James T. Peter

Mediator SAV/SKWM, Attorney at law, LL.M.
Phone +41 43 344 32 64

peter@bellevue-mediation.ch

Career

  • Co-founder and partner Bellevue Mediation since 2001
  • Independent mediator and attorney since 1999 (now Krepper Spring Partner)
  • Mediator at the Dispute Resolution Center, Austin TX (1997)
  • Lecturer/trainer in mediation, conflict management, communication, and negotiation: ZHAW, University of Lucerne, University of Zurich, University of St. Gallen, Kalaidos FH/STI

Professional focus and area of experience in mediation

  • Disputed claims, conflict-laden partnerships, projects in crisis, project support, burdened joint ventures – in industries/sectors such as
    • Trade & Industry
    • Real Estate
    • Life Science & Healthcare
    • Information Technology
    • Finance
  • Workplace Mediation:
    • Between senior leaders
    • Management committees
    • Teams
    • Owners
    • Employees
  • Inheritance disputes & corporate succession
  • In-house conflict management concepts (system design) (e.g. Children’s Hospital Zurich, Cantonal Hospital Graubünden)
  • Transaction support (deal mediation & negotiation support)

Memberships

  • Swiss Chamber of Commercial Mediation (SCCM) (former president)
  • International Academy of Mediators (IAM) (Distinguished Fellow and former board member)
  • Institute for Mediation (IfM)
  • American Bar Association, Section Dispute Resolution (ABA)
  • Swiss and Zurich Bar Association (SAV / ZAV)

Publications on mediation

  • Dos & Don’ts für Rechtsanwälte in der Mediation, Zeitschrift für Zivilprozess und Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht (ZZZ), 2021, 550 ff.
  • Daniel Girsberger/James T. Peter, Alternative Dispute Resolution («Aussergerichtliche Konfliktlösung»), Zurich 2019
  • «Bin ich kompetent? Beitrag zum persönlichen Konfliktmanagement» («Am I competent? Contribution to a Personal Conflict Management»), Praxis Kommunikation, 4/2016, 50 seq
  • Commentary on Swiss Civil Procedure Act, Art. 19, 20, 29, 30, 197-218, Bern 2012
  • «Mediation for Money Claims», in HAVE Schlichten statt richten, Zürich 2012, p. 35 et seq.
  • «Court Related Commercial Mediation: Experience Report», AnwaltsRevue 10/2012, p. 464 et seq.
  • Court Related Mediation, Commentary on Mediation in the Swiss Civil Procedure Act, Bern 2011
  • «Mediation in the project for a Swiss Civil Procedure Act» («Mediation in der geplanten schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung»), Perspektive Mediation, 2005/2, p. 92 ff.
  • «The meaning of different Mediation styles» («Die Bedeutung unterschiedlicher Mediationsstile»), Zeitschrift für Konfliktmanagement 2/2005, p. 48 ff.
  • Interview: «Investment loss: Mediator can help», Cash No. 16, 17. April 2003, p. 50 f.
  • «Disputes in IT-Projects» («Vom Umgang mit Konflikten bei IT-Projekten», NZZ 24. September 2002, B 10
  • Co-author: Settlement weeks at the District Court of Zurich («Mediationwochen am Bezirksgericht Zürich (Schweiz)»), in: ZKM – Zeitschrift für Konfliktmanagement, April 2002
  • Mediation: A process to overcome barriers to conflict resolution («Mediation: Ein Verfahren zur Überwindung von Einigungshindernissen»), in: Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP) 2000, p.18 ff.
  • «Med-Arb in international Arbitration», in: The American Review on International Arbitration, Vol. 8 No.1 1997