training sessions and conferences (notably the VDV conferences and breakfast meetings, on the last Fridays of each month).
The law firm is designed and built as any other public access building, in the respect of the norms ensuring the accessibility for people with disabilities, in conformity with the Act dated 11 February 2005, as certified by an attest delivered on 29 June 2012 to VDV AVOCATS (cf. VDV news of 29/06/2012).