Clip length/Date:(21:13min - 06/08/09)

Summary: The heads of litigation and arbitration at two of Italy's leading law firms set out the current state of mediation and arbitration practices in Italy.

IDN host Michael McIlwrath is joined by Luca Radicati di Brozolo, a partner focusing on arbitration at the Bonelli Erede Pappalardo law firm in Milan, and Andrea Bernava, a litigation partner in the Chiomenti law firm’s Rome and Milan offices.

They discuss why the formalistic Italian legal and litigation culture has encouraged parties and litigators to embrace domestic arbitration, while approaching mediation with hesitancy, if at all.

These ADR experts acknowledge mediation’s dispute resolving advantages. They suggest ways parties may try to propose mediation to an Italian party, and the challenges of finding a qualified mediator if the proposal is accepted.

And take note: they say where they believe field is going: Luca and Andrea end their IDN visit with predictions for the future of Italian dispute resolution over the next decade years.

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