Do you need mediation or arbitration?

Prevent or quickly resolve your disputes
through mediation or arbitration

Did you know:

At the CMAP, time spent in litigation is controlled!
The average duration of a mediation is about fifteen hours
The average duration of an arbitration procedure is 12 months (source: CMAP Barometer)

Benefits of
mediation and arbitration

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CMAP Benefit no. 1

25 years of experience in the field of ADRM

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CMAP Benefit no. 2

a large panel of experienced and certified mediators and arbitrators

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CMAP Benefit no. 3

Transparent schedules to anticipate costs

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CMAP Benefit no. 4

a team of legal experts dedicated to listening to companies, lawyers and magistrates

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CMAP Benefit no. 5

Rules governing the organisation of mediation and arbitration

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CMAP Benefit no. 6

We take care of the logistics of the procedures
Rooms made available for mediation meetings and arbitration hearings

When should you refer your case to the CMAP?

Mediation

Mediation is an amicable, voluntary and confidential process to resolve disputes. It is a form of assistance in the context of negotiations. The outcome of mediation is not binding on companies

What is its aim?
To offer the parties in conflict the intervention of an independent and impartial third party, who helps them to reach an optimal negotiated solution, in line with their respective interests.

The mediator is neither a judge nor an arbitrator, but rather a “catalyst” whose mission is to facilitate and enable negotiations between the parties, in order to help them find a solution to their dispute themselves. It is therefore not the role of the mediator to settle the dispute.

Mediation at the CMAP
There are several types of mediation, depending on the situation: inter-company mediation, intra-company mediation or social mediation, collective mediation or consumer mediation.

Arbitration

Arbitration is a private jurisdictional method of resolving disputes: the decision that will be rendered is binding on companies, like that of a judge.

Companies agree by contract to resort to an arbitration tribunal made up of one or three arbitrators who settle the dispute definitively by making an arbitration award. Rather than submitting their disputes to a judicial tribunal, the companies choose and pay the arbitrators who will conduct the proceedings. They also choose the language, the applicable law, the duration and the place of the arbitration: it is tailor-made justice.

Fee schedules

Costs adapted to the stakes and complexity of the disputes

Rules

For a secure framework of procedures

The CMAP Barometer

Each year, the CMAP publishes statistics on its activities

Client references

Our partners

A few key figures...

News and Events

COMMUNIQUÉ: BAROMÈTRE DE LA MÉDIATION ET DE L’ARBITRAGE CMAP

16/01/2022 par Marjolaine RATIER

A l’occasion de sa dernière Assemblée Générale, le CMAP (Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de PARIS) a publié son baromètre annuel de la Médiation et de l’Arbitrage. […]

PAROLE DE MÉDIATEUR : L’ARGENT N’A PAS DE VALEUR

16/01/2022 par Marjolaine RATIER

Interview de Christophe AYELA, Avocat au Barreau de PARIS (STAS & ASSOCIES), Médiateur agréé CMAP. […]

COMMUNIQUÉ: BAROMÈTRE DE LA MÉDIATION ET DE L’ARBITRAGE CMAP

16/01/2022 par Marjolaine RATIER

A l’occasion de sa dernière Assemblée Générale, le CMAP (Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de PARIS) a publié son baromètre annuel de la Médiation et de l’Arbitrage. […]

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Frequently asked questions

The CMAP has been relying on a team of lawyers and advisers since its creation in 1995. It thus offers high quality services, within short deadlines and with support that combines confidentiality and efficiency.
The proceedings are supervised by our committees, which guarantee their professionalism and independence.

Alternative dispute resolution is an out-of-court process as opposed to traditional dispute resolution, which involves bringing the dispute before a state judge.

No, either party can freely terminate the process at any time.

Mediation and conciliation refer to the process of conflict resolution in which two or more parties attempt to reach an amicable agreement with the help of a third party.

There are few differences between mediation and conventional conciliation.

On the other hand, mediation and judicial conciliation are governed by different legislation.

Article 21 of the CPC provides that “it is part of the judge’s mission to reconcile the parties”.

Judicial conciliation is therefore implemented by the judge himself or by a court conciliator to whom he has delegated his conciliation mission.

On the other hand, judicial mediation is entrusted to a mediator, a third party external to the court, as provided for in article 131-1 of the CPC, which stipulates that the judge, when seized of a dispute, may designate him or her with the agreement of the parties. Conciliation is free for the parties and mediation is a paid service.